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New England QSO Party County Abbreviations

Note: some county names are the same in each state (Middlesex is in MA and CT, for example). We prefer that logs use the 5-letter abbreviations.

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State County 5-letter 
abbreviation
3-letter
abbreviation
(optional)
Licensed hams
(as of 3/2005)
Connecticut Fairfield FAI CT FAI 1858
Hartford HAR CT HAR 2169
Litchfield LIT CT LIT 633
Middlesex MID CT MIC 448
New-Haven NHV CT NHV 1679
New-London NLN CT NLN 797
Tolland TOL CT TOL 424
Windham WIN CT WIN 253
Maine Androscoggin AND ME AND 283
Aroostook ARO ME ARO 249
Cumberland CUM ME CUM 798
Franklin FRA ME FRE 89
Hancock HAN ME HAN 239
Kennebec KEN ME KEN 430
Knox KNO ME KNO 162
Lincoln LIN ME LIN 184
Oxford OXF ME OXF 216
Penobscot  PEN ME PEN 505
Piscataquis PIS ME PIS  62
Sagadahoc  SAG ME SAG 138
Somerset  SOM ME SOM 165
Waldo WAL ME WAL 151
Washington WAS ME WAM 220
York  YOR ME YOR 531
Massachusetts Barnstable BAR MA BAR 841
Berkshire BER MA BER 452
Bristol  BRI MA BRM 1211
Dukes DUK MA DUK 42
Essex  ESS MA ESM 1625
Franklin  FRA MA FRA 227
Hampden HMD MA HMD 888
Hampshire HMP MA HMP 351
Middlesex MID MA MIM 4113
Nantucket NAN MA NAN 27
Norfolk  NOR MA NOR 1357
Plymouth PLY MA PLY  944
Suffolk  SUF MA SUF  419
Worcester WOR MA WOR 1954
New Hampshire Belknap  BEL NH BEL 287
Carroll  CAR NH CAR 156
Cheshire  CHE NH CHE 303
Coos  COO NH COO 116
Grafton  GRA NH GRN 250
Hillsborough HIL NH HIL  1715
Merrimack MER NH MER 527
Rockingham ROC NH ROC 1154
Strafford STR NH STR 322
Sullivan  SUL NH SUL 203
Rhode Island Bristol BRI RI BRR 143
Kent  KEN RI KNT 535
Newport NEW RI NEW 292
Providence PRO RI PRO 1026
Washington WAS RI WAR 348
Vermont Addison  ADD VT ADD 145
Bennington BEN VT BEN 150
Caledonia CAL VT CAL 104
Chittenden CHI VT CHI  639
Essex  ESS VT ESV 10
Franklin  FRA VT FRV 143
Grand Isle GRA VT GRV 24
Lamoille LAM VT LAM 72
Orange  ORA VT ORA 109
Orleans ORL VT ORL 72
Rutland RUT VT RUT 202
Washington WAS VT WAV 223
Windham WNH VT WNH 117
Windsor  WND VT WND 184