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Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.At the 2020 census it had a population of 21,956. [2] A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination on the Piscataqua River bordering the state of Maine, Portsmouth was formerly the home of the Strategic Air Command's Pease Air Force Base, since converted to Portsmouth International Airport at Pease.
Portsmouth is located at the northern end of New Hampshire's short seacoast, and is bounded on the north by the Piscataqua River and on the east by the island community of New Castle. Its downtown area is roughly bounded on the north and south by mill ponds, and is where the town was first settled in 1630.
The county contains all of New Hampshire's Atlantic coast, which, at approximately 18 miles (29 km), is the shortest ocean coastline of any state in the U.S. [6] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 795 square miles (2,060 km 2), of which 695 square miles (1,800 km 2) are land and 100 square miles (260 km 2) (13%) are ...
PORTSMOUTH – Residents packed the high school auditorium and sent a resounding message to Town Council members: ... According to the website, the transfer station is open from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m ...
Location: Bounded by Deer St., High St., the former location of School St., and a line running parallel to High St., Portsmouth, NH [1]: 5 Coordinates: a]: Architectural style: Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Federal: NRHP reference No.: 72001570: Significant dates; Added to NRHP: March 24, 1972 [1]: 18 : Removed from NRHP: 1999: The Portsmouth Parade Historic District is an area in Portsmouth ...
The Portsmouth Athenaeum expresses its deepest appreciation to the many contributors who made the New Hampshire Presidential Primaries - 1920 to 2020 exhibition such a resounding success.
The first official tour outside of Portsmouth was in the town of Hancock, in western New Hampshire where Jack Ware, a formerly enslaved man, lived in the 1700s. [9] The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire would eventually have its own separate location in the summer of 2018 when they moved into 222 Court St. in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. [10]
Strawbery Banke is an outdoor history museum located in the South End historic district of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.It is the oldest neighborhood in New Hampshire to be settled by Europeans, and the earliest neighborhood remaining in the present-day city of Portsmouth.