Berlin (New Hampshire)
| Berlin | |||
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| Nickname : The City That Trees Built, Hockey Town USA | |||
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| Location in New Hampshire | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1829 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | New Hampshire | ||
| County : | Coös County | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 29 ′ N , 71 ° 17 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 10.051 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 63 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 161.8 km 2 (approx. 62 mi 2 ) of which 159.6 km 2 (approx. 62 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 437 m | ||
| Postal code : | 03570 | ||
| Area code : | +1 603 | ||
| FIPS : | 33-05140 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0873545 | ||
| Website : | www.BerlinNH.gov | ||
| Mayor : | Paul Grenier | ||
Berlin is a city on the Androscoggin River in Coos County in the US state of New Hampshire . Berlin was founded in 1829 and has a population of 10,051 (as of 2010). The city is also known as "The City that Trees Built".
history
Settlement rights were granted in 1771. The name was to be Maynesborough in honor of Sir William Mayne, a partner in the West Indian trade of Governor John Wentworth . The place was not settled, however, until 1829 settlers from Berlin to Massachusetts changed the name in the course of their settlement. The first sawmill powered by the river was built in the previous years. There were no major changes over the next few decades. After 1850, however, three developments contributed to Berlin's growth and meanwhile it was the world's largest producer of newsprint. On the one hand, electricity generation was developed with the help of water turbines. In 1852 Berlin was connected to the railway network by the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad . Third, increasing immigration made cheap labor available. In 1852 the H. Winslow and Company was founded, a company operating sawmills. In 1868 the company was renamed the Berlin Mills Company . After 1880, after a William Wentworth Brown had bought all the shares, the company expanded and expanded its business in addition to the sawmill to paper and wood pulp mills. In 1897 Berlin became a city. It is the northernmost city in New Hampshire.
economy
The economy of Berlin was shaped by the large forests in the surrounding area. The timber industry supplied the raw material for the paper industry , which was Berlin's most important source of income for over a hundred years. In 2006 the last large paper mill was closed. In January 2009, part of the former mill site was bought by the Laidlaw Energy Group, Inc. in order to implement a project for generating energy from biomass. In addition, the tourism an important source of income. In particular, the winter sports area Presidential Range at nearby Mount Washington attracts tourists to the region.
language
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1830 | 73 | - | |
| 1840 | 116 | 58.9% | |
| 1850 | 173 | 49.1% | |
| 1860 | 433 | 150.3% | |
| 1870 | 529 | 22.2% | |
| 1880 | 1144 | 116.3% | |
| 1890 | 3729 | 226% | |
| 1900 | 8886 | 138.3% | |
| 1910 | 11,780 | 32.6% | |
| 1920 | 16,104 | 36.7% | |
| 1930 | 20,018 | 24.3% | |
| 1940 | 19,084 | -4.7% | |
| 1950 | 16,615 | -12.9% | |
| 1960 | 17,821 | 7.3% | |
| 1970 | 15,256 | -14.4% | |
| 1980 | 13,084 | -14.2% | |
| 1990 | 11,824 | -9.6% | |
| 2000 | 10,331 | -12.6% | |
| 2010 | 10.051 | -2.7% | |
64.7% of the population speak English, 34.3% French and 1.0% German.
sons and daughters of the town
- Earl Silas Tupper (1907–1983), chemist and inventor of the Tupperware named after him
- Gaston Allaire (1916–2011), Canadian musicologist and educator, composer
- Michael J. Durant (born 1961), US Army helicopter pilot who was shot down during the Battle of Mogadishu (Operation Irene)
- Jon Owen (* 1963), luge rider
Individual evidence
- ↑ NHEs
- ↑ History of Berlin ( Memento of the original from November 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Reuters ( Memento of the original from April 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 19, 2010
