Concord, New Hampshire Concord, New Hampshire The New Hampshire State House as seen from Eagle Square The New Hampshire State House as seen from Eagle Square Flag of Concord, New Hampshire Flag Official seal of Concord, New Hampshire Location in Merrimack County, New Hampshire Location in Merrimack County, New Hampshire State New Hampshire Concord / k e.k rd/ is the capital town/city of the U.S.
State of New Hampshire and the governmental center of county of Merrimack County.
Concord includes the villages of Penacook, East Concord, and West Concord.
The town/city is home to the University of New Hampshire School of Law, New Hampshire's only law school; St.
The region that would turn into Concord was originally settled thousands of years ago by Abenaki Native Americans called the Pennacook.:65 The tribe fished for migrating salmon, sturgeon, and alewives with nets strung athwart the rapids of the Merrimack River.
On January 17, 1725, the Province of Massachusetts Bay, which then claimed territories west of the Merrimack River, granted the Concord region as the Plantation of Penacook.:107 It was settled between 1725 and 1727 by Captain Ebenezer Eastman and the rest from Haverhill, Massachusetts.
It was retitled Concord in 1765 by Governor Benning Wentworth following a bitter boundary dispute between Rumford and the town of Bow; the town/city name was meant to reflect the new concord, or harmony, between the disputant towns. Citizens displaced by the resulting border adjustment were given territory elsewhere as compensation.
Concord interval in eminence throughout the 18th century, and some of its earliest homes survive at the northern end of Main Street.
In the years following the Revolution, Concord's central geographical locale made it a logical choice for the state capital, especially after Samuel Blodget in 1807 opened a canal and lock fitness to allow vessels passage around the Amoskeag Falls downriver, connecting Concord with Boston by way of the Middlesex Canal.
In 1808, Concord was titled the official seat of state government.:324 326 The 1819 State House is the earliest capitol in the country in which the state's legislative chapters meet in their initial chambers.
64.2 square miles (166.4 km2) of it is territory and 3.2 square miles (8.4 km2) of it is water, comprising 4.79% of the city. Concord is drained by the Merrimack River.
Concord lies fully inside the Merrimack River watershed, and is centered on the river, which runs from northwest to southeast through the city.
To the east of the Merrimack, up on a 100-foot (30 m) bluff, is a flat, sandy plain known as Concord Heights, which has seen most of the city's commercial evolution since 1960.
The easterly boundary of Concord (with the town of Pembroke) is formed by the Soucook River, a tributary of the Merrimack.
Other village centers in the town/city include West Concord (actually north of downtown, on the west side of the Merrimack) and East Concord (also north of downtown, but on the east side of the Merrimack).
Concord, as with much of New England, is inside the humid continental climate zone (Koppen Dfb), with long, cold, snowy winters, very warm (and at times humid) summers, and mostly brief autumns and springs.
Climate data for Concord Municipal Airport, New Hampshire (1981 2010 normals, extremes 1903 present) According to Concord's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 1 State of New Hampshire 6,450 5 Concord School District 876 11 City of Concord 454 Interstate 89 and Interstate 93 are the two chief interstate highways serving Concord, and join just south of the town/city limits.
Interstate 89 links Concord with Lebanon and the state of Vermont to the northwest, while Interstate 93 joins the town/city to Plymouth, Littleton, and the White Mountains to the north and Manchester to the south.
Interstate 393 is a spur highway dominant east from Concord and merging with U.S.
Route 3 serves as Concord's Main Street, while U.S.
Route 202 and New Hampshire Route 9 cross the town/city from east to west.
Also, state routes 13 and 132 serve the city: Route 13 leads southwest out of Concord towards Goffstown and Milford, while Route 132 travels north alongside to Interstate 93.
New Hampshire Route 106 passes through the easternmost part of Concord, crossing I-393 and NH 9 before crossing the Soucook River into the town of Pembroke.
Local bus service is provided by Concord Area Transit (CAT), with three routes through the city.
