Weare, New Hampshire
| Weare, New Hampshire | |
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| Town | |
Town Hall c. 1915
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| Motto: "A Part of Yesterday in Touch with Tomorrow" | |
 Location in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire |
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| Coordinates: 43°05′41″N 71°43′50″W / 43.09472°N 71.73056°WCoordinates: 43°05′41″N 71°43′50″W / 43.09472°N 71.73056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Hampshire |
| County | Hillsborough |
| Incorporated | 1764 |
| Government | |
| • Board of Selectmen | Keith Lacasse, Chair Thomas Clow John (Jack) Meany Jennifer Bohl Frederick Hippler |
| • Town Administrator | Naomi L. Bolton |
| Area | |
| • Total | 59.9 sq mi (155.1 km2) |
| • Land | 58.8 sq mi (152.4 km2) |
| • Water | 1.0 sq mi (2.7 km2) 1.74% |
| Elevation | 633 ft (193 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 8,785 |
| • Density | 150/sq mi (57/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 03281 |
| Area code(s) | 603 |
| FIPS code | 33-79780 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0873749 |
| Website | www |
Weare is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 8,785 at the 2010 census. It is close to two important New Hampshire cities, Manchester and Concord.
It was granted to veterans of the Canadian wars in 1735 by Governor Jonathan Belcher, who named it Beverly-Canada after their hometown, Beverly, Massachusetts. But the charter was ruled invalid because of a prior claim by the Masonian proprietors, who granted six square miles as Hale's Town to Ichabod Robie in 1749. It was also known as Robie's Town or Weare's Town before being incorporated by Governor Benning Wentworth in 1764 as Weare, after Meshech Weare, who served as the town's first clerk and later went on to become New Hampshire's first governor.
In 1834, Moses Cartland founded Clinton Grove Academy, the first Quaker seminary in the state. A cousin of John Greenleaf Whittier, Cartland named the village where the school was located Clinton Grove, in honor of Dewitt Clinton, chief sponsor of the Erie Canal. The original academy served as a private high school. The complex, which included a classroom building, boarding house, barn and sheds, burned in 1872. Classes were then held in the Quaker meetinghouse across the common until 1874, when a new building was completed. It would serve as the Weare school district from 1877 to 1938.
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