1. Start with Hanover’s actual geographic scope
The relevant local record identifies Hanover as the Hanover CDP in Grafton County, New Hampshire. It does not establish a Hanover metropolitan area, a service radius, legal demand or the locations of prospective clients. A firm serving Hanover may also work elsewhere in Grafton County or across New Hampshire, but that broader reach should be a deliberate firm decision rather than an assumption drawn from the place name. Legal News is therefore best evaluated against the locations your practice actually accepts. A page about a statewide statute may need New Hampshire framing. A page about an incident may require careful treatment of the named locality and affected people. A page aimed only at Hanover should not imply countywide or statewide coverage without a reason.
Recommended approach
Bring a written service-area map to the consultation: Hanover, Grafton County, other New Hampshire communities, or a combination. Ask how those boundaries would affect story selection, titles, calls to action and reporting. Use the Census geography as context, not as evidence that a particular news topic will produce inquiries.
