Lebanon, New Hampshire Lebanon, New Hampshire Buildings along Park Street in downtown Lebanon Buildings along Park Street in downtown Lebanon Official seal of Lebanon, New Hampshire Lebanon small-town / l b n n/ is a town/city in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.
The populace was 13,151 at the 2010 census. Lebanon is positioned in New Hampshire, south of Hanover, near the Connecticut River.
Together with Hanover, New Hampshire, and White River Junction, Vermont, Lebanon today is at the center of a Micropolitan Statistical Area, encompassing nearly 30 suburbs along the upper Connecticut River valley.
Lebanon was chartered as a town by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth on July 4, 1761, one of 16 along the Connecticut River.
It was titled for Lebanon, Connecticut, from where many early pioneer had come or would come, including the Rev.
Lebanon, Connecticut was the initial home of Moor's Indian Charity School, the antecedent of Dartmouth College.
Early settlement concentrated along the Connecticut River in what is now West Lebanon, and along the Mascoma Lake region near Enfield.
This became the center of town, although West Lebanon interval into a barns core with a separate identity after lines entered from Boston.
This rail center would turn into known as Westboro after two trains collided when West Lebanon was mistaken for Lebanon.
Partly in defiance of economic decline, and partly to counter a boss by West Lebanon to declare itself an autonomous town, Lebanon re-incorporated as a town/city in 1958. The routing of Interstates 89 and 91 through Lebanon and close-by White River Junction, Vermont, in addition to the expansion of Dartmouth College, led to the area's economic revival.
Just south of the village of West Lebanon, a primary shopping precinct has sprung up at the intersection of Route 12 - A and I-89.
Lebanon has undertaken improvements to its recreational facilities, including miles of hiking trails, a municipal ski area, a swimming pool and a several sports fields.
In 1991, the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, along with most departments of Dartmouth Medical School, moved from Hanover to a new ground just south of the Lebanon-Hanover town line.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 41.4 square miles (107.1 km2), of which 40.3 square miles (104.4 km2) is territory and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2) is water, comprising 2.45% of the city. The boundary of Lebanon is the Connecticut River, which is also the state boundary with Vermont.
The village of West Lebanon is situated in the part of the city, along the Connecticut River.
Downtown Lebanon is 3 miles (5 km) to the east, along the Mascoma River, a tributary of the Connecticut.
The highest point in Lebanon is the northern end of Shaker Mountain, at 1,657 feet (505 m) above sea level, on the easterly border of the city.
Lebanon has its own elementary schools, junior high school, and high school.
Students from neighboring suburbs (Grantham and Plainfield) attend high school in Lebanon.
On October 15, 2010, the town/city broke ground on a new middle school for grades 5-8 to replace an aging junior high facility and overcrowded elementary school facilities. As of April 2012, the Middle School was "nearing culmination", and the universal is being finalized, with minor projects left, including "adding pavement..., resurfacing, and striping to allow turning lanes for the school traffic.", Located on the downtown pedestrian mall is the Lebanon ground of Claremont-based River Valley Community College.
Fountain in downtown Lebanon, New Hampshire Lebanon is served by Interstate 89, which meets Interstate 91 just athwart the Connecticut River in White River Junction.
Route 4 passes east west through the centers of Lebanon and West Lebanon, dominant east to Enfield and eventually Concord, and west towards Rutland, Vermont.
New Hampshire Route 10 leads south from Lebanon along Interstate 89, eventually diverging to go to Newport.
Route 10 leads north from West Lebanon into Hanover and points north along the Connecticut River.
New Hampshire Route 120 passes north south through downtown Lebanon, dominant north into Hanover and south to Claremont.
New Hampshire Route 12 - A begins in West Lebanon and heads south along the Connecticut River to Claremont.
Near the easterly border of the city, New Hampshire Route 4 - A leaves US 4 to travel southeast towards Wilmot and central New Hampshire.
Lebanon Airport, adjoining to West Lebanon, has passenger service to Boston and New York City provided by Cape Air.
Free enhance bus service for the primary towns in the region including Lebanon is provided by Advance Transit, with weekday service to destinations such as Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, shopping plazas in West Lebanon, the villages of Lebanon and West Lebanon, as well as Hanover and White River Junction.
Lebanon Public Library, one of many Carnegie libraries in New Hampshire Lebanon village is a cultural core with attractions such as the Lebanon Opera House (in City Hall), the AVA Gallery, cyclic Farmers' Market and summer concerts on the green.
Lebanon Public Library serves the chief village, and the newly opened Kilton Public Library branch (the first library in the U.S.
To host a node of the Tor anonymity network) serves West Lebanon village.
The Colburn Park Historic District is at the heart of Lebanon, New Hampshire, consisting of Colburn Park and buildings around it and many 19th-century buildings immediately adjoining to these.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Lebanon city, New Hampshire".
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1 (DP-1): Lebanon city, New Hampshire".
"Selected Economic Characteristics: 2011-2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (DP03): Lebanon city, New Hampshire".
"Lebanon School District Information".
Lebanon School District.
"Lebanon Middle School Project".
Lebanon School District.
"Lebanon Middle School Project".
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