Hanover, New Hampshire
| Hanover, New Hampshire | |
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Hanover Main Street
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 Location in Grafton County, New Hampshire |
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| Coordinates: 43°42′08″N 72°17′22″W / 43.70222°N 72.28944°WCoordinates: 43°42′08″N 72°17′22″W / 43.70222°N 72.28944°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Hampshire |
| County | Grafton |
| Incorporated | 1761 |
| Government | |
| • Board of Selectmen | Peter L. Christie, Chair Athos J. Rassias William V. Geraghty Nancy A. Carter Joanna Whitcomb |
| • Town Manager | Julia N. Griffin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 50.3 sq mi (130.2 km2) |
| • Land | 49.0 sq mi (127.0 km2) |
| • Water | 1.3 sq mi (3.3 km2) 2.52% |
| Elevation | 528 ft (161 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 11,260 |
| • Density | 220/sq mi (86/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (UTC−4) |
| ZIP code | 03755 |
| Area code(s) | 603 |
| FIPS code | 33-33860 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0873619 |
| Website | www |
Hanover is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States, along the Connecticut River. The population was 11,260 at the 2010 census.CNN and Money magazine rated Hanover the sixth best place to live in America in 2011, and the second best in 2007. "This just might be the best college town," read a headline in a story in the January / February 2017 issue of Yankee.
Dartmouth College and the US Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory are located there. The Appalachian Trail crosses the town.
The main village of the town, where 8,636 people resided at the 2010 census, is defined as the Hanover census-designated place (CDP), and is located at the junctions of New Hampshire routes 10, 10A, and 120. The town also contains the villages of Etna and Hanover Center.
Hanover was chartered by Governor Benning Wentworth on July 4, 1761, and in 1765–1766 its first European inhabitants arrived, the majority from Connecticut. Although the surface is uneven, the town developed into an agricultural community. Dartmouth College was established in 1769 beside the Common at a village called the Plain—an extensive and level tract of land a mile (1.6 kilometers) from the Connecticut River, and about 150 feet (46 meters) above it.
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