SOMERSWORTH  , a

city of Strafford county, New Hampshire, U.S.A., on the Salmon Falls river, 5 M . N. of Dover, and opposite the town of Berwick, Maine, industrially a part of Somersworth . Pop . (189o) 6207; (1900) 7023 (3166 foreign-born); (1910) 6704 . Somersworth is served by the Boston & Maine railroad, and is connected by electric line with Rochester and Dover . The river furnishes good water power, and the city's chief interests are in the manufacture of cotton and woollen goods, and boots and shoes . It has a public library . In the south-west part is Central Park, lying along the shore of Willand's Pond . The municipality owns and operates the waterworks . A settlement was established here in the latter part of the 17th century, when the territory was a part of Dover . In 1729 the parish of Summersworth was organized; in 1754 this parish was erected into the town of Somersworth; in 1821 the first company was formed to develop the water-power and establish cotton and woollen mills; in 1849 the southern half of the town was set-off and incorporated as Rollinsford; and in 1893 Somers-worth was chartered as a city . See W .

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Historical Sketch (1894) .