Balloch is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in the southwest corner of the town of
Cornish, New Hampshire, in the United States. The name is 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
The Boston and Maine Railroad was a U.S. Class I railroad in northern New England. Originally chartered in 1835, it became part of what was the Pan Am Railways network in 1983 (most of which was purchased by CSX in 2022).
At the end of 1970 ...
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.
He married Sarah Chase, of the long-standing Cornish Chase family in 1796.
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 in the 1890s, the Balloch station was built to ship this milk directly to processors, such as the
Bellows Falls Cooperative Creamery.
Balloch today
Balloch at one time was marked by the "Balloch's Crossing Farm & Forge" sign at the historic Balloch Farm (formerly the home of North Star Canoe Rentals). The railroad, now operated by the
New England Central Railroad
The New England Central Railroad is a regional railroad in the New England region of the United States. It began operations in 1995, as the successor of the Central Vermont Railway (CV). The company was originally a subsidiary of holding comp ...
, continues to feature daily trains through Balloch, including its own freight trains, as well as freight trains of
Pan Am Railways
Pan Am Railways, Inc. (PAR) is a subsidiary of CSX Corporation that operates Class II regional railroads covering northern New England from Mattawamkeag, Maine, to Rotterdam Junction, New York. Pan Am Railways is primarily made up of former Cla ...
and the daily ''
Vermonter'' passenger train of
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. States and nine cities in Canada ...
.
See also
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New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the nor ...
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List of cities and towns in New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state located in the Northeastern United States. This is a list of the 221 towns and 13 cities in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. New Hampshire is organized along the New England town model, where the state is nearly comple ...
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Cornish, New Hampshire
References
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Unincorporated communities in New Hampshire
New Hampshire populated places on the Connecticut River
Unincorporated communities in Sullivan County, New Hampshire
Cornish, New Hampshire