Laconia, New Hampshire Laconia, New Hampshire Main Street in Laconia Main Street in Laconia Official seal of Laconia, New Hampshire Location in Belknap County, New Hampshire Location in Belknap County, New Hampshire State New Hampshire Laconia is a town/city in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States.
The populace was 15,951 at the 2010 census. It is the governmental center of county of Belknap County. Laconia, situated between Lake Winnipesaukee and Winnisquam Lake, includes the villages of Lakeport and Weirs Beach.
Each June for nine days beginning on the Saturday of the weekend before Father's Day and ending on Father's Day, the town/city hosts Laconia Motorcycle Week, also more simply known as 'bike week', one of the country's biggest rallies, and each winter, the Laconia World Championship Sled Dog Derby.
The town/city is also the site of the state's annual Pumpkin Festival since 2015, having organized it after its former home of Keene rejected it due to riots in their neighborhoods in 2014. The town/city also includes one of the universities of the Community College System of New Hampshire.
6.3 New Hampshire Pumpkin Festival But the city's biggest employer would be the Laconia Car Company, builder of rail, street car and subway cars.
In 1855, Laconia was incorporated as a town from territory in Meredith Bridge, Lakeport, Weirs and part of Gilmanton.
Laconia was incorporated as a town/city in 1893.
Belknap Mills in downtown Laconia, 2008 Laconia is positioned northwest of the geographic center of Belknap County.
The town/city lies at the center of New Hampshire's Lakes Region, and all or part of four primary bodies of water lie inside its limits: Lake Winnipesaukee, Winnisquam Lake, Opechee Bay and Paugus Bay (sometimes counted as an arm of Winnipesaukee, but historically a separate body of water).
Laconia's downtown is positioned along the Winnipesaukee River between Opechee Bay to the north and Winnisquam Lake to the southwest.
Other villages inside the town/city limits include Lakeport, at the north end of Opechee Bay, and Weirs Beach, around the channel connecting Paugus Bay with Lake Winnipesaukee.
New Hampshire Route 11 bypasses the town/city in a concurrency with US 3.
New Hampshire Route 11 - A represents the old routes 11 and 3 through downtown as Court Street and Union Avenue, turning east on Gilford Avenue to lead to Gilford and West Alton.
New Hampshire Route 106 runs north-south through downtown, dominant south to Concord and north to Meredith.
New Hampshire Route 107 leads southeast from downtown towards Gilmanton and Pittsfield.
Route 107 turns north in downtown and follows Union Avenue (former Route 3) to a junction with US 3 near the north end of the Laconia Bypass.
Route 11 leads east from the Laconia Bypass past Glendale and into Alton.
New Hampshire Route 11 - B leads east from Weirs Beach into Gilford.
Laconia Municipal Airport is positioned just east of the town/city limits in Gilford.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 26.6 square miles (68.8 km2), of which 20.0 square miles (51.9 km2) is territory and 6.5 square miles (16.9 km2) is water, comprising 24.54% of the city. Laconia is drained by the Winnipesaukee River.
Laconia lies fully inside the Merrimack River watershed. The highest point in Laconia is a 960-foot (290 m) hill in the northern part of the city, west of Paugus Bay's Pickerel Cove and just east of Route 106.
Laconia is governed by a mayor-council and town/city manager system.
In the New Hampshire Senate, Laconia is in the 7th District, represented by Republican Harold French.
On the New Hampshire Executive Council, Laconia is in the 1st District, represented by Republican Joe Kenney.
In the United States House of Representatives, Laconia is in New Hampshire's 1st congressional district, represented by Democrat Carol Shea-Porter.
Laconia High School, seen from Union Ave.
Laconia's enhance school fitness is run by the Laconia School District, School Administrative Unit 30.
Laconia School District has one enhance high school, one middle school and three elementary schools: Laconia High School Laconia Middle School (formerly Memorial Middle School) There are two parochial schools inside the town/city limits of Laconia: Laconia is home to the Laconia Muskrats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL).
Starting in the 2014-15 season, the town/city will be home to the New Hampshire Fighting Spirit of the Northern States Junior Hockey League (NSHL). One of the biggest motorcycle rallies in the world takes place in Laconia amid nine days in June, ending on Father's Day.
New Hampshire Pumpkin Festival Main article: New Hampshire Pumpkin Festival After the town/city council of Keene, New Hampshire, rejected the permit for their annual Pumpkin Festival to be held there following riots in the city's neighborhoods in 2014, it was announced that Laconia would host the festival for the city's first time in 2015. The twenty-fifth New Hampshire Pumpkin Fest was held on October 24, 2015 with less than ten thousand jack-o'-lanterns lit. The festival will be held in Laconia again in 2017, establishing the town/city as the new official venue for the annual event.
Robbie Mills Field, home of the Laconia Muskrats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League Weirs Beach, New Hampshire Busiel, 45th governor of New Hampshire; mayor of Laconia "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001) - Laconia city, New Hampshire".
"Fighting Spirit Laconia bound: Northern States Hockey League team will call Ice Arena home next winter".
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