Gorham

Gorham or Goreham is a surname, and may refer to:

Gorham (hamlet), New York

Gorham is a hamlet and census-designated place within the Town of Gorham, in Ontario County, New York. It is located along New York State Route 245. Gorham is situated around Flint Creek. Gorham is a significantly large hamlet with several businesses, including public library and a post office with a zip code of 14461. Gorham is also the location for Gorham Elementary School, one of two elementary schools in the Marcus Whitman Central School District.

The hamlet of Gorham started as a public house erected by Thomas Haistead in the early 19th century. Flint Creek was used to power a grist mill and Craft's saw mill, which was erected in 1808. Gorham soon grew to include a general store, a drug store, a hardware store and a hotel. Most of the business buildings were destroyed by a fire in 1868, however, they were soon replaced.

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Gorham, New Hampshire

Gorham is a town in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,848 at the 2010 census. Gorham is located in the White Mountains, and parts of the White Mountain National Forest are in the south and northwest. Moose Brook State Park is in the west. The town is crossed by the Appalachian Trail. Tourism is a principal business. It is part of the Berlin, NH–VT Micropolitan Statistical Area.

The primary settlement in Gorham, where 1,600 people resided at the 2010 census, is defined as the Gorham census-designated place and is located between the two intersections of US 2 and NH 16, along the Androscoggin River.

History

The community was first chartered in 1770 by Colonial Governor John Wentworth as a part of Shelburne, called Shelburne Addition. Gorham was first settled about 1802, by Robert Sargent and others, but for years it contained little more than rocky farms, small logging operations, and a few stores and stables. When incorporated in 1836, the town had only 150 inhabitants. It was named Gorham at the suggestion of Lot Davis, a resident from Gorham, Maine, and a relative of the Gorham family which incorporated that town in 1764.