What was life like in the summer in North Hampton for year-round residents Samuel A. Dow in the 19th century and Evelyn Philbrick Squire in the early 20th century.

Read excerpts from their journals to get a sense of summer life.

George Moore left a bequest in 1939 to North Hampton to purchase candy for children on Memorial Day…but what do we really know about him?

April is dog license month. Why does North Hampton license dogs and when did it begin?

Some Library Trustees have stood out by the length of their service - Edward M. Smith, 30 years; Fred L. Dow, 34 years; Margaret B. Seavey, 13 years as trustee, 6 years as Librarian; Dorothy E. Hobbs, 41 years; Gordon S. Dow, 26 years; and Frances Chase Leavitt, 32 years. Here are their stories and what happened during their tenures.

Orace Moulton preferred oxen to the automobile - find out why…

The Dearborn of Dearborn Park is General Henry Dearborn. He was born in North Hampton in 1751 and participated in the Revolutionary War and in early Presidential administrations.

Where did the North Hampton milestone marker come from? Was Benjamin Franklin really involved?

How do you perceive yourself? How do others perceive you?

There are several thousand graves at Center Cemetery. Some will catch your eye, some with interesting markers like the Knights of Pythias, some veterans, both men and women.

Civil War veteran George H Dunham travelled during and after the Civil War - why was his monument paid for by the Nebraska GAR?

The Gilead Historical Society has a lot going for it. What’s going on in Gilead?

While we’re hunkering down, staying at home and trying to keep ourselves, our family and others safe, there are family history projects we can all undertake.

North Hampton Historical Society needed a logo. What to do? Read Cynthia Swank’s thoughts on our efforts to create one.

Blogmaster Cynthia Swank discusses the recent history of Lafayette Road. The blog provides some interesting related information to the work of the Economic Development Commission.

Cynthia Swank describes the Timeline of North Hampton and the work to update the Timeline by intern, Hillary Christopher. See what’s happened in North Hampton since 1975.

Cynthia Swank’s thoughts on walking through Center Cemetery, thinking of veteran Francis M Carter.

The North Hampton Historical Society may not have a logo but we do have a tagline that appears on our website’s homepage and on our membership brochure.

Collecting, preserving, and sharing the community’s history.

Our tagline keeps us on mission. Collecting, preserving, and sharing the community’s history.

This blog focuses on sharing our collection.

The Historical Society has installed a pop-up exhibit in the Library’s vertical display case for this year’s Old Home Day entitled “Levi the Librarian.”  Not to waste some of the historical tidbits we learned,  here are a few more words about those early years in the Library’s history.  The exhibit itself will be up until the second week in September.

The North Hampton Historical Society may not have a logo but we do have a tagline that appears on our home page and brochure. Collecting, preserving, and sharing the community's history.

How do we go about living up to that tagline which summarizes our mission.