Brookline (New Hampshire)
town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States
Brookline is a town in Hillsborough County in southern New Hampshire. First a part of Dunstable, Massachusetts, then settled as West Hollis, New Hampshire, the town was granted in 1769 as "Raby". New Hampshire Governor John Wentworth named it after his cousin, the 4th Earl of Strafford and Baron of Raby Castle. The town was renamed in 1798 at the suggestion of a leading citizen in town originally from Brookline, Massachusetts.
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