Rockingham County, New Hampshire<\/strong> (Map It<\/a>)<\/em> was created on March 19, 1771<\/strong> as one of the five original counties identified for New Hampshire in 1769. The county was named in honor of Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham<\/a>\u00a0(1730-1782), a two-time\u00a0Prime Minister of Great Britain\u00a0(1765-1766, 1782). It was first settled by Europeans moving north from the Plymouth Colony<\/a> in Massachusetts<\/a> as early as 1623. The government was linked tightly with Massachusetts<\/a> until New Hampshire became a separate colony in 1679, but counties weren't introduced until 1769.<\/p>\n\n Rockingham County<\/strong> is bordered by Strafford County<\/a>\u00a0(north), York County, Maine<\/a>\u00a0(northeast), Essex County<\/a>, Massachusetts\u00a0(south), Hillsborough County<\/a>\u00a0(west), Merrimack County<\/a>\u00a0(northwest). <\/p>\n\n Rockingham County<\/strong> Cities and Towns include Atkinson<\/a>, Auburn<\/a>, Brentwood<\/a>, Candia<\/a>, Chester<\/a>, Danville<\/a>, Deerfield<\/a>, Derry<\/a>, East Kingston<\/a>, Epping<\/a>, Exeter<\/a>, Fremont<\/a>, Greenland<\/a>, Hampstead<\/a>, Hampton<\/a>, Hampton Falls<\/a>, Kensington<\/a>, Kingston<\/a>, Londonderry<\/a>, New Castle<\/a>, Newfields<\/a>, Newington<\/a>, Newmarket<\/a>, Newton<\/a>, North Hampton<\/a>, Northwood<\/a>, Nottingham<\/a>, Plaistow<\/a>, Portsmouth<\/a>, Raymond<\/a>, Rye<\/a>, Salem<\/a>, Sandown<\/a>, Seabrook<\/a>, South Hampton<\/a>, Stratham<\/a>, Windham<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n MapGeeks.org has is a collection of old New Hampshire maps<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n