Chocorua, New Hampshire
Chocorua, New Hampshire | ||
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ZIP code 03817 | ||
| Area code | 603 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 871674[1] | |
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.
Mount Chocorua is commonly known in the area as 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
- 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]
- 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
- ^ "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
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Chocorua, New Hampshire.
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