Berlin
[key], city (2020 pop. 10,118), Coos co., NE N.H., in the White Mts. at
falls of the Androscoggin; settled late 1700s as Maynesborough, renamed
1829, inc. as a city 1897. In a heavily forested region, it was long a pulp
and paper mill center, but the last mill closed in 2006; a logging museum is
there. Fabricated metal products are produced, but health care, prisons, and
other services are the main employers. Berlin, a winter sports center, has
the first ski club organized (1872) in the United States. Nearby is White
Mountain National Forest.
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