Concord, New Hampshire
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 New Hampshire State House |
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| Location in New Hampshire | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1734 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | New Hampshire | ||
| County : | Merrimack County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 12 ′ N , 71 ° 32 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 43,412 (as of July 1, 2018, estimated) | ||
| Population density : | 260.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 174.9 km 2 (approx. 68 mi 2 ) of which 166.5 km 2 (approx. 64 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 88 m | ||
| Area code : | +1 207 | ||
| FIPS : | 33-14200 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0873303 | ||
| Website : | www.onconcord.com | ||
| Mayor : | Jim Bouley (D) | ||
Concord is the capital and with 43,412 inhabitants (2018 estimate, US Census Bureau ) the third largest city in the US state of New Hampshire and the administrative seat of Merrimack County .
history
The city is located on the territory of the Penacook Plantation founded on January 17, 1725. On February 9, 1734, the city of Rumford was constituted, after whose name Benjamin Thompson , who had lived there, chose his title "Earl of Rumford". After a long and bitter dispute with the neighboring community Bow over the community boundaries, in which Bow lost two thirds of its territory, the city was renamed Concord (concord) in 1765 by the colonial governor Benning Wentworth .
Economic boom followed when the Middlesex Canal connected the city with the port of Boston in 1807. Concord became the capital in 1808, and the State House , completed in 1819, is the oldest capitol in the United States, where the legislature still meets in its original boardroom.
The city became known for its granite quarries, fine furniture production, and especially the almost indestructible Concord Stagecoach, with its profile that was immediately recognizable from many films and TV programs, which was mainly used as a mail and passenger carriage on the poor roads of the west.
The National Park Service lists 31 structures and sites for Concord in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of November 8, 2018).
Population development
| year | Residents |
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| 1980 | 30,400 |
| 1990 | 36.006 |
| 2000 | 40,687 |
| 2010 | 42,695 |
sons and daughters of the town
- Joseph Carter Abbott (1825–1881), lawyer, journalist, businessman and politician
- Matt Bonner (* 1980), basketball player
- Frank O. Briggs (1851-1913), politician
- Kyle Brown (* 1989), skeleton pilot
- William E. Chandler (1835-1917), politician
- Carson Cistulli (* 1979), poet
- George Condo (born 1957), painter
- Tony Conrad (1940-2016), artist
- Philip E. Converse (1928-2014), sociologist
- Annie Duke (born 1965), poker player
- Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890–1964), labor activist and communist politician
- Kris Freeman (* 1980), cross-country skier
- Jon Gillies (born 1994), ice hockey player
- Henry F. Hollis (1869–1949), politician
- Levi Hutchins (1761–1855), watchmaker and inventor
- Mark Levine (* 1938), jazz pianist and trombonist
- Ben Lovejoy (* 1984), ice hockey player
- Mace Moulton (1796-1867), politician
- Tara Mounsey (* 1978), ice hockey player
- Nick Purcell (born 1990), actor
- Nate Radley (* 1975), jazz guitarist
- Frank W. Rollins (1860–1915), politician
- Christian Schwartz (* 1977), type designer
- The US President Franklin Pierce (1804–1869) died in Concord.
Individual evidence
- ^ Concord City, New Hampshire, Annual Population Estimate. In: American FactFinder. US Census Bureau , 2018, accessed August 1, 2019 .
- ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed November 8, 2018.
- ↑ 1980–2010: Census Results