Urban A. Woodbury, businessman and governor of Vermont
Albany
Albany is the entrance to the Mount Washington Valley, and features a 120-foot (37 m) covered bridge that spans the Swift River just north of the Kancamagus Highway
Samuel Thomson, founder of the Thomsonion System of Medicine
Sarah Hall Boardman, missionary
Titus Brown, congressman
Salma Hale, printer & congressman
Marion Nicholl Rawson, author, lecturer, and illustrator
John G. Shedd, merchant
Alton
Notable People
Joel Bean, Quaker minister
Bobby Carpenter, professional ice hockey player
George Franklin Drew, governor of Florida
Florence Holway, rape victim Al Jolson, entertainer (summer resident)
Steve Leach, professional ice hockey player
Don Sweeney, professional ice hockey player
Amherst
Notable People
Charles G. Atherton (1804-1853), born in Amherst, United States Congressman and Senator from New Hampshire[1]
Charles Humphrey Atherton (1773-1853), born in Amherst, United States Congressman from New Hampshire [1]
John S. Barry (1802-1870), born in Amherst, only three-term governor of Michigan[1]
Clifton Clagett (1762-1829) was a United States Representative from New Hampshire.
James Freeman Dana (1793-1827), born in Amherst, noted chemist, professor, and author[1]
Samuel Luther Dana (1795-1868), born in Amherst, noted chemist, devised new system of bleaching clothes[1]
Jonathan Fisk, (1778-1832), born in Amherst, United States Congressman from New York[1]
Horace Greeley, (1811-1872), born in Amherst, editor, politician & founder of the Republican Party[1]
Jon "maddog" Hall (1950-present), programmer, computer scientist and free software advocate
Moses Nichols (1740-1790), physician, soldier & statesman during the American Revolution
Jane Means (Appleton) Pierce (1806-1863), first lady
Frank Selee (1859-1909), baseball manager
Andover Proctor Academy
Notable Alumni
Andover Air Force (Nick Alexander, Chris Lamb, Peter Freire and Nick Fairall, '07), U.S. Ski Jumping Team
Bob Beattie, '51 - former US Alpine Ski Team Head Coach and ABC television commentator
Jerome Dyson, '06 - UConn basketball player
Jed Hinkley, '99 - US Olympian, US Ski Team Nordic Combined
John McVey - singer/songwriter
Matt Nathanson, '91 - singer/songwriter
David Dalhoff Neal - artist, one of the first students in early 1850s
Robert Richardson, '73 - Oscar-winning cinematographer (Platoon, JFK, The Aviator, Kill Bill)
Alan Shepard - astronaut, spent a summer at Proctor building a boat, walked on the moon
Carl Van Loan, '98 - US Olympian, US Ski Team Nordic Combined, Large Hill team
Josh Walden, '94 - Broadway actor
Travis Warren, '91 - founder and president, Whipple Hill Communications
Cole Williams, '99 - television actor (Scrubs, 8 Simple Rules)
Ashland
Notable People
James F. Briggs, congressman
Oren B. Cheney, founder of Bates College
Moses Cheney, abolitionist, conductor on Underground Railroad
Person C. Cheney, U.S. Senator and governor
George Hoyt Whipple, pathologist and Nobel Prize winner
Atkinson
Notable People
Brad Delp (1951 - 2007), lead singer of Boston
Barnstead
Notable People
S. Millett Thompson, soldier
Harrison Thyng, brigadier general
Hiram A. Tuttle, merchant and governor of New Hampshire
Barrington
Notable People
John Buzzell, early Free Will Baptist preacher and writer
Frank Jones, alemaker, hotelier & congressman
Jillian Wheeler, singer-singwriter & actress
Bartlett
Trivia
The West Wing television series contains a character named Josiah Bartlet, a fictional descendant of the real Josiah Bartlett for whom this town is named.
