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Exeter, NH

Exeter, New Hampshire
Water Street in downtown Exeter
Water Street in downtown Exeter
Official seal of Exeter, New Hampshire
Seal
Location in Rockingham County and the state of New Hampshire.
Location in Rockingham County and the state of New Hampshire.
Coordinates: 42°58′53″N 70°56′52″W / 42.98139°N 70.94778°W / 42.98139; -70.94778Coordinates: 42°58′53″N 70°56′52″W / 42.98139°N 70.94778°W / 42.98139; -70.94778
Country United States
State New Hampshire
County Rockingham
Incorporated 1638
Government
 • Board of Selectmen Julie Gilman, Chair
Dan Chartrand
Donald Clement
Nancy Belanger
Anne Surman
 • Town Manager Russell Dean
Area
 • Total 20.0 sq mi (51.8 km2)
 • Land 19.6 sq mi (50.9 km2)
 • Water 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km2)  1.85%
Elevation 33 ft (10 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 14,306
 • Density 729.9/sq mi (281.8/km2)
Time zone Eastern (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) Eastern (UTC-4)
ZIP code 03833
Area code(s) 603
FIPS code 33-25380
GNIS feature ID 0873595
Website www.exeternh.gov

Exeter is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The town's population was 14,306 at the 2010 census. Exeter was the county seat until 1997, when county offices were moved to neighboring Brentwood. Home to the Phillips Exeter Academy, a private university-preparatory school, Exeter is situated where the Exeter River feeds the tidal Squamscott River.

The urban portion of the town, where 9,242 people resided at the 2010 census, is defined by the U. S. Census Bureau as the Exeter census-designated place.

Exeter is named after the historic city in Devon, England.

The area was once the domain of the Squamscott Native Americans, a sub-tribe of the Pennacook nation, which fished at the falls where the Exeter River becomes the tidal Squamscott, the site around which the future town of Exeter would grow. On April 3, 1638, the Reverend John Wheelwright and others purchased the land from Wehanownowit, the sagamore. Wheelwright had been exiled by the Massachusetts Bay Colony, a puritan theocracy, for sharing the dissident religious views of his sister-in-law, Anne Hutchinson. The minister took with him about 175 individuals to found the town he named after Exeter in Devon, England. Local government was linked with Massachusetts until New Hampshire became a separate colony in 1679, but counties weren't introduced until 1769.


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