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Antrim, New Hampshire

Antrim, New Hampshire
Town
Antrim Town Hall
Antrim Town Hall
Official seal of Antrim, New Hampshire
Seal
Location in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Location in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Coordinates: 43°01′51″N 71°56′20″W / 43.03083°N 71.93889°W / 43.03083; -71.93889Coordinates: 43°01′51″N 71°56′20″W / 43.03083°N 71.93889°W / 43.03083; -71.93889
Country United States
State New Hampshire
County Hillsborough
Incorporated 1845
Government
 • Board of Selectmen John Robertson, Chair
Michael Genest
Robert Edwards
 • Town Administrator Donna Hanson
Area
 • Total 36.5 sq mi (94.5 km2)
 • Land 35.7 sq mi (92.4 km2)
 • Water 0.8 sq mi (2.1 km2)  2.27%
Elevation 712 ft (217 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 2,637
 • Density 72/sq mi (28/km2)
Time zone Eastern (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) Eastern (UTC-4)
ZIP code 03440
Area code(s) 603
FIPS code 33-01700
GNIS feature ID 0873533
Website www.antrimnh.org

Antrim is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,637 at the 2010 census. The primary settlement in the town, where 1,397 people resided at the 2010 census, is defined as the Antrim census-designated place (CDP) and is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 202 and New Hampshire Route 31. The town of Antrim also includes the villages of Antrim Center, North Branch, Clinton Village and South Village.

Settled in 1741 and incorporated on 22 March 1777, this town did not get its incorporated name until 1778. It was named for County Antrim in northern Ireland, which was the native home of the land's owner, Philip Riley. Scots-Irish settlers established a Presbyterian church in Antrim in 1788.

With falls providing water power, Great Brook was once lined with over twenty mills along its course from Gregg Lake to the Contoocook River. Commercial development centered on South Antrim. Cutlery was the major industry in this town, beginning with the manufacturing of apple-paring machines in 1864. The manufacture of cutlery continued in Antrim through 1989. The town is now largely a bedroom community for Peterborough and Hillsborough. It was home to the now-defunct Nathaniel Hawthorne College.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36.5 square miles (95 km2), of which 35.7 sq mi (92 km2) is land and 0.8 sq mi (2.1 km2) is water, comprising 2.27% of the town. Antrim is drained by the Contoocook River and its North Branch, in addition to Great Brook. Gregg Lake and Willard Pond are in the west. Bald Mountain, elevation 2,037 feet (621 m) above sea level and the highest point in Antrim, is also in the west. Antrim lies fully within the Merrimack River watershed.


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