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Warner, NH

Warner, New Hampshire
Town
Pillsbury Free Library c. 1908
Pillsbury Free Library c. 1908
Official seal of Warner, New Hampshire
Seal
Location in Merrimack County and the state of New Hampshire.
Location in Merrimack County and the state of New Hampshire.
Coordinates: 43°16′49″N 71°48′57″W / 43.28028°N 71.81583°W / 43.28028; -71.81583Coordinates: 43°16′49″N 71°48′57″W / 43.28028°N 71.81583°W / 43.28028; -71.81583
Country United States
State New Hampshire
County Merrimack
Incorporated 1774
Government
 • Board of Selectmen John Dabuliewicz
Allan N. Brown
Clyde Carson
 • Town Administrator Jim Bingham
Area
 • Total 55.9 sq mi (144.8 km2)
 • Land 55.6 sq mi (144.1 km2)
 • Water 0.2 sq mi (0.6 km2)  0.43%
Elevation 446 ft (136 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 2,833
 • Density 51/sq mi (20/km2)
Time zone Eastern (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) Eastern (UTC-4)
ZIP code 03278
Area code(s) 603
FIPS code 33-78580
GNIS feature ID 0873745
Website www.warner.nh.us

Warner is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,833 at the 2010 census. The town is home to Northeast Catholic College, Rollins State Park and Mount Kearsarge State Forest.

The town's central settlement, where 444 people resided at the 2010 census, is defined as the Warner census-designated place (CDP), and is located along New Hampshire Route 103 and the Warner River. The town also includes the villages of Davisville and Waterloo.

The town was granted in 1735 as Number One by Massachusetts Governor Jonathan Belcher to petitioners largely from Amesbury, Massachusetts. Called New Amesbury, it was part of a line of settlements running between the Merrimack and Connecticut rivers intended to help defend Massachusetts against New France's predations. It was regranted by the Masonian Proprietors in 1749, when it was settled with four houses and a sawmill. Called Jennesstown, it was abandoned and destroyed during the French and Indian War. The town was granted again in 1767 to Jonathan Barnard and others, who called it Amesbury. But on September 3, 1774, it was incorporated as Warner, named after Jonathan Warner, a leading Portsmouth citizen, namesake of the Warner House and relative of Governor John Wentworth. It was one of the last towns established under English provincial rule prior to the Revolution.


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