Balloch, New Hampshire is a place name in the southwest corner of the town of Cornish

Cornish, New Hampshire

Cornish is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,640 at the 2010 census. Cornish has three covered bridges. Each August, it is home to the Cornish Fair.-History:...

 derived from the Balloch Farm, originally owned by James Balloch (1761-1840) and, later, by his son William Balloch (1820-1893). 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.

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 the 1890s, the Balloch station was built to ship this milk directly to processors, such as the Bellows Falls Cooperative Creamery.

Balloch today

Today, Balloch is marked by the "Balloch's Crossing Farm & Forge" sign at the historic Balloch Farm (also the home of North Star Canoe Rentals). The railroad, now operated by the New England Central Railroad

New England Central Railroad

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, continues to feature daily trains through Balloch, including its own freight trains, as well as freight trains of Pan Am Railways

Pan Am Railways

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 and the daily "Vermonter

Vermonter

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" passenger train of Amtrak

Amtrak

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