Concord

Web site: http://www.ci.concord.nh.us/

Population: 36,006 (1990); 40,687 (2000); 13.0 percent change

Overview
The land which Concord now occupies along the banks of the Merrimack River was settled thousands of years ago by Native Americans. The broad sweeps of the river valley, good soil for farming, and easy transportation on the Merrimack made the site of Concord equally inviting to English-speaking settlers in the eighteenth century. Settled by immigrants from Massachusetts in 1725, the community grew in prominence during the eighteenth century. Some of Concord's earliest houses remain today at the north end of Main Street. In the years following the American Revolution, the City's central location made it a logical choice for the state capital, and in 1808 Concord was named the official seat of state government. Today the 1819 State House is the oldest state capitol in which the legislative branches meet in their original chambers.

Concord's location also made it a hub for inland trade and commerce. One of the city's best-known industries was carriage manufacturing, and here world famous Concord coaches were built throughout the nineteenth century. A fine example of these coaches can be seen at the Museum of New Hampshire History.

Furniture making and granite quarrying were also major local industries. The granite for the library of Congress in Washington, D.C. came from nearby Rattlesnake Hill, which to this day remains a major granite quarry. Because of Concord's central location, it became the northern hub of the railroad industry. For more than a century, scores of trains, headed in every direction, passed through the city daily. Concord was also the home of the nation's fourteenth President, Franklin Pierce, and the Pierce Manse at the north end of Main Street is open to the public. A few miles northeast of Concord in Canterbury, members of an unusual and fascinating religious order settled in the 1790s. Today Canterbury Shaker Village is the premier museum of Shaker life. Concord was also the home of teacher-astronaut Christa McAuliffe. She is memorialized at the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium, the nation's most technologically sophisticated planetarium.

In addition to being the state capital, Concord is a center for health care in Northern New England and home to several major insurance companies. Its neighborhoods and its main street reflect almost 270 years of history. So please come and enjoy Concord's beautiful capitol, its historic downtown shopping area, parks and neighborhoods, as well as its magnificent setting on the bluffs of the Merrimack River. You'll be glad you came!

Geography
Region: Merrimack Valley
County: Merrimack
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 18 miles
o Boston, MA: 70 miles
o New York, NY: 251 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 243 miles

Town Hall
41 Green Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-225-8500
Fax: 603-225-8592
Email: cityclerk@onconcord.com

Municipal Information
Government: Manager & Council
Planning Board: Appointed
Police Department: Full time
Fire Department: Full time
Nearest Hospital: Concord (Local)


Election Districts
State House District: Ward 1 - 3, 38; Ward 4, 39; Ward 5 - 7, 40; Ward 8 - 10, 39;
State Senate District: 15
Executive Council District: 2
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 2

Schools
Concord High School
170 Warren Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 225-0800
Fax: (603) 223-2054

Rundlett Middle School
144 South Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 225-0862
Fax: (603) 226-3288

Beaver Meadow School
40 Sewalls Falls Road
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 225-0854
Fax: (603) 225-0857

Broken Ground School
123 Portsmouth Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 225-0855
Fax: (603) 225-0869

Conant School
152 South Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 225-0827
Fax: (603) 225-0829

Dame School
14 Canterbury Road
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 225-0830
Fax: (603) 225-0851

Eastman School
15 Shawmut Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 225-0858

Kimball School
17 North Spring Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 225-0840

Rumford School
40 Thorndike Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 225-0836
Fax: (603) 225-0838

Walker School
4 Church Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 225-0844
Fax: (603) 226-1473

Services
Concord Public Library
45 Green Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-225-8670
Fax: 603-230-3693
Email: library@onconcord.com
Web site: http://www.onconcord.com/library/

Concord Fire Department
24 Horseshoe Pond Lane
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-225-8650
Fax: 603-225-5833
Email: fire@onconcord.com

Concord Police Department
35 Green Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-225-8600
Fax: 603-228-2703
Email: police@onconcord.com

Concord Hospital
http://www.concordhospital.org/
250 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 225-2711

Concord Monitor
http://www.concordmonitor.com/
Concord Monitor and New Hampshire Patriot
Monitor Publishing Company
P.O. Box 1177
One Monitor Drive
Concord, New Hampshire 03302-1177

Utilities
Electric: Concord Electric; Unitil
Gas: Keyspan
Water Supplier: City of Concord
Sanitation: Municipal
Curbside Trash Pickup: Yes
Telephone: Verizon
Cable television service: Yes