Warner, New Hampshire Warner, New Hampshire Official seal of Warner, 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 Warner is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States.
The populace was 2,833 at the 2010 census. The town is home to Northeast Catholic College, Rollins State Park and Mount Kearsarge State Forest.
The town's central settlement, where 444 citizens resided at the 2010 census, is defined as the Warner census-designated place (CDP), and is positioned along New Hampshire Route 103 and the Warner River.
The town was granted in 1735 as Number One by Massachusetts Governor Jonathan Belcher to petitioners largely from Amesbury, Massachusetts.
Called New Amesbury, it was part of a line of settlements running between the Merrimack and Connecticut rivers intended to help defend Massachusetts against New France's predations.
But on September 3, 1774, it was incorporated as Warner, titled after Jonathan Warner, a dominant Portsmouth citizen, namesake of the Warner House and relative of Governor John Wentworth.
It leveled homes and forests in a 16-to-18-mile (26 to 29 km) swath of destruction beginning west of Lake Sunapee, through New London and Sutton, over the southwest spur of Mount Kearsarge and ending at the Webster line.
Each October, on Columbus Day weekend, Warner hosts the annual Fall Foliage Festival, attracting thousands of citizens from all over New England and beyond.
Warner River According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 55.9 square miles (144.8 km2), of which 55.7 sq mi (144.3 km2) is territory and 0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2) is water, comprising 0.43% of the town.
Warner is drained by the Lane and Warner rivers.
Two veiled bridges span the Warner River: the Dalton Bridge and the Waterloo Bridge.
Mount Kearsarge, altitude 2,937 feet (895 m) above sea level, positioned in the extreme north of the town, is the highest point in Warner.
Two state parks are positioned on the mountain: Rollins State Park in Warner and Winslow State Park in Wilmot.
The peak is the highest point along the 75-mile (121 km) Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway, a hiking trail which links 10 suburbs and encircles the Lake Sunapee region of New Hampshire.
The town is served by Interstate 89 and New Hampshire Route 103.
State routes 114 and 127 cross the extreme southwestern and southeastern corners of the town, in the order given.
As of the census of 2010, there were 2,833 citizens , 1,116 homeholds, and 752 families residing in the town.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 20.6% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 22.1% from 25 to 44, 34.2% from 45 to 64, and 15.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
Warner is home to New Hampshire's only 100% Fair Trade store.
The Warner Area Farmers' Market, held on Saturday mornings on Main Street, serves as a improve gathering place.
In the New Hampshire Senate, Warner is in the 15th District, represented by Democrat Dan Feltes.
On the New Hampshire Executive Council, Warner is in the 2nd District, represented by Democrat Andru Volinsky.
In the United States House of Representatives, Warner is in New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district, represented by Democrat Ann Mc - Lane Kuster.
Covered bridge in Warner Walter Harriman, 31st governor of New Hampshire a b c d "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Warner town, Merrimack County, New Hampshire".
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Warner CDP, New Hampshire".
Moore, Historical Sketches of the Town of Warner, New Hampshire, Mason P.
Tilden, Warner, New Hampshire, 1832 "Selected Economic Characteristics: 2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (DP03): Warner town, Merrimack County, New Hampshire".
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