Regional bus service provided by Concord Coach Lines and Greyhound Lines is available from the Concord Transportation Center at 30 Stickney Avenue next to Exit 14 on Interstate 93, with service south to Boston and points in between, as well as north to Littleton and northeast to Berlin.
General aviation services are available through Concord Municipal Airport, positioned 2 miles (3 km) east of downtown.
Main article: List of citizens from Concord, New Hampshire According to the Concord town/city charter, the mayor chairs the council (composed of 15 members, including the mayor). However, the mayor has very several formal powers over the day-to-day management of the city. The actual operations of the town/city are overseen by the town/city manager, presently Thomas J.
In the New Hampshire Senate, Concord is in the 15th District, represented by Democrat Dan Feltes.
On the New Hampshire Executive Council, Concord is in the 2nd District, represented by Democrat Andru Volinsky.
In the United States House of Representatives, Concord is in New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district, represented by Democrat Ann Mc - Lane Kuster.
New Hampshire Department of Corrections operates the New Hampshire State Prison for Men in Concord.
Across from the state capitol, the former Eagle Hotel on Main Street, was a downtown landmark in Concord from its opening in 1827 until it closed in 1961.
Downtown Concord near the state capitol New Hampshire Public Radio is headquartered in Concord.
The New Hampshire State House, designed by architect Stuart Park and constructed between 1815 and 1818, is the earliest state home in which the council meets in its initial chambers. The building was remodeled in 1866, and the third story and west wing were added in 1910.
On the north end of Main Street is the Pierce Manse, in which President Franklin Pierce lived in Concord before and following his presidency. The mid-1830s Greek Revival home was moved from Montgomery Street to North Main Street in 1971 to prevent its demolition.
Beaver Meadow Golf Course, positioned in the northern part of Concord, is one of the earliest golf courses in New England. Besides this golf course, other meaningful sporting venues in Concord include Everett Arena and Memorial Field.
Other sites of interest include the Capitol Center for the Arts, the New Hampshire Historical Society, which has two facilities in Concord, the Steeplegate Mall on Loudon Road, and the Mc - Auliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, a planetarium titled after Christa Mc - Auliffe, the Concord teacher who died amid the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986.
Concord's enhance schools are inside the Concord School District, except for schools in the Penacook region of the city, which are inside the Merrimack Valley School District, a precinct which also includes a several towns north of Concord.
The only enhance high school in the Concord School District is Concord High School, which has about 2,000 students.
The only enhance middle school in the Concord School District is Rundlett Middle School, which has roughly 1,500 students.
Concord School District's elementary schools underwent a primary re-configuration in 2012, with three newly constructed schools opening and replacing six previous schools.
Kimball School and Walker School were replaced by Christa Mc - Auliffe School on the Kimball School site, Conant School (and Rumford School, which closed a year earlier) were replaced by Abbot-Downing School at the Conant site, and Eastman and Dame schools were replaced by Mill Brook School, serving kindergarten through undertaking two, positioned next to Broken Ground Elementary School, serving grades three to five.
Concord schools in the Merrimack Valley School District include Merrimack Valley High School and Merrimack Valley Middle School, which are adjoining to each other and to Rolfe Park in Penacook village, and Penacook Elementary School, just south of the village.
Concord has two parochial schools, Bishop Brady High School and Saint John Regional School.
Other region schools include Concord Christian Academy, Parker Academy, Trinity Christian School, Shaker Road School, and St.
Concord is also home to NHTI, Concord's Community College, Granite State College, the University of New Hampshire School of Law, and the Franklin Pierce University Doctorate of Physical Therapy program.
Official records for Concord were kept at downtown from January 1903 to April 1941 and at Concord Municipal Airport since May 1941.
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"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Concord city, New Hampshire".
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"WMO Climate Normals for CONCORD MUNICIPAL AP, NH 1961 1990".
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Concord city, New Hampshire".
"Selected Economic Characteristics: 2009-2011 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates (DP03): Concord city, New Hampshire".
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