These interesting facts about New Hampshire for kids include the highest wind speed recorded, one of the 13 original colonies, and the first planted potatoes in the US.

New Hampshire is bordered by Canada, Maine, the Atlantic Ocean, Massachusetts, and Vermont. It’s known as the Granite State and has many fun and interesting features.

New Hampshire was the first to declare its independence from England six months before the Declaration of Independence was signed.

Fact One

The highest wind speed recorded at ground level. This was recorded at Mt. Washington, on April 12, 1934.

Fact Two

The very first potatoes planted in the US were at Londonderry Common Field in New Hampshire in 1719.

Fact Three

The first public library was established in 1833 in Peterborough, New Hampshire.

Fact Four

The first American to travel into space was Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr and he was born in East Derry, New Hampshire.

Fact Five

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