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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.
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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.
New Hampshire first established a State Forestry Department, and hired the first State Forester, in 1910. [3] Other elements of the current Division of Forests and Lands date to at least 1917 with the establishment of a "white pine blister rust control program" (white pine blister rust is a tree disease caused by Cronartium ribicola). [4]
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.
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Title: Life and times in Hopkinton, N.H Year: 1890 Authors: Lord, Charles Chase, 1841-1911 Subjects: Hopkinton (N.H.) -- History Hopkinton (N.H.) -- Biography Publisher: Concord, N.H. Republican press association Contributing Library: University of New Hampshire Library Digitizing Sponsor: University of New Hampshire Library
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