Newbury, New Hampshire Newbury, New Hampshire Official seal of Newbury, New Hampshire Location in Merrimack County and the state of New Hampshire.
Location in Merrimack County and the state of New Hampshire.
State New Hampshire Newbury is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States.
The populace was 2,072 at the 2010 census. Newbury is home to part of Lake Sunapee, including Mount Sunapee State Park Beach.
Mount Sunapee Resort, a ski region in Mount Sunapee State Park, is in the west.
The town includes the villages of Blodgett Landing and South Newbury.
Situated at the south end of Lake Sunapee, this town has gone through various name changes.
The town was finally incorporated as "Newbury" in 1837, as suggested by pioneer originally from Newbury, Massachusetts.
Protection accomplishments have enabled Lake Sunapee to persistently be titled one of the cleanest lakes in the state.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 38.1 square miles (99 km2), of which 35.8 sq mi (93 km2) is territory and 2.3 sq mi (6.0 km2) is water, comprising 6.01% of the town.
Mount Sunapee, the highest point in town, has an altitude of 2,726 feet (831 m) above sea level.
The village of Newbury is positioned at the south end of Lake Sunapee near the geographic center of the town.
Route 103 leads northwest, past the entrance to Mount Sunapee Resort (a state park) and into the town of Sunapee.
To the southeast, Route 103 passes the village of South Newbury before entering the town of Bradford.
Route 103 - A proceeds north, alongside to the east shore of Lake Sunapee, and passes the village of Blodgett Landing before entering the town of New London.
The northern half of the town drains into Lake Sunapee, which in turns drains west via the Sugar River into the Connecticut River and thence to Long Island Sound.
The southern half of the town, including the easterly side of Mount Sunapee, drains via Andrew Brook and the West Branch of the Warner River to the Warner River, which flows east to the Contoocook River, then into the Merrimack River, and ultimately to the Gulf of Maine.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 22.8% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 28.0% from 45 to 64, and 16.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
United States Enumeration Bureau, American Fact - Finder, 2010 Enumeration figures.
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