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Bristol is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,244 at the 2020 census. [2] It is home to Wellington State Park, Sugar Hill State Forest, and Profile Falls on the Smith River. Surrounded by hills and lakes, Bristol includes the lower two-thirds of Newfound Lake, a resort area.
Bristol is a census-designated place (CDP) and the main village in the town of Bristol in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population of the CDP was 1,911 at the 2020 census , [ 2 ] out of 3,244 in the entire town.
In 1761, a map called the Accurate Map of his Majesty's Province of New Hampshire detailed the area, again with the lake nameless. [5]: 358 In 1766 the New Chester proprietors refer to the lake in printed records as "Newfound pond". [5]: 358–359 In 1791, Jeremy Belknap called it "New Chester Pond" in his History of New Hampshire.
The Central Square Historic District of Bristol, New Hampshire, encompasses the central commercial district of the town.The square is a four-sided space near the junction of six roadways in the center of Bristol, just north of the Newfound River and west of the Pemigewasset River.
New Hampshire is a state located in the Northeastern United States. It is divided into 234 municipalities, including 221 towns and 13 cities. New Hampshire is organized along the New England town model, where the state is nearly completely incorporated and divided into towns, 13 of which are designated as "cities". For each town/city, the table ...
The land comprising Bridgewater was originally part of a town known as "New Chester", which was separated into Bridgewater, Bristol, Hill, Danbury, and Wilmot. The town name was chosen because many of the settlers were from Bridgewater, Massachusetts. [3] Bridgewater originally included all of Bridgewater, Hill and Bristol.
The Smith River is a 25.0-mile-long (40.2 km) [1] river located in central New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Pemigewasset River, part of the Merrimack River watershed. The Smith River begins at the outlet of Tewksbury Pond in Grafton, New Hampshire. The river flows southwest and then southeast through Grafton, passing ...
The Newfound River is a 3.2-mile-long (5.1 km) [1] river in central New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Pemigewasset River, part of the Merrimack River watershed. The Newfound River begins at the outlet of Newfound Lake in Bristol, New Hampshire.