Merrimack, New Hampshire

Merrimack, New Hampshire Official seal of Merrimack, New Hampshire Merrimack is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States.

The populace was 25,494 at the 2010 census, making it the eighth-largest municipality in New Hampshire. In 2013, Merrimack was titled the twenty-third best place to live in the United States by CNN Money Magazine. There are four villages in the town: Merrimack Village (formerly known as Souhegan Village), Thorntons Ferry, Reeds Ferry, and South Merrimack.

2.1 Areas of Merrimack The first known pioneer of the region presently known as Merrimack appeared sometime after the last ice age.

European pioneer first came to the region in the late 17th century when the region was still in dispute between the Province of New Hampshire and Massachusetts Bay Colony.

"When the town was incorporated, it took the name of the river and spelled it Merrymac.", as stated to the Merrimack Historical Society. Merrimack was officially incorporated in 1746, a year largely regarded as Merrimack's birthday, although only the southern portion (primarily what is known as Thornton's Ferry) of the current boundaries of town was encompassed in the initial town, with the northern portion of what is now Merrimack (primarily what is known as Reeds Ferry) being added a several years later.

Matthew Thornton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, lived and was buried in Merrimack.

The Boston and Maine Railroad laid tracks through the town in the 19th century, with a several stations operating until the mid-20th century when the advent of the automobile transformed Merrimack from a largely agricultural improve to a bedroom improve of Boston and close-by cities in New Hampshire.

The Merrimack School Board thriving nationwide attention in 1995 when it passed a "prohibition of alternative lifestyle instruction" act, which resulted in the removal of a work by William Shakespeare from the school curriculum. The board members who supported the act were voted out in the subsequent board election. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 33.4 square miles (87 km2), of which 32.6 sq mi (84 km2) is territory and 0.8 sq mi (2.1 km2) (2.48%) is water.

The highest point in Merrimack is an unnamed hill in the northwestern part of town that reaches 512 feet (156 m) above sea level.

The region of town near Naticook Lake and Continental Boulevard, the name of this region comes from Matthew Thornton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence who lived in Merrimack and is now buried in a cemetery near the intersection of Daniel Webster Highway (U.S.

Thorntons Ferry Elementary School is positioned on Camp Sargent Road.

The northern portion of the town, Reeds Ferry is centered on the current intersection of Bedford Road and Daniel Webster Highway.

The boundaries of the region are unclear, as the northwestern part of town near Baboosic Lake is not traditionally considered a portion of Reeds Ferry.

While as a defined village it was positioned mostly near the Merrimack River, the region near Baboosic Lake may now possibly be seen as part of Reeds Ferry.

Next to the Breezeway at Merrimack Town Hall 101 - A and Continental Boulevard, South Merrimack is usually considered to be the southwestern part of town near Rte.

However, the southeastern portion of town near Harris Pond might also be considered part of South Merrimack or Thornton's Ferry.

The center of town is not known as "Merrimack Village" per se, but constitutes the region between the more defined Reeds Ferry and Thorntons Ferry areas.

Largely considered to be positioned at the Public Library on the corner of Baboosic Lake Road and Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack Village was assembled along the Souhegan River that roughly cuts the current town in half.

The elementary school in this part of town is titled after James Mastricola, who deeded the territory to the town upon his death.

The lower and upper elementary schools, the middle school, Merrimack High School, the library, and the current town hall, among other buildings, are all positioned on the territory formerly owned by Mastricola.

For additional demographics on the region of Merrimack east of the Everett Turnpike, see East Merrimack, New Hampshire.

In the town, the populace was spread out with 29.0% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 34.2% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 6.4% who were 65 years of age or older.

Merrimack Canoe Company was started in Merrimack before being relocated to Tennessee.

Opened in 2012, the Merrimack Premium Outlets are a 560,000-square-foot (52,000 m2) retail mall region with 12 buildings, parking lots, and other site improvements positioned off exit 10 of the Everett Turnpike. The six enhance schools in Merrimack are managed by the Merrimack School District and include Thorntons Ferry Elementary School, Reeds Ferry Elementary School, James Mastricola Elementary School, James Mastricola Upper Elementary School, Merrimack Middle School and Merrimack High School.

Merrimack High School has won one state championship in baseball (2007), three in softball (1980, 1988, 2001), one in football (1987), two in soccer (1998 girls, 2007 boys), three in indoor track (1999, 2007, 2008), four in outside track (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007), one in cross-country (2006), one in girls lacrosse (2012), one in skiing (1979), two in volleyball (2001, 2014), and four in basketball (1967, 2003, 2004, 2012). The Academy for Science and Design was a charter school established for the 2007-08 academic year; it was New Hampshire's first charter school to concentrate on science, math, engineering, and design and is no-charge of tuition fees. The school has since moved to Nashua. In 2014, the Gate City Charter School for the Arts opened its doors to students.

As a large, suburban improve positioned directly between the state's two biggest cities, Manchester and Nashua, Merrimack plays a excessive part to its size every four years in the New Hampshire primary; in almost every Fourth of July preceding a presidential election, every presidential candidate will march or have a float in the town's Fourth of July parade.

Traditionally, in state and nationwide politics, the town has been dominated by Republicans, who presently hold seven of the town's eight seats in the General Court.

The town government consists of a 7-member Town Council.

Each March, the town conducts two deliberative sessions (school and general) to decide what warrant articles will be on the Town General Election ballot in April, one of which is always election of town officers, and another is the budget.

If the budget is not allowed by the voters, the town's governing council either holds an emergency hearing regarding a new budget or goes forward with the before s years' budget, amended with any time sensitive knowledge pending upon the current year.

The Merrimack Village District administers the water fitness that serves the central region of the town.

History of Merrimack, New Hampshire.

"New England town rejects theological right; Gays, creationism were hot issues in widely watched school election".

Town of Merrimack.

"New Hampshire May Soon Have a Science and Technology Charter School", Sheryl Rich-Kern, New Hampshire Public Radio, June 18, 2007 Merrimack Community Profile from the New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Municipalities and communities of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States

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