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Hudson, New Hampshire

Hudson, New Hampshire
Town
Official seal of Hudson, New Hampshire
Seal
Location within Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Location within Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Coordinates: 42°45′53″N 71°26′23″W / 42.76472°N 71.43972°W / 42.76472; -71.43972Coordinates: 42°45′53″N 71°26′23″W / 42.76472°N 71.43972°W / 42.76472; -71.43972
Country United States
State New Hampshire
County Hillsborough
Incorporated 1673
Annexed 1731
Incorporated 1746 (renamed in 1830)
Government
 • Board of Selectmen Thaddeus Luszey, Chair
Marilyn McGrath
Patricia Nichols
Angela Saucier
Roger E. Coutu
 • Town Administrator Steve Malizia
Area
 • Total 29.3 sq mi (75.8 km2)
 • Land 28.3 sq mi (73.3 km2)
 • Water 0.9 sq mi (2.4 km2)
Elevation 148 ft (45 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 24,467
 • Density 864/sq mi (333.6/km2)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 03051
Area code(s) 603
FIPS code 33-37940
GNIS feature ID 0873631
Website www.hudsonnh.gov

Hudson is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. It is located along the Massachusetts state line. The population was 24,467 at the 2010 census, with an estimated population of 24,645 in 2013. It is the ninth-largest municipality (town or city) in the state, by population.

The primary settlement in town, where 7,336 people resided at the 2010 census, is defined as the Hudson census-designated place (CDP) and is located at the junctions of New Hampshire routes 102, 111 and 3A, directly across the Merrimack River from the city of Nashua.

Hudson began as part of the Dunstable Land Grant that encompassed the current city of Nashua, New Hampshire, and the towns of Dunstable and Pepperell, Massachusetts, as well as parts of other nearby towns on both sides of the border. In 1732, all of Dunstable east of the Merrimack River became the town of Nottingham, Massachusetts. Nine years later, the northern boundary of Massachusetts was finally officially established, and the New Hampshire portion of Nottingham became Nottingham West, to avoid confusion with Nottingham, New Hampshire to the northeast.

In 1830, after the better part of a century, the name was changed to "Hudson" to avoid confusion with the older town of Nottingham. The name apparently comes from an early belief that the Merrimack River had once been thought to be a tributary of the Hudson River, or that the area had once been explored by Henry Hudson; both proved to be entirely apocryphal stories, but the name of the town remains today.


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