Manchester (New Hampshire)

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Manchester
Nickname : Queen City, Manch Vegas
Downtown Manchester
Downtown Manchester
Location in New Hampshire
Manchester (New Hampshire)
Manchester
Manchester
Basic data
Foundation : 1751
State : United States
State : New Hampshire
County : Hillsborough County
Coordinates : 42 ° 59 ′  N , 71 ° 28 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 59 ′  N , 71 ° 28 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Inhabitants :
-  Metropolitan Area :		 110,505 (as of 2016)
400,721 (as of 2010)
Population density : 1,292.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 90.4 km 2  (approx. 35 mi 2 ) of
which 85.5 km 2  (approx. 33 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 64 m
Postcodes : 03101 - 03109
Area code : +1 603
FIPS : 33-45140
GNIS ID : 0868243
Website : www.manchesternh.gov
Mayor : Joyce Craig (since 2018)

Manchester is the largest city in the US state of New Hampshire . The city has an area of ​​90.4 km² and a population of 109,565 ( 2010 US census ).

View of the West Side district

geography

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1790 362 -
1800 557 53.9%
1810 615 10.4%
1820 761 23.7%
1830 877 15.2%
1840 3235 268.9%
1850 13,932 330.7%
1860 20,107 44.3%
1870 23,536 17.1%
1880 32,630 38.6%
1890 44,126 35.2%
1900 56,987 29.1%
1910 70.063 22.9%
1920 78,384 11.9%
1930 76,834 -2%
1940 77,685 1.1%
1950 82,732 6.5%
1960 88,282 6.7%
1970 87,754 -0.6%
1980 90.936 3.6%
1990 99,332 9.2%
2000 107.006 7.7%
2010 109,565 2.4%

The city is located in southern New Hampshire in Hillsborough County on the Merrimack River .

history

The first settlers came to the area of ​​the Penacook Indians in 1722. The first name of the settlement was from 1727 Tyngstown , which then became Derryfield in 1751 .

In 1810 Derryfield - now a district of Manchester - was renamed Manchester. The Amoskeag Manufacturing Company wanted to create an industrial center modeled on the English industrial city of Manchester . Around 1900 the place was dubbed the American Manchester . The Amoskeag Falls of the Merrimack provided ample hydropower for industry, which in 1900 produced goods for $ 26,607,600 in 577 factories employing 19,032 workers (including four large cotton mills with 10,616 workers for $ 11,723,508 in 6 Shoe factories with 2,002 workers sold for $ 4,052,204.) The Amoskeag Manufacturing Company closed its doors in 1935, causing the city to suffer temporary economic decline. The city of Manchester had a tram service from 1877 to 1940. The network, which is around 50 kilometers long, consisted of urban and intercity lines.

In 1884 the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester was established in the city. The main church is St. Joseph's Cathedral, built in 1869 .

Demographics

In 1773, a good fifty years after the arrival of the first settlers, the place had 279 inhabitants. On July 1, 2015, the city had 110,229 residents, according to an estimate by the United States Census Bureau ; this means that the city's growth has fallen to a low level in the past few decades. As in many other US states in the north with low immigration, the old age of the baby boomer generation is noticeable.

education

The University of New Hampshire has a college in Manchester. In addition, the private Southern New Hampshire University is located on the northeastern outskirts . A number of other universities and colleges offer a wide range of education.

traffic

The Manchester-Boston Regional Airport is a fast growing airport in Manchester.

The road Interstate 93 connects the city to Boston , Massachusetts .

sons and daughters of the town

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Volume 13. Leipzig 1908, p. 204. ( [1] )
  2. ↑ Quickfacts: Manchester, New Hampshire

Web links

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