Balloch, New Hampshire

Balloch, New Hampshire

Balloch, New Hampshire is a place name in the southwest corner of Cornish, NH derived from the Balloch Farm, originally owned by James Balloch (1761-1840) and, later, by his son William Balloch (1820-1893). [History of Town of Cornish, New Hampshire 1763-1910 (Genealogies p. 14)] It was the site of a small Boston & Maine Railroad station, built in the 1890s and destroyed in a freight train derailment on February 12, 1928. [Claremont Daily Eagle, February 13, 1928]

History

The Balloch Farm was settled by James Balloch soon after his arrival in the US in 1790. [History of Town of Cornish, New Hampshire 1763-1910 (Genealogies p. 14)] He married Sarah Chase, of the long-standing Cornish Chase family in 1796. [History of Town of Cornish, New Hampshire 1763-1910 (Genealogies p. 14)] Under his son, William, the farm prospered, producing milk for area creameries. The Sullivan County Railroad was constructed through the farm in 1849, with William Balloch serving as a contractor to the railroad. Starting the 1890s, the Balloch station was built to ship this milk directly to processors, such as the Bellows Falls Cooperative Creamery.

Balloch today

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ee also

*New Hampshire
*List of towns in New Hampshire
*Cornish, New Hampshire

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