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Place Name
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Concord
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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state and Merrimack County
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Population
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36,006 (1990)
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Location
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Merrimack County, New Hampshire (NH), United States, North America
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Latitude
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43°13'N
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Longitude
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71°33'W
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Concord
, city (1990 pop. 36,006),  state and
Merrimack co., S central N.H., 15 mi/24 km N
of Manchester, on both sides of the Merrimack R., bounded SE by Soucook
R.; 43°13'N 71°33'W. Drained by Contoocook R. Famous for its
granite quarrying. Mfg. (electronic equip., millwork, metal prods.,
dairy prods., porcelain pottery, printing and publishing, consumer
goods); insurance. Agr. in N and W (nursery prods., vegetables, apples;
poultry; dairying). It became the state capital in 1808, and its growth
was further aided by the building of locks and dams on the Merrimac R.
connecting it with the Middlesex Canal in 1815. State Lib. Capitol
bldg. (State House). St. Paul's school (preparatory), the house and
grave of President Franklin Pierce (a mus.), and the Christa
McAuliffe Planetarium are in Concord. Mary Baker Eddy was
born a few mi/km away, at Bow. N.H. Technical Inst. N.H.
State Hosp. N.H. Historical Society. N.H. Natl. Guard and Municipal
Airport in E. Peacock L. in W. Settled 1725-1727, inc. as Rumford,
Mass., in 1733 (Count Rumford later took his title from this name) and
as Concord, N.H., in 1765.
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