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Effingham is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. At the 2010 census, the town population was 1,465.〔United States Census Bureau, (American FactFinder ), 2010 Census figures. Retrieved March 23, 2011.〕 Effingham includes the villages of Effingham Falls, Effingham (Lord's Hill), Center Effingham (Drake's Corner), and South Effingham. Pine River State Forest is in the south. ==History== The town was settled by members of the Leavitt family of Hampton, led by Captain John Leavitt, a soldier whose father, Moses, was a prosperous Hampton tavern keeper. From them the settlement first took the name Leavitt's Town.〔Hunt, Elmer Munson (1970). ''New Hampshire Town Names And Whence They Came'', p. 52. Peterborough, New Hampshire: Noone House. ISBN 0-87233-009-5.〕 In 1749, the land was granted by Governor Benning Wentworth, and he renamed it Effingham for the Howard family, who were Earls of Effingham and who were related to the Wentworths by marriage. The town was incorporated in 1778. North Effingham would be set off in 1831 and incorporated as Freedom. By 1859, when the population was 1,252, Effingham Falls had developed into a small mill town, with a woolen factory, five sawmills, three gristmills, and a carriage factory. Effingham was home to the first normal school in New Hampshire, established in 1830 on the second floor of the Effingham Union Academy Building, erected in 1819. James W. Bradbury, later a Maine senator, took charge of the school only on condition that it should be for the "instruction and training of teachers." The idea was his own and, at that time, entirely novel. Image:First Normal School in New England, Effingham, NH.jpg|Normal School in 1910 Image:Post Office, Effingham, NH.jpg|Post Office in 1908 Image:Isaac Lord Mansion, Effingham, NH.jpg|Lord Mansion in 1908 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Effingham, New Hampshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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