Manchester, NH
| Manchester, New Hampshire | ||
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Clockwise from top: Manchester skyline from above Amoskeag Falls, Hanover Street, a Fisher Cats game at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium, the Arms Park Riverwalk and Millyard, and City Hall.
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| Nickname(s): Queen City, Manch Vegas | ||
| Motto: Labor Vincit | ||
 Location in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire |
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| Coordinates: 42°59′27″N 71°27′49″W / 42.99083°N 71.46361°WCoordinates: 42°59′27″N 71°27′49″W / 42.99083°N 71.46361°W | ||
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 United States
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| State |
 New Hampshire
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| County | Hillsborough | |
| Incorporated (as Derryfield) |
1751 | |
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Incorporated (as Manchester) |
1846 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Theodore Gatsas (R) | |
| • Aldermen | Kevin J. Cavanaugh Ron Ludwig Patrick Long Christopher Herbert Anthony Sapienza Nick Pappas William P. Shea Thomas Katsiantonis Barbara E. Shaw Bill Barry Normand Gamache Keith Hirschmann Joseph Kelly Levasseur Daniel P. O'Neil |
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| Area | ||
| • City | 90.6 km2 (35.0 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 85.7 km2 (33.1 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 4.8 km2 (1.9 sq mi) 5.33% | |
| Elevation | 64 m (210 ft) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • City | 109,565 | |
| • Estimate (2015) | 110,229 | |
| • Rank | US: 262nd | |
| • Density | 1,285.8/km2 (3,330/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 158,377 (US: 209th) | |
| • Metro | 406,678 (US: 132nd) | |
| Time zone | Eastern (UTC-5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (UTC-4) | |
| ZIP code | 03101-03111 (03110 assigned to suburb Bedford) | |
| Area code(s) | 603 | |
| FIPS code | 33-45140 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 0868243 | |
| Website | www |
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Manchester is the largest city in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, the tenth largest city in New England, and as of 2015 the largest city in northern New England, an area comprising the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. It is located in Hillsborough County along the banks of the Merrimack River, which divides the city into eastern and western sections. Manchester is near the northern end of the Northeast megalopolis. It was first named by the merchant and inventor Samuel Blodget (after whom Samuel Blodget Park and Blodget Street in Manchester's North End are named). Blodget's vision was to create a great industrial center similar to that of the original Manchester in England, which was the world's first industrialized city.
Manchester often appears favorably in lists ranking the affordability and livability of American cities. In 2009, CNNMoney.com rated Manchester 13th in a list of the 100 best cities in which to live and launch a business in the United States. In addition, Kiplinger voted Manchester the second most tax-friendly city in the United States, second only to Anchorage, Alaska. Also in 2009, Forbes magazine ranked the Manchester region first on its list of "America's 100 Cheapest Places to Live." According to the Equality of Opportunity Project, released in 2013, Manchester ranked as the seventh best metropolitan area in terms of upward income mobility in the United States.
Pennacook Indians called it Namaoskeag, meaning "good fishing place"—a reference to the Amoskeag Falls in the Merrimack River. In 1722, John Goffe III settled beside Cohas Brook, later building a dam and sawmill at what was dubbed Old Harry's Town. It was granted by Massachusetts in 1727 as Tyngstown to veterans of Queen Anne's War who served in 1703 under Captain William Tyng. But at New Hampshire's 1741 separation from Massachusetts, the grant was ruled invalid and substituted with Wilton, Maine, so Governor Benning Wentworth rechartered the town in 1751 as Derryfield. Derryfield remains a neighborhood in contemporary Manchester, along its easternmost area adjacent to Massabesic Lake.
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