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Center Harbor hosts a Fourth of July celebration featuring a road race (including a children's race around the library), parade, band concert, and fireworks over the lake. The Center Harbor Town Band, founded in 1878, offers free concerts on Fridays in the summer. In the winter, the town is a stop for snowmobile enthusiasts. [citation needed]
The Centre Harbor Village Historic District encompasses the historic village of Center Harbor, New Hampshire.It consists of a small cluster of properties located north of Plymouth Street and Main Street, as well as the Nichols Memorial Library (located just south of the junction of the two streets with Old Meredith Road), and the Kona Fountain, which is located in the center of that ...
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".
Derry is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Derry in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The CDP comprises the urban center of the town, as well as the village of East Derry and connected suburban areas. The population of the CDP was 22,879 at the 2020 census, [2] out of 34,317 in the entire town.
From the Hudson town line, the CDP boundary follows New Hampshire Route 102 (Nashua Road), New Hampshire Route 128 (Mammoth Road), Stonehenge Road, Interstate 93, and Ash Street to the Derry town line. [3] 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.
The village center constitutes the East Derry Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located on a hill close to the geographic center of the town of Derry along East Derry Road, approximately 2 miles (3 km) east of Derry's downtown. East Derry has a separate ZIP code (03041) from the rest of the town of Derry.
Derry map provided by OpenStreetMap The Craigavon Bridge. Derry is characterised by its distinctively hilly topography. [82] The River Foyle forms a deep valley as it flows through the city, giving it a steep topography. The original walled city of Londonderry lies on a hill on the west bank of the River Foyle. In the past, the river branched ...
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 ...