Chocorua is an unincorporated community within the town of Tamworth in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. It is located in the general area where Routes 16 and 113 meet, south of Mount Chocorua and Chocorua Lake.
Chocorua, New Hampshire | |
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 A small dam on the Chocorua River in the village of Chocorua | |
  Chocorua  Chocorua | |
| Coordinates: 43°52′39″N 71°13′13″W / 43.87750°N 71.22028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Hampshire |
| County | Carroll |
| Town | Tamworth |
| Elevation | 525 ft (160 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 03817 |
| Area code | 603 |
| GNIS feature ID | 871674[1] |
Mount Chocorua is commonly known in the area as the "Matterhorn" of the White Mountains due to its triangular summit. Chocorua Lake, along NH 16 at the southern base of the mountain, is a common stopping place for photos of the mountain landscape.
Notable people
edit- Truman Howe Bartlett, sculptor, Abraham Lincoln photography historian (summer resident)
- Raymond W. Bliss, Army surgeon general
- James Read Chadwick, gynecologist and medical librarian (summer resident)
- William James, philosopher and US founder of experimental psychology; died in Chocorua[2]
- Paul Scott Mowrer, New Hampshire's first Poet Laureate; lived in Chocorua[3]
- Hadley Richardson, the first wife of Ernest Hemingway.[3]
- Robert I. Rotberg, former President of the World Peace Foundation (vacation resident)[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Chocorua". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "William James", Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- ^ a b Hemingway, Jack. Misadventures of a Fly Fisherman, pp. 269-70
External links
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