Hanover, New Hampshire Hanover, New Hampshire Hanover Main Street Hanover Main Street Location in Grafton County, New Hampshire Location in Grafton County, New Hampshire State New Hampshire Hanover is a town along the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.
The populace was 11,260 at the 2010 census. CNN and Money periodical rated Hanover the sixth best place to live in America in 2011, and the second best in 2007. "This just might be the best college town," read the headline of a story in the January-February 2017 copy of Yankee. Dartmouth College and the US Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory are positioned in Hanover.
The chief village of the town, where 8,636 citizens resided at the 2010 census, is defined as the Hanover census-designated place (CDP), and is positioned at the junctions of New Hampshire routes 10, 10 - A, and 120.
The town also contains the villages of Etna and Hanover Center.
Hanover was chartered by Governor Benning Wentworth on July 4, 1761, and in 1765 1766 its first European inhabitants arrived, the majority from Connecticut.
At one point in its history, the southwest corner of Hanover was known as Dresden, which in the 1780s joined other disgruntled New Hampshire suburbs along the Connecticut River that briefly defected to what was then the autonomous Republic of Vermont.
For a time, Dresden was capital of the republic. After various political posturings, however, the suburbs returned to New Hampshire at the heated insistence of George Washington. One remnant of this era is that the name Dresden is still used in the Dresden School District, an interstate school precinct serving both Hanover and Norwich, Vermont the first and one of the several inter-state school districts in the nation.
"Hannover" (as it was spelled in the 1761 charter) was titled either after a small-town parish in Sprague, Connecticut, or after the House of Hanover with respect to the reigning British king, George III. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 50.3 square miles (130.3 km2), of which 49.0 square miles (126.9 km2) is territory and 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2) is water, comprising 2.52% of the town. The major settlement in Hanover, where over 75% of the town's populace resides, is defined as the Hanover census-designated place (CDP) and contains the areas around Dartmouth College and the intersections of New Hampshire Routes 10, 10 - A, and 120.
The CDP has a total region of 5.0 square miles (13 km2), of which 4.6 square miles (12 km2) is territory and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2) is water. Hanover borders the suburbs of Lyme, Canaan, and Enfield, New Hampshire; Norwich, Vermont; and the town/city of Lebanon, New Hampshire.
Inside the limits of Hanover are the small non-urban villages of Etna and Hanover Center.
The highest point in Hanover is the north peak of Moose Mountain, at 2,313 feet (705 m) above sea level.
Hanover lies fully inside the Connecticut River watershed. There are a number of trails and nature preserves in Hanover, and the majority of these trails are suitable for snowshoes and cross-country skis.
Hanover experiences a warm summer continental climate (Koppen Dfb), with long, cold, snowy winters, and warm, humid summers.
Temperatures average 19.0 F ( 7.2 C) in January to 70.9 F (21.6 C) in July, and the annual mean is 46.0 F (7.8 C).
Climate data for Hanover, New Hampshire Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 8.7 6.0 3.8 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 7.3 29.8 As of the census of 2010, there were 11,260 citizens , 3,119 homeholds, and 1,797 families residing in the town.
There were 3,278 housing units at an average density of 65.2 per square mile (25.2/km2).
There were 3,119 homeholds out of which 27.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% were married couples living together, 4.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 42.4% were non-families.
31.0% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 16.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.95. In the town, the populace was spread out with 27.8% at or under the age of 19, 25.5% from 20 to 24, 14.4% from 25 to 44, 18.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 2.0% of families and 12.0% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 3.4% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or over. As of the census of 2000, there were 8,162 citizens , 1,829 homeholds, and 967 families residing in the town's central settlement, or census-designated place (CDP).
There were 1,891 housing units at an average density of 415.2 per square mile (160.5/km2).
There were 1,829 homeholds out of which 26.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 46.8% were married couples living together, 4.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 47.1% were non-families.
30.9% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.95.
In the CDP, the populace was spread out with 11.1% under the age of 18, 49.0% from 18 to 24, 14.5% from 25 to 44, 12.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the CDP was $62,143, and the median income for a family was $90,548.
About 1.0% of families and 14.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.
Hanover High School The Clark School was at one time positioned in Hanover but consolidated with Cardigan Mountain School in the close-by town of Canaan in 1953. are based in Hanover.
The Hanover Water Company supplies water for downtown Hanover from a several small-town reservoirs.
The business is owned by Dartmouth College (52.8%) and the Town of Hanover (47.2%), with management by the Town of Hanover under a contract.
In recent years, the town has spent over $20 million to upgrade chief water lines, and will undergo another $6 million universal to build a new water treatment plant.
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