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Plymouth, New Hampshire

Plymouth, New Hampshire
Town
Town center: Plymouth Post Office, Rounds Hall of Plymouth State University (in background), Plymouth Congregational Church, Town Hall (left to right)
Town center: Plymouth Post Office, Rounds Hall of Plymouth State University (in background), Plymouth Congregational Church, Town Hall (left to right)
Official seal of Plymouth, New Hampshire
Seal
Motto: Bridging the Lakes Region and the White Mountains
Location in Grafton County, New Hampshire
Location in Grafton County, New Hampshire
Coordinates: 43°45′27″N 71°41′19″W / 43.75750°N 71.68861°W / 43.75750; -71.68861Coordinates: 43°45′27″N 71°41′19″W / 43.75750°N 71.68861°W / 43.75750; -71.68861
Country United States
State New Hampshire
County Grafton
Incorporated 1763
Named for Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts
Government
 • Board of Selectmen Mike Conklin, Chair
Mike Ahern
William Bolton
Neil McIver
John Randlett
Area
 • Total 28.7 sq mi (74.3 km2)
 • Land 28.1 sq mi (72.8 km2)
 • Water 0.6 sq mi (1.5 km2)  2.00%
Elevation 520 ft (158 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 6,990
 • Density 249/sq mi (96.0/km2)
Time zone Eastern (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) Eastern (UTC-4)
ZIP code 03264
Area code(s) 603
FIPS code 33-62660
GNIS feature ID 0873702
Website www.plymouth-nh.org

Plymouth is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States, in the White Mountains Region. Plymouth is located at the convergence of the Pemigewasset and Baker rivers. The population was 6,990 at the 2010 census. The town is home to Plymouth State University, Speare Memorial Hospital, and Plymouth Regional High School.

The town's central settlement, where 4,456 people resided at the 2010 census (primarily Plymouth State students), is defined as the Plymouth census-designated place (CDP), and is located along U.S. Route 3, south of the confluence of the Baker and Pemigewasset rivers.

Plymouth was originally the site of an Abenaki village that was burned to the ground by Captain Thomas Baker in 1712. This was just one of the many British raids on American Indian settlements during Queen Anne's War. Part of a large plot of undivided land in the Pemigewasset Valley, the town was first named New Plymouth, after the original Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts. Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth granted Plymouth to settlers from Hollis, all of whom had been soldiers in the French and Indian War. Some had originally come from Plymouth, Massachusetts. The town was incorporated in 1763. Parts of Hebron and Campton were annexed in 1845 and 1860.


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