Claremont, New Hampshire
| Claremont | |||
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 Town Hall, Claremont |
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| Location in New Hampshire | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1762 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | New Hampshire | ||
| County : | Sullivan County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 23 ′ N , 72 ° 21 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 13,151 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 117.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 114.2 km 2 (approx. 44 mi 2 ) of which 111.7 km 2 (approx. 43 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 171 m | ||
| Postal code : | 03743 | ||
| Area code : | +1 603 | ||
| FIPS : | 33-12900 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0866173 | ||
| Website : | www.claremontnh.com | ||
| Mayor : | Debora Cutts | ||
Claremont is a city in the US state of New Hampshire . It is the only town in Sullivan County .
geography
The city is located on the Connecticut River , the western limit of the city is the Connecticut River, which is also the state border with Vermont . The Sugar River flows east of Claremont and flows into the Connecticut River.
history
Claremont was founded in 1762 by Governor Benning Wentworth as Claremint Castel . Since 1764 it has been an independent municipality (Town) and since 1947 it has city rights (City).
Textile, paper and machine factories settled on the Sugar River and used the gradient of the river to power their machines. This made the city a small industrial center in the region.
Between 1850 and 1880 the population was around 4,000. After 1880 it rose to over 7,000 inhabitants by 1905, due to the demand for more workers in the expanding industry.
Most of the historical buildings still preserved today date from these 25 years. So also the opera house and the town hall, which were both built around 1897.
traffic
On Interstate 91 , it takes approximately 5 minutes to reach Weathersfield . It takes about 30 minutes to reach Lebanon on Interstate 89 .
There is a train station in the city which is served by the Amtrak and offers direct connections to New York .
Demographics
The 2000 census found the following values for Claremont:
| Demographics | |||||||
| White | African American | Hispanic | Indigenous people | Asian | Pacific | other | 2+ |
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| 97.67% | 0.33% | 0.50% | 0.33% | 0.62% | 0.03% | 0.12% | 0.92% |
| households | with children | Married | single parent | without family | Single | Single 65+ | |
| 5685 | 27.4% | 45.5% | 10.3% | 39.7% | 32.2% | 14.7% |
Personalities
Born in Claremont
- Benjamin Tyler Henry (1821–1898), designer and inventor of the Henry rifle
- Orrin Williams Robinson (1834–1907), politician, lieutenant governor of the state of Michigan
- Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840-1894), writer
- Barbara Ann Cochran (* 1951), ski racer, world champion and Olympic champion
- Robert Bruce Cochran (* 1951), ski racer, eight-time American champion
With reference to the city
- Jonathan Hatch Hubbard (1768–1849), lawyer and politician, for Vermont in the US House of Representatives, grew up in Claremont
- George Baxter Upham (1768-1848), lawyer and politician, for New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives, lived and died in Claremont
- Caleb Ellis (1767-1816), politician, for New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives, died in Claremont
- Edmund Burke (1809–1882), publisher in Claremont, politician, for New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives
- Hosea Washington Parker (1833–1922), politician, for New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives, lived and died in Claremont