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Merrimack County, New Hampshire

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89historic places

—earliest paper

1823formed

153,808pop. 2020

92cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 89 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Concord, Andover, Hopkinton.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for New Hampshire is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Merrimack titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

57 of 89 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

89 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
2 1/2 Beacon Street	Concord	Building	1984
Allenstown Meeting House	Allenstown	Building	2004
Baptist New Meeting House	New London	Building	2005
Bear Brook State Park Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp Historic District	Allenstown	District	1992
Beaver Meadow Brook Archeological Site (27MR3)	Concord	Site	1989
Bement Covered Bridge	Bradford	Structure	1976
Bennett Farm	Henniker	Building	2002
Blossom Hill and Calvary Cemeteries	Concord	District	2010
Bog Bridge	Andover	Structure	1989
Boscawen Academy and Much-I-Do-Hose House	Boscawen	Building	1980
Boscawen Public Library	Boscawen	Building	1981
Bradford Center Meetinghouse	Bradford	Building	2013
Bradford Town Hall	Bradford	Building	1980
Bridges, H. Styles, House	Concord	Building	2005
Canterbury Shaker Village NHL	Canterbury	District	1975
Center Meetinghouse	Newbury	Building	1979
Chamberlin House	Concord	Building	1982
Concord Civic District	Concord	District	1983
Concord Gas Light Company Gasholder House	Concord	Structure	2018
Concord Historic District	Concord	District	1975
Contoocook Railroad Depot	Hopkinton	Building	2006
Crippen, Henry J., House	Concord	Building	1983
Dalton Covered Bridge	Warner	Structure	1976
Dimond Hill Farm	Concord	Building	2007
Downing, Lewis, Jr., House	Concord	Building	1987
Downtown Concord Historic District	Concord	District	2000
Durgin, Gershom, House	Andover	Building	2000
Eagle Hotel	Concord	Building	1978
East Andover Village Center Historic District	Andover	District	1989
Endicott Hotel	Concord	Building	1987
Farrington House	Concord	Building	1982
First Congregational Church of Boscawen	Boscawen	Building	1982
Foster, Reuben, House and Cleaves, Perley, House	Concord	Building	1982
Franklin Falls Historic District	Franklin	District	1982
Hall Memorial Library	Northfield	Building	1978
Hall, Charles S., House	Epsom	Building	2002
Harvey, Matthew, House	Sutton	Building	1992
Hay Estate	Newbury	District	2000
Henniker Town Hall	Henniker	Building	1981
Hersey Farms Historic District	Andover	District	2008
Hill Center Church	Hill	Building	1985
Hopkinton Railroad Covered Bridge	Hopkinton	Structure	1980
Howe-Quimby House	Hopkinton	Building	1980
Keniston Bridge	Andover	Structure	1989
Leavitt Farm	Concord	Building	1982
Long, William H., Memorial	Hopkinton	Building	1977
Loudon Town Hall	Loudon	Building	1990
Lower Warner Meetinghouse	Lower Warner	Building	1989
Memorial Arch of Tilton	Northfield	Structure	1980
Merrimack County Bank	Concord	Building	1980
Merrimack County Courthouse	Concord	Building	1979
Millville School	Concord	Building	1985
Morrill-Lassonde House	Boscawen	Building	1984
Murray Hill Summer Home District	Hill	District	1988
New Hampshire Savings Bank Building	Concord	Building	1988
North Wilmot Union Meetinghouse	Wilmot	Building	1989
Northfield Union Church	Northfield	Building	1984
Noyes, Jacob, Block	Suncook	Building	1986
Old North Cemetery	Concord	Site	2008
Old Post Office	Concord	Building	1973
Old Webster Meeting House	Webster	Building	1985
Page Belting Company Mills	Concord	District	2002
Pembroke Mill	Pembroke	Building	1985
Pierce, Franklin, House	Concord	Building	1979
Pillsbury Memorial Hall	Sutton	Building	1993
Pineground Bridge	Chichester	Structure	2004
Pittsfield Center Historic District	Pittsfield	District	1980
Pleasant View Home	Concord	Building	1984
Potter Place Railroad Station	Andover	Building	1989
Robie's Country Store	Hooksett	Building	2000
Rolfe Barn	Concord	Building	2007
Rollins, Gov. Frank West, House	Concord	Building	1984
Rowell's Covered Bridge	West Hopkinton	Structure	1976
Salisbury Academy Building	Salisbury	Building	1975
South Danbury Christian Church	Danbury	Building	1985
South Sutton Meeting House	South Sutton	Building	1993
Stanley Tavern	Hopkinton	Building	2005
Sulphite Railroad Bridge	Franklin	Structure	1975
Suncook Village Commercial-Civic Historic District	Pembroke	District	2005
Tucker Mountain Schoolhouse	Andover	Building	2005
Tuttle, Donald D., House	Concord	Building	1995
Upham-Walker House	Concord	Building	1980
Waterloo Covered Bridge	Waterloo	Structure	1976
Waterloo Historic District	Warner	District	2003
Webster Congregational Church	Webster	Building	1985
Webster, Daniel, Family Home NHL	West Franklin	Building	1974
Whipple, Dr. Solomon M., House	New London	Building	1985
White Farm	Concord	Building	1981
White Park	Concord	Site	1982

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Merrimack was formed in 1823 (1823-08-01) from Hillsborough, Rockingham.

