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Gilmanton is a town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,945 at the 2020 census. [2] Gilmanton includes the villages of Gilmanton Corners and Gilmanton Ironworks. The town became well known in the 1950s after it was rumored that the popular novel Peyton Place, written by resident Grace Metalious, was based on ...
The first library formed in Gilmanton was a private lending library founded in 1801, and was first located in a private residence near the Smith Meeting House before being moved to Iron Works Village. A second library was founded in 1815 for the use of the Gilmanton Academy, and was located in the town center at Gilmanton Corner Village. The ...
Gilmanton Ironworks (alternately Gilmanton Iron Works) is an unincorporated community in the town of Gilmanton in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States.It is located near the eastern boundary of the town, along a stretch of the Suncook River south of the outlet of Crystal Lake.
The former Gilmanton Academy building occupies a prominent location in the village center of Gilmanton, at the back of a semicircular drive between the Congregational church and the public library. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, its main section covered by a hip roof and wooden clapboards.
The Smith Meeting House is a historic church at the junction of Meeting House and Governor Roads in Gilmanton, New Hampshire. Built about 1840, it is a well-preserved example of a vernacular 19th-century church building. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1]
Gilmanton: Town Belknap Town meeting 3,945 57.2 1727 Allens Mills, Gilmanton Corners, Gilmanton Ironworks, Jones Mills, Kelleys Corner, Lower Gilmanton Wilton: Town Hillsborough Town meeting 3,896 25.8 1762 Davisville, West Wilton, Wilton, Wilton Center Canaan: Town Grafton Town meeting 3,794 53.2 1761
The Centre Congregational Church is a historic Congregational church on Province Road (New Hampshire Route 107) in Gilmanton, New Hampshire. Built in 1826–27, it is one of the region's best examples of a late Federal-period church. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]
Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant is a township in Coös County, New Hampshire, United States. It was granted by the state legislature to Gilmanton Academy and Atkinson Academy in equal shares in 1809 and contained approximately 19,000 acres (77 km 2). It was later expanded by annexation of previously ungranted land to the west.