MIDDLEBORO — Most people think of Middleboro as a quiet town. But the municipality was once one of the largest settlements in the early United States. According to data from the 1790 United States ...

According to data from the 1790 United States Census, Middleboro had a population of 4,526, which meant it was 16th largest settlement in the United States at the time. That meant that in 1790 ...

A new marker in Exeter honors Black Revolutionary War soldiers and their families who lived there after the war.

An illustration of a magnifying glass. An illustration of a magnifying glass.

Screengrab from the US Census Bureau website. A number of web pages containing data on population figures from the US Census Bureau went dark late on Thursday, with many complaining that they could ...

Some of the most important datasets tracking trends in the US population have disappeared from the US Census Bureau’s website in recent days, amid a Trump administration purge of content on ...

FAMILIES WHO LIVED THERE AFTER THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T UNDERSTAND THAT NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS BLACK HISTORY ...

2/2/1790: Justice William Cushing takes oath.