Portsmouth

Portsmouth is a city in , United States. It had a population of 21,956 at the 2020 census. A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination on the bordering the state of , Portsmouth was formerly the home of the Pease Air Force Base, since converted to .
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  • Type: City with 20,600 residents
  • Description: city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
  • Also known as: “Pascataquack”, “Piscataqua”, “Portsmouth N.H.”, “Portsmouth NH”, “Portsmouth, New Hampshire”, “Portsmouth, NH”, “Rivertown”, “Strabery Banke”, “Strawberry Banck”, “Strawberry Bancke”, “Strawberry Bank”, “Strawberry-bank”, “Strawbery Banke”, and “The Bank”
  • Postal codes: 03801-03804

Places of Interest

Highlights include Richard Jackson House and Pierce Island.

Museum
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The is a historic house in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Built in 1664 by Richard Jackson, it is the oldest wood-frame house in .

Islet
Peirce Island is a historic 27-acre island owned by the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and is connected to adjacent outlying Four Tree Island. It is connected to the mainland by the Peirce Island bridge.

Museum
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The is a historic house museum at 364 Middle Street in Portsmouth, , United States. Built in 1807, it is a well-preserved example of a high-end Federal style mansion, built for a wealthy merchant.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kittery and Newcastle.

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is a small town in , directly across from the border, that features a number of outlet stores.

Village
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New Castle is a town in , United States. The population was 1,000 at the 2020 census. It is the easternmost town in and the smallest by area, and it is the only town in the state located entirely on islands.

Town
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is a town in , United States. Originally settled in 1623, it was formerly a part of , to its east. After Kittery, it is the next most southern town in the state of Maine, lying on the across from Portsmouth and .

Portsmouth

Latitude
43.0751° or 43° 4′ 31″ north
Longitude
-70.7602° or 70° 45′ 37″ west
Population
20,600
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
IATA airport code
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United Nations Location Code
US PSM
Open location code
87MF36GQ+3W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158840947
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5091383
Wiki­data ID
Q49191
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Portsmouth” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بورتسموث”
  • Armenian: “Պորտսմութ”
  • Asturian: “Portsmouth”
  • Azerbaijani: “Portsmut”
  • Basque: “Portsmouth”
  • Belarusian: “Портсмут”
  • Breton: “Portsmouth”
  • Bulgarian: “Портсмът”
  • Catalan: “Portsmouth”
  • Cebuano: “Portsmouth”
  • Chechen: “Портсмут”
  • Chinese: “Portsmouth”
  • Chinese: “朴次茅斯”
  • Chinese: “朴茨茅斯，新罕布什爾州”
  • Chinese: “朴茨茅斯”
  • Chinese: “樸茨茅斯”
  • Czech: “Portsmouth”
  • Dagbani: “Portsmouth”
  • Danish: “Portsmouth”
  • Dutch: “Portsmouth”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بورتسموث”
  • Esperanto: “Portsmouth”
  • Estonian: “Portsmouth”
  • Finnish: “Portsmouth, New Hampshire”
  • Finnish: “Portsmouth”
  • French: “Portsmouth”
  • Galician: “Portsmouth”
  • Georgian: “პორტსმუთ”
  • German: “Portsmouth”
  • Gilaki: “پؤرتسمث (نيۊهمپشر)”
  • Gilaki: “پؤرتسمث”
  • Greek: “Πόρτσμουθ”
  • Haitian: “Portsmouth, New Hampshire”
  • Haitian: “Portsmouth”
  • Hebrew: “פורטסמות‘, ניו המפשייר”
  • Hebrew: “פורטסמות‘”
  • Hungarian: “Portsmouth”
  • Icelandic: “Portsmouth”
  • Irish: “Portsmouth”
  • Italian: “Portsmouth”
  • Japanese: “ポーツマス”
  • Kazakh: “Портсмаус”
  • Kirghiz: “Портсмаус”
  • Korean: “포츠머스”
  • Ladin: “Portsmouth”
  • Malagasy: “Portsmouth, New Hampshire”
  • Malagasy: “Portsmouth”
  • Mazanderani: “پرتسموث (نیوهمپشایر)”
  • Mazanderani: “پرتسموث”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Portsmouth”
  • Mongolian: “Портсмут”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Portsmouth”
  • Norwegian: “Portsmouth”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Portsmouth”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Portesmuða on þǣre Piscatacwa”
  • Persian: “پرتسموت، نیوهمپشایر”
  • Persian: “پرتسموت”
  • Persian: “پورتسموث”
  • Polish: “Portsmouth”
  • Portuguese: “Portsmouth”
  • Russian: “Портсмут”
  • Scots: “Portsmouth”
  • Serbian: “Портсмут”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Portsmouth, New Hampshire”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Portsmouth”
  • Slovak: “Portsmouth”
  • Slovenian: “Portsmouth”
  • Spanish: “Portsmouth (Nuevo Hampshire)”
  • Spanish: “Portsmouth”
  • Swahili: “Portsmouth, New Hampshire”
  • Swahili: “Portsmouth”
  • Swedish: “Portsmouth, New Hampshire”
  • Swedish: “Portsmouth”
  • Tatar: “Портсмут”
  • Tornedalen Finnish: “Portsmouth, New Hampshire”
  • Tornedalen Finnish: “Portsmouth”
  • Turkish: “Portsmouth, New Hampshire”
  • Turkish: “Portsmouth”
  • Ukrainian: “Портсмут”
  • Urdu: “پورٹسماؤت، نیو ہیمپشائر”
  • Urdu: “پورٹسماؤت”
  • Uzbek: “Portsmouth”
  • Veps: “Portsmut”
  • Vietnamese: “Portsmouth, New Hampshire”
  • Vietnamese: “Portsmouth”
  • Volapük: “Portsmouth”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Portsmouth, New Hampshire”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Portsmouth”
  • Welsh: “Portsmouth, New Hampshire”
  • Welsh: “Portsmouth”

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