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Hopkinton is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States.The population was 5,914 at the 2020 census. [2] The town has three distinct communities: Hopkinton village, mainly a residential area in the center of the town; Contoocook, the town's business hub, located in the north; and West Hopkinton, within the more agricultural portion of the town.
In New Hampshire, unincorporated communities may be either separate from any other municipality and be subject to county government, or located within an incorporated town and subject to that town's municipal government.
Contoocook is located in the northern part of the town of Hopkinton. New Hampshire Route 103 passes through the center of the village as Main Street and Park Avenue. New Hampshire Route 127 enters the village from the south as Maple Street and joins NH 103 along Park Avenue departing to the north.
New Hampshire is the state with the seventh highest median household income in the United States: $89,992 as of 2022. [1] The most affluent parts of the state are in the Seacoast Region , in the outer Boston suburbs, and around Dartmouth College .
Norman Khumalo has announced that he will retire as Hopkinton's town manager early next year, and has accepted a position with Patton Energy. After nearly 15 years leading Hopkinton, this official ...
As a result of increased flooding in the Northeast in the early 20th century, plans for the Hopkinton-Everett Dams were developed, with the Hopkinton Dam being built 0.2 miles (0.3 km) south of West Hopkinton on the Contoocook River and the Everett Dam on the Piscataquog River in the town of Weare. The dams were completed in 1962.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 28.8 square miles (74.6 km 2), of which 28.2 square miles (73.1 km 2) are land and 0.58 square miles (1.5 km 2) are water, comprising 2.02% of the town. [1] The Blackwater River flows from north to south through the town, leading to the Contoocook River in Hopkinton.
The highway runs from Hopkinton in Merrimack County northward to Sanbornton in Belknap County. The southern terminus of NH 127 is at U.S. Route 202 and New Hampshire Route 9 in Hopkinton, where the highway is known as Maple Street. The northern terminus of NH 127 is in Sanbornton at New Hampshire Route 132 as New Hampton Road.