Hanover, New Hampshire
| Hanover | |||
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 Baker Library, Dartmouth College |
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| Location in New Hampshire | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1761 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | New Hampshire | ||
| County : | Grafton County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 42 ′ N , 72 ° 12 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 11,260 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 88.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 130.2 km 2 (approx. 50 mi 2 ) of which 127.0 km 2 (approx. 49 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 328 m | ||
| Postal code : | 03755 | ||
| Area code : | +1 603 | ||
| FIPS : | 33-33860 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0873619 | ||
| Website : | www.HanoverNH.org | ||
Hanover is located on the Connecticut River in Grafton County in the US state of New Hampshire , which at this point forms the natural border with the state of Vermont . The place is best known as the location of the elite Dartmouth College , which was founded here in 1769. Hanover has 6,277 students with a population of just 11,260.
history
Hanover was granted city charter by the Royal Governor of New Hampshire in 1761 after colonists from Connecticut filed a petition to do so. There is disagreement about the origin of the name - originally written “Hanover” . According to one view, Hanover was named after a community in Connecticut where the colonists had lived until then, according to another view, this name was named in honor of the then reigning King George III. elected, who belonged to the House of Hanover .
In 1765 the first settlers reached the urban area. The city grew, mills were built and attracted new settlers.
In 1778 Hanover and a number of other towns in Grafton County broke away from New Hampshire to form a separate state called "New Connecticut" along with a number of Vermont towns . However, this plan proved to be unfeasible and so it finally amounted to the fact that the places from New Hampshire joined the then independent state of Vermont in 1778 in order to ensure the connection to the friendly Vermont cities in this way. The change of nationality led to numerous conflicts in the following years, so that the towns from Grafton County had to break the connection again in 1784 and join the state of New Hampshire.
Despite the restoration of the state border that ran through the Connecticut River, the towns of Hanover and Norwich (Vermont) on the opposite banks of the river continued to enjoy friendly cooperation in the years that followed. From 1847 to 1959, both places shared a common train station; In 1859 the first - and for a long time the only - duty-free bridge over the Connecticut River was built here, and since 1963 Hanover and Norwich have combined to form the Dresden School District - the first transstate American school district.
In 1769 the clergyman Eleazar Wheelock moved his charity school for youthful Native Americans to Hanover. He named the college after his English patron Lord Dartmouth and opened the school to English young people. The opening of the college promoted the economic and cultural development of the city of Hanover. Even today, Dartmouth College is the largest employer in the community.
In 1797, Dr. Nathan Smith founded the "Dartmouth Medical School" , Sylvanus Thayer opened the "Thayer School of Engineering" in 1871, and in 1900 Edward Tuck founded the "Amos Tuck School of Business" named after his father Amos Tuck - the world's first school of its kind.
location
Hanover borders Lyme , Canaan , Enfield , Lebanon and Norwich (Vermont) . The city is close to Interstates 89 and 91, so Boston is a two hour drive and New York City is a five hour drive. Hanover is located on a plateau of the Green Mountains , the so-called Upper Valley .
The closest airport is Lebanon Regional Airport in Lebanon , which can be reached in around 15 minutes by car. Major airports are in Manchester and Burlington - both around 90 minutes from Hanover. There are direct rail links to New York and Washington via Amtrak across the river via the nearby White River Junction .
sons and daughters of the town
- Al Barr (* 1968), singer of the Dropkick Murphys
- Peter Hart Burian (* 1943), classical philologist
- Kent Carter (born 1939), jazz musician
- James Freeman Clarke (1810–1888), preacher and author
- Charlie Clouser (born 1963), musician
- Jay DeFeo (1929–1989), artist
- Hannah Kearney (* 1986), freestyle skier
- Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888–1972), Admiral
- Mia Tyler (* 1978), model
- Leonard Wilcox (1799-1850), politician
Twin cities
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Joigny , since 1993 -
Nihonmatsu , since 1999
