Plymouth, New Hampshire Plymouth, New Hampshire Town center (left to right): Plymouth Post Office, Rounds Hall of Plymouth State University (in background), Plymouth Congregational Church, Town Hall Town center (left to right): Plymouth Post Office, Rounds Hall of Plymouth State University (in background), Plymouth Congregational Church, Town Hall Official seal of Plymouth, New Hampshire Location in Grafton County, New Hampshire Location in Grafton County, New Hampshire State New Hampshire Plymouth is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States, in the White Mountains Region.
Plymouth is positioned at the convergence of the Pemigewasset and Baker rivers.
The populace was 6,990 at the 2010 census. The town is home to Plymouth State University, Speare Memorial Hospital, and Plymouth Regional High School.
The town's central settlement, where 4,456 citizens resided at the 2010 census (primarily Plymouth State students), is defined as the Plymouth census-designated place (CDP), and is positioned along U.S.
Plymouth was originally the site of an Abenaki village that was burned to the ground by Captain Thomas Baker in 1712.
Part of a large plot of survived territory in the Pemigewasset Valley, the town was first titled New Plymouth, after the initial Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts.
In 1806, then-lawyer Daniel Webster lost his first criminal case at the Plymouth courthouse, which now homes the Historical Society. The author Nathaniel Hawthorne, while on vacation in 1864 with former U.S.
President Franklin Pierce, died in Plymouth at the second Pemigewasset House, which was later finished by fire in 1909.
The Plymouth Normal School was established in 1871 out of the already existing Holmes Plymouth Academy, becoming the state's first teachers' college.
It would later evolve into Plymouth Teachers' College in 1939, Plymouth State College in 1963, and finally Plymouth State University in 2003.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 28.7 square miles (74.3 km2), of which 28.1 square miles (72.8 km2) is territory and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2) of it is water, comprising 2.00% of the town. Plymouth is drained by the Pemigewasset and Baker rivers and lies inside the Merrimack River watershed.
Plymouth Mountain, altitude 2,193 feet (668 m) above sea level, the highest point in Plymouth, is in the south, and the slopes of Tenney Mountain are in the west.
The chief village of Plymouth, a census-designated place, has a total region of 3.8 square miles (9.8 km2).
As of the census of 2010, there were 6,990 citizens , 1,953 homeholds, and 947 families residing in the town.
The ethnic makeup of the town was 95.6% White, 1.0% African American, 0.3% Native American, 1.1% Asian, 0.5% some other race, and 1.6% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,953 homeholds, out of which 24.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 37.1% were headed by married couples living together, 8.6% had a female homeholder whose husband did not live with her, and 50.1% were non-families.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 12.0% under the age of 18, 50.4% from 18 to 24, 13.3% from 25 to 44, 16.3% from 45 to 64, and 8.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
There were 836 homeholds, out of which 19.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 30.0% were headed by married couples living together, 5.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 61.6% were non-families.
Sunset over Plymouth Walmart location.
Sutherland Hiking Trail (on Plymouth Mountain) Plymouth Historical Museum The Flying Monkey Movie House and Performance Center (formerly the Plymouth Theater) Plymouth Town Hall Plymouth is governed in the traditional New England style, with a 5-member board of selectmen as its executive branch, and the traditional Town Meeting as its legislative branch.
Plymouth, like all other suburbs in New Hampshire, elects official delegates at the county, state and federal levels.
These officials represent the various jurisdictions in which the town of Plymouth lies, and none of them represent the town exclusively.
Currently, Plymouth is situated in New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district, the State House of Representatives Grafton County District 8, State Senate District 2, and Executive Council District 1.
United States Enumeration Bureau, American Fact - Finder, 2010 Enumeration figures.
https://plymouthnh-historicalsociety.org/PHist-Gen.htm Plymouth Historical Society Website - History and Genealogy.
https://plymouthnh-historicalsociety.org/Ply - Hist - Soc - Background.htm Plymouth Historical Society Website - About.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001) - Plymouth town, New Hampshire".
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1 (DP-1): Plymouth town, Grafton County, New Hampshire".
"Selected Economic Characteristics: 2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (DP03): Plymouth town, Grafton County, New Hampshire".
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1 (DP-1): Plymouth CDP, New Hampshire".
"Selected Economic Characteristics: 2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (DP03): Plymouth CDP, New Hampshire".
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