Haverhill, New Hampshire Haverhill, New Hampshire Haverhill municipal offices Haverhill municipal offices Official seal of Haverhill, New Hampshire Location in Grafton County, New Hampshire Location in Grafton County, New Hampshire State New Hampshire Haverhill is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.
The populace was 4,697 at the 2010 census. Haverhill includes the villages of Woodsville, Pike, and North Haverhill, the historic town center at Haverhill Corner, and the precinct of Mountain Lakes.
It is home to the annual North Haverhill Fair, and to a branch of the New Hampshire Community Technical Colleges.
The village of North Haverhill is the governmental center of county of Grafton County. Settled by people from Haverhill, Massachusetts, the town was first known as Lower Cohos.
By 1859, when the town had 2,405 inhabitants, industries encompassed 3 gristmills, 12 sawmills, a paper mill, a large tannery, a carriage manufacturer, an iron foundry, 7 shoe factories, a printing office, and a several mechanic shops. The town is home to the earliest documented veiled bridge in the nation still standing the Haverhill-Bath Bridge, assembled in 1829.
While the village of Haverhill Corner was historically considered to be the primary settlement in town, the town's municipal offices are presently positioned in the village of North Haverhill, with Grafton County's offices and courthouse positioned just two miles further north along Route 10.
Woodsville served as the governmental center of county until 1972, when the administrative offices relocated to non-urban land halfway between Woodsville and the lesser village of North Haverhill.
The village of Woodsville is now the commercial center of Haverhill and its lesser surrounding towns, including a several in Vermont.
Woodsville is home to the town's supermarkets, pharmacies, banks (including the command posts of the county-wide Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank), state liquor store, and most of its restaurants and chain stores, although a several are positioned in North Haverhill.
The town's elementary and high schools, along with Cottage Hospital, a critical-access hospital serving the area, are all positioned in Woodsville.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 52.1 square miles (134.9 km2), of which 51.0 square miles (132.1 km2) is territory and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2) is water, comprising 2.15% of the town. Bounded on the west by the Connecticut River, Haverhill is drained by the Ammonoosuc River, in addition to Oliverian Brook and Clark Brook.
Haverhill lies fully inside the Connecticut River watershed. The highest point in Haverhill, at 2,320 feet (710 m) above sea level, is on the slope of Black Mountain, whose 2,830 ft (860 m) summit is in the neighboring town of Benton.
New Hampshire Route 10 is the chief north south highway through Haverhill, alongsideing the Connecticut River.
Route 302 enters from Vermont and passes east west through Woodsville in the northern part of town, joining with Route 10 to head northeast to Bath and Littleton.
New Hampshire Route 25 enters Haverhill from Piermont while co-signed with Route 10, splitting off by itself to the southeast in Haverhill Corner.
New Hampshire Route 116 has its southern end at Route 10 in North Haverhill, and New Hampshire Route 135 has its southern end at Route 10 just south of Woodsville.
A very short section of New Hampshire Route 112 cuts through the northeastern part of town.
Haverhill also has easy access to U.S.
Route 5 in Vermont via bridges in North Haverhill and Woodsville.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 23.6% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
Keyes, 56th Governor of New Hampshire John Page, Governor of New Hampshire, United States Senator United States Enumeration Bureau, American Fact - Finder, 2010 Enumeration figures.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001) - Haverhill town, New Hampshire".
Water Use in New Hampshire: An Activities Guide for Teachers.
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