Bath
Notable People
Timothy Bedel, mill owner, military commander
Henry Hancock, lawyer and land surveyor
Harry Hibbard, congressman
James Hutchins Johnson, congressman
Seth Meyers
Bedford
Notable People
Seth Meyers, comedian on Saturday Night Live
David Atwood, (1815–1889), born in Bedford, newspaperman and the United States Congressman from Wisconsin[2]
Chris Carpenter, pitcher for the St Louis Cardinals
John Goffe, colonial soldier
Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway HT and the iBOT; owner of Manchester-based DEKA Corporation
Josh Meyers, actor and comedian
Patricia Racette, opera singer
Steven Sills, screenwriter
Laura Silverman, actress
Sarah Silverman, comedian
John E. Sununu, United States senator from New Hampshire (2003–2009)
Belmont
Notable People
William Badger, governor of New Hampshire
Krystal Barry, Miss New Hampshire USA 2006
Benton
The town is crossed by the Appalachian Trail
Berlin
Notable People
Michael Durant, US Army Night Stalkers pilot shot down and held prisoner after the Battle of Mogadishu[8]
George Hawkins, the victim of a bad skin graft that led to the celebrated "Hairy Hand" case of Hawkins v. McGee[citation needed]
Earl Silas Tupper (1907–1983), inventor of Tupperware[citation needed]
Bob Whitcher, Boston Braves pitcher who appeared in six games in 1945[citation needed]
Boscawen
Site of Interest
Hannah Duston statue
Notable People
Moody Currier, governor of New Hampshire
John Adams Dix, governor of New York
Moses G. Farmer, electrical engineer and inventor
William P. Fessenden, senator and secretary of the treasury
Charles Gordon Greene, journalist
Nathaniel Greene, journalist
Lyndon A. Smith, politician and Minnesota attorney general
Bradford N. Stevens, congressman
Bow
Notable People
Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910), born in Bow, founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist
Dick Swett (b. 1957), former U.S. congressman
Bradford
Notable People
Odds Bodkin, storyteller and musician
John Q. A. Brackett, governor of Massachusetts
Mason Tappan, congressman and state attorney general
Bainbridge Wadleigh, senator
Brentwood
Notable People
Joshua Smith (1760-1795) author of Divine Hymns, or Spiritual Songs
Bristol
Notable People
Nathaniel S. Berry, governor of New Hampshire
John Cheever, writer (summer resident)
Benjamin Flanders, Reconstruction governor of Louisiana; mayor of New Orleans
Thomas A. Watson, inventor (summer resident) [citation needed]
Campton
Notable People
Henry W. Blair, congressman and senator
Chris Devlin-Young, ski racer
Arthur Livermore, congressman
Canaan
Canaan is home to the Cardigan Mountain School
Notable People
Samuel S. Adams, president of the American Geological Institute, geology professor at the Colorado School of Mines, and president of Loon Mountain
F. Lee Bailey, defense lawyer
Ken Bentsen, Jr., former Member of Congress from Texas
P. J. Chesson, professional auto racing driver, including the Indianapolis 500
Philippe Cousteau Jr., environmentalist and oceanographer
Eric Douglas, comedian and actor
Ben Lovejoy, professional ice hockey player Freddy Meyer, professional ice hockey player
Rob Morrow, actor (known for his role as Joel Fleischman in Northern Exposure), writer, and director
Deron Quint, professional ice hockey player
David J. Winters, deep value investor and investment fund manager
Candia
Notable People
Sam Walter Foss (1858-1911), poet
Albert Palmer (1831-1887), mayor of Boston
Frederick Smyth (1819-1899), governor of New Hampshire
Canterbury
On the last Saturday in July, the town hosts the annual Canterbury Fair
The biggest attraction in Canterbury is the Shaker Village
Notable People
Abiel Foster (1735-1806), Continental Congress and United States Congress
Stephen Symonds Foster (1809-1881), abolitionist
Kenneth MacKenna (1899-1962), actor and film director
Colby James West, pro freestyle skier
Center Harbor
Center Harbor witnessed the first intercollegiate sporting event in the United States, as Harvard defeated Yale by two lengths in the first Harvard-Yale Regatta on August 3, 1852 on Lake Winnipesaukee.
Notable People
Brad Leighton, a former NