Editing Dublin, New Hampshire (section)

==History==
[[File:General View of Dublin, NH.jpg|thumb|left|Town center in 1906]]
In 1749, the [[John Mason (governor)|Masonian proprietors]] granted the town as "Monadnock No. 3" (or North Monadnock) to [[Matthew Thornton]] and 39 others. The 40 grantees came mostly from middle and eastern parts of New Hampshire; none of them became settlers in the township. The deed of grant, which dated November 3, 1749, was given by Col. Joseph Blanchard of [[Dunstable, New Hampshire|Dunstable]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1vI1AQAAMAAJ&q=dublin%2C+nh&pg=PA1 |title=The History of Dublin, N.H.: Containing the Address by Charles Mason, and the Proceedings at the Centennial Celebration, June 17, 1852, with a Register of Families |last=Dublin (N.H.) |date=1920 |publisher=Town of Dublin |language=en}}</ref>

The [[French and Indian War]] thwarted permanent settlement until the 1760s, when Irishman Henry Strongman moved from [[Peterborough, New Hampshire|Peterborough]]. Other early settlers arrived from [[Sherborn, Massachusetts]]. In 1771, Governor [[Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet|John Wentworth]] incorporated the town, naming it after Strongman's birthplace: [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]].<ref name="Coolidge">{{Cite book| last = Coolidge| first = Austin J.| author2=John B. Mansfield| title = A History and Description of New England| publisher = A.J. Coolidge| year = 1859| location = Boston, Massachusetts| pages = [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ/page/n514 474]–477| url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ| quote = coolidge mansfield history description new england 1859.}}</ref>

Like all towns in this area, the terrain features hills and valleys. Farmers found the soil hard and rocky, but with effort it yielded [[maize]], [[oats]], [[barley]] and [[potato]]es, with some [[wheat]] and [[rye]]. [[Orchard]]s were common. The first census, taken in 1790, reported 901 residents.<ref>[http://www.nh.gov/nhes/elmi/htmlprofiles/dublin.html New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile -- Dublin, New Hampshire] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522205541/http://www.nh.gov/nhes/elmi/htmlprofiles/dublin.html |date=May 22, 2011 }}</ref> By 1859, there were 1,088.<ref name="Coolidge"/> In 1870, the small [[mill town]] of [[Harrisville, New Hampshire|Harrisville]] voted to separate from Dublin, leaving the latter with only 455 residents during the 1880 census.<ref name="Town website">{{cite web| url=http://townofdublin.org/about-dublin/ | title=About the Town of Dublin| publisher=Town of Dublin, New Hampshire| access-date=December 23, 2008}}</ref>