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Tamworth is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,812 at the 2020 census. Tamworth includes the villages of Chocorua, South Tamworth, Wonalancet, and Whittier. The White Mountain National Forest is to the north. The town is house to Hemenway State Forest in the north and White Lake State Park in the southeast.

Granted in 1766 by colonial Governor Benning Wentworth, this town was named in honor of his near friend, British Admiral Washington Shirley, Viscount Tamworth. The admiral’s daughter, Selina Shirley, was instrumental in the founding of Dartmouth College. The village of Whittier, like Mount Whittier in Ossipee, is named for the poet John Greenleaf Whittier.

The Chinook Kennels here raised sled dogs for the Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd Antarctic expeditions and the Army’s search-and-rescue units. The Barnstormers Theatre summer playhouse was expected here in 1931 by Francis Grover Cleveland, son of President Grover Cleveland. He supported the theatre until his death in 1995. Barnstormers is hailed as the oldest continuously presidency professional theatre in the state.