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New Hampshire Route 102 crosses the CDP, leading northeast 3 miles (5 km) to the center of Derry and southwest 7 miles (11 km) to Hudson. Route 128 leads north 5 miles (8 km) to New Hampshire Route 28 in North Londonderry and south 16 miles (26 km) to Lowell, Massachusetts. Manchester is 12 miles (19 km) to the north via Routes 128 and 28.
Londonderry lies in an area that was first known as "Nutfield" because of the dense woods with nut trees. A petition for the town was submitted to the General Court of the Province of New Hampshire on September 23, 1719. [5] That petition stated that the petitioners had settled "at Nutfield about the Eleventh of Aprile last"—i.e. April 11, 1719.
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 ...
The area was first settled by Scots-Irish families in 1719 as part of the town of Londonderry, as were present-day Windham and portions of Manchester, Salem and Hudson.The town of Derry was formed in 1827 from the eastern portion of Londonderry and was named, like Londonderry, after the city of Derry in Ireland, [4] the Irish word Doire meaning "oak grove".
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.
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated two combined statistical areas, two metropolitan statistical areas, and four micropolitan statistical areas in New Hampshire. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH CSA , comprising the area around Boston ; this area includes Manchester , New Hampshire's largest ...
The NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) defines a town as having a population of 4,500 or more. Settlements of 2,250 to 4,500 people are defined as intermediate settlements, villages are defined as having populations of 1,000 to 2,250 people and small villages and hamlets are defined as having less than 1,000 people (ref: Report of the Inter-Departmental Urban-Rural Definition Group ...
Raymond is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.The population was 10,684 at the 2020 census. [2] Part of Pawtuckaway State Park is in the north.. The main village in town, where 3,738 people resided at the 2020 census, [3] is defined as the Raymond census-designated place (CDP), and is located along the Lamprey River near New Hampshire Route 27.