Farmers' and Traders' National Bank, of Colebrook, New Hampshire - 1899 dated Banking Stock Certificate

Stock. Colebrook, New Hampshire. Scarce State! Colebrook is a town located in Coös County, New Hampshire, United States. According to the 2020 census, the population was 2,084, a decrease from 2,301 recorded in the 2010 census. The town is positioned in the Great North Woods Region, bordered to the west by the Connecticut River and featuring the Beaver Brook Falls Natural Area. Originally granted in 1762 by Benning Wentworth, the colonial Governor of New Hampshire, the area was named "Dryden" in honor of the English poet and playwright John Dryden. However, due to the original grantees' failure to establish a settlement in this remote region, the land was regranted in 1770 by Colonial Governor John Wentworth, who renamed it "Colebrook Town" after Sir George Colebrooke, the chairman of the board of the East India Company. The first settlement occurred that same year by a family named Rosebrook, but they were forced to leave due to the Revolutionary War, and further settlement did not take place until after the conflict concluded. The 1790 census recorded a population of 29, and the town was officially incorporated as Colebrook on June 11, 1796. For many years, it served as the shire town of the Northern Judicial District of Coos County, and it currently hosts a district branch of the Lancaster Superior Court.