MERRIMACK created from HILLSBOROUGH and ROCKINGHAM.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Merrimack County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1830	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
34,614	36,253	41,408	46,300	52,430	51,770	60,710	63,022	67,785	98,302	136,225	153,808

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

92 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 92 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Beaverdam Cemetery	43.33409	-71.70252
Berry Cemetery	43.29937	-71.30748
Blackwater Cemetery	43.24262	-71.69726
Blossom Hill Cemetery	43.22095	-71.55488
Bog Road Cemetery	43.39229	-71.71591
Bradford Center Cemetery	43.23681	-71.96982
Brown Hill Cemetery	43.12236	-71.55404
Bunker Hill Cemetery	43.44822	-71.91414
Bunker Hill Cemetery	43.5207	-71.72953
Calvary Cemetery	43.22371	-71.55415
Chase Cemetery	43.14676	-71.79879
Coal Hearth Cemetery	43.29873	-71.80129
Colby Cemetery	43.21609	-71.79109
Contoocook Village Cemetery	43.22282	-71.70801
Corser Hill Cemetery	43.3278	-71.7139
Davis-Cate Cemetery	43.07922	-71.47957
Davisville Cemetery	43.24908	-71.74128
Dunbarton Center Cemetery	43.10388	-71.6166
East Dunbarton Cemetery	43.10337	-71.56438
Evans Cemetery	43.15187	-71.54719
Evans Cemetery	43.1566	-71.36993
Evergreen Cemetery	43.13703	-71.43808
Floral Park Cemetery	43.30985	-71.32013
Floral Park Cemetery	43.30646	-71.32451
Franklin Cemetery	43.44335	-71.65449
Friends Cemetery	43.17518	-71.82344
Goodhue Cemetery	43.12215	-71.55164
Goss Cemetery	43.16898	-71.81998
Gossville Cemetery	43.22706	-71.35233
Green Cemetery	43.1144	-71.54785
Ham Cemetery	43.37563	-71.49368
Hammond Cemetery	43.12239	-71.55458
Heath Cemetery	43.15676	-71.60275
Hill Center Church Yard	43.52395	-71.74036
Holy Cross Cemetery	43.45507	-71.66702
Holy Rosary Cemetery	43.09275	-71.46353
Hook Cemetery	43.2453	-71.43548
Horse Hill Cemetery	43.25043	-71.62562
Knowlton Cemetery	43.23547	-71.40995
Lake View Cemetery	43.45099	-71.7507
Langley - Watson Cemetery	43.23474	-71.44264
Loudon Cemetery	43.28896	-71.46951
Lovering Cemetery	43.31952	-71.48063
Maple Grove Cemetery	43.34629	-71.50818
Maple Grove Cemetery	43.25146	-71.57202
Maplewood Cemetery	43.32601	-71.6505
Maplewood Cemetery	43.37621	-71.70641
Marshall Cemetery	43.25618	-71.93703
Martin Cemetery	43.04664	-71.44565
McClary Cemetery	43.21815	-71.31866
Millville Cemetery	43.19709	-71.5861
Millwoods Cemetery	43.32315	-71.94326
Mount Calvary Cemetery	43.31523	-71.33602
New Hampshire State Hospital Cemetery	43.18378	-71.55895
New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery	43.33472	-71.6352
New Hopkinton Village Cemetery	43.18739	-71.6625
Oak Hill Cemetery	43.40227	-71.74425
Old Fort Cemetery	43.23841	-71.53443
Old Hopkinton Cemetery	43.19116	-71.67227
Old Main Street Cemetery	43.40479	-71.99064
Old North Cemetery	43.21461	-71.54456
Ordway Cemetery	43.09146	-71.50729
Pembroke Street Cemetery	43.15564	-71.46674
Pine Ground Cemetery	43.2597	-71.37224
Pine Grove Cemetery	43.24174	-71.53509
Pine Grove Cemetery	43.32397	-71.6398
Pine Hill Cemetery	43.41431	-71.90378
Plains Cemetery	43.312	-71.61658
Pleasant Hill Cemetery	43.26923	-71.96647
Pleasant Hill Cemetery	43.5284	-71.70119
Plummer Cemetery	43.16458	-71.75885
Pond Cemetery	43.2334	-71.90147
Presbury Cemetery	43.24157	-71.96849
Putney Hill Cemetery	43.19606	-71.6887
Riverdale Cemetery	43.28146	-71.71063
Riverside Cemetery	43.52896	-71.86172
Riverside Cemetery	43.0577	-71.46261
Saint Jean Baptiste Cemetery	43.12537	-71.43301
Saint Pauls School Cemetery	43.19707	-71.58731
Shaker Cemetery	43.36138	-71.49137

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Shaw Corner	43.40897	-71.68813

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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