Bow, New Hampshire Bow, New Hampshire Bow Center School (1894) Bow Center School (1894) Official seal of Bow, New Hampshire Location in Merrimack County and the state of New Hampshire Location in Merrimack County and the state of New Hampshire State New Hampshire Bow is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States.
The town was granted by the authorities of New Hampshire, to Jonathan Wiggin and others, in 1727, and was originally 9 miles (14 km) square, and veiled nearly all the territory granted to Ebenezer Eastman and others, by the authorities of Massachusetts, two years previous, under the name of Pennacook (now Concord).
Massachusetts claimed to hold authority over a large portion of the territory of New Hampshire for many years, till the final boundary line was established, in 1741, giving New Hampshire more territory than it had ever claimed.
These complicated lines of the two suburbs coming from two different authorities, were not settled decisively till after the final separation of the two states.
The government of New Hampshire gave Bow the preference in its grant of 1727, and did not recognize the title of the Pennacook grantees, and in the bill giving a charter for the church of Concord, it was worded as "taking a part of the town of Bow," etc.
Although Concord was granted and surveyed before Bow, its final organization was 38 years after it.
Bow attained a victory over Concord in its initial title; still it was obliged to yield over two-thirds of its territory to Concord, Pembroke and Hopkinton, establishing their final boundary lines at different times, from 1759 to 1765. The town's name comes from its establishment along a bend, or "bow", in the Merrimack River.
In 1874, the Concord Railroad passed along the easterly border of Bow. It is now the New England Southern Railroad.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 28.4 square miles (73.6 km2), of which 28.0 sq mi (72.6 km2) is territory and 0.39 sq mi (1.0 km2) is water, comprising 1.38% of the town. The highest point in Bow is Picked Hill, at 915 feet (279 m) above sea level, in the southern part of town.
Bow lies fully inside the Merrimack River watershed. In the town, the populace was spread out with 32.6% under the age of 18, 4.4% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 27.2% from 45 to 64, and 8.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $79,329, and the median income for a family was $83,567.
About 2.0% of families and 1.8% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 0.6% of those under age 18 and 4.2% of those age 65 or over.
In 1997, Bow assembled its first high school, Bow High School, along Turee Pond.
Bow Memorial School (the middle school) and Bow Elementary School are positioned on Bow Center Road, less than a mile from the high school.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Bow town, Merrimack County, New Hampshire".
Water Use in New Hampshire: An Activities Guide for Teachers.
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