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New Hampshire currently has 24 National Historic Landmarks; the most recent addition was Lucknow (Castle in the Clouds) in Moultonborough added in 2024. [1] Three of the sites— Canterbury Shaker Village , Harrisville Historic District , and the MacDowell Colony —are categorized as National Historic Landmark Districts .
The bridge was built on the site of earlier bridges that gave access to the "pine ground", an area with a large number of pine trees, and the eventual site of a saw mill. When the railroad arrived in the area in the late 1860s, Depot Road was run across the bridge to connect the town to the station.
Two New Hampshire state routes and two U.S. routes cross Chichester. NH 9, U.S. Route 4, and U.S. Route 202 run concurrently through town, connecting the northern part of Pembroke in the west to Epsom in the east. It is known locally as Dover Road. NH 28 crosses the eastern edge of town, roughly paralleling the Suncook River, connecting Epsom ...
Chester is in southeastern New Hampshire, in the western part of Rockingham County.The highest point in town is found on an unnamed hill west of Bell Hill and northwest of Harantis Lake; it has two knobs of almost equal elevation of at least 635 feet (194 m), according to the most recent (2011–2012) USGS 7.5-minute topographical map.
New Hampshire Route 4A (NH 4A) is a 24-mile-long (39 km) route between Lebanon and Andover, New Hampshire, serving as a shortcut around several villages on US 4. Until I-89 was built in the early 1970s, this was part of the main route between the Lebanon–Hanover area and the southeastern portion of New Hampshire. Today, traffic is very light ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 956 square miles (2,480 km 2), of which 934 square miles (2,420 km 2) is land and 22 square miles (57 km 2) (2.3%) is water. [6] It is the third largest county in New Hampshire by land area.
Granted in 1735 by Governor Jonathan Belcher of Massachusetts, this town was the site of Fort Number 1, first in the line of forts bordering the Connecticut River.After the border between Massachusetts and New Hampshire was fixed, the town was incorporated on February 11, 1752 [3] by Governor Benning Wentworth as Chesterfield, named for Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.
Three New Hampshire state routes, one Interstate Highway, and three U.S. routes cross Pembroke. NH 9 crosses the narrow salient at the northern edge of town between Concord in the west and Chichester in the east. It merges with US 4/US 202 at the end of the I-393 freeway just before entering Chichester. It is known locally as Loudon Road.