From The Gazetteer of the State of New Hampshire (in three parts), compiled from the best authorities, by Eliphalet Merrill and the Late Phinehas Merrill, Esq., Printed by C. Norris & Co., Exeter, NH, �1817, pg 194
Part Two of Gazetteer:
SOCIETY LAND - in Hillsborough county, contains 199 inhabitants; bounded N. by Deering, E. by Francestown, S. by Greenfield, and W. by Contoocook river which divides it from Antrim: its area is 3,300 acres. Crotchet mountain lies on its south and east line.
Submitted by T.C. Parziale 5/30/00