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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.
Originally built between 1849–50, the bridge was substantially re-built in 1889 to replace the lighter covered railroad bridge. Having been built by the former Concord and Claremont Railroad (acquired by the Boston & Maine Railroad in 1887), the bridge is the oldest of four surviving double-web Town lattice railroad bridges, and is the oldest [2] extant covered railroad bridge in the United ...
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.
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.
A map of numbered covered bridges in New Hampshire, 1967 Stark Covered Bridge, built in 1857, over the Upper Ammonoosuc River Contoocook Railroad Bridge is the oldest covered railroad bridge of its kind in the United States Conway is home to the Saco River Bridge, built in 1890 Sign for NH Covered Bridge No. 2 (Coombs Covered Bridge) along NH Route 10
896 Main Street, Contoocook, NH 03229 Off NH 103 and NH 127 Hopkinton, New Hampshire (village of Contoocook) Coordinates: Built: 1849-50, renovated 1999–2013: Architectural style: Mid-Nineteenth Century Two Story Wooden Frame: Website: www.contoocookdepot.com
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The Contoocook River (/ k ə n ˈ t ʊ k ə k / ⓘ) is a 71-mile-long (114 km) [1] river in New Hampshire. It flows from Contoocook Lake on the Jaffrey/Rindge border to Penacook (just north of Concord), where it empties into the Merrimack River. It is one of only a few rivers in New Hampshire that flow in a predominantly northward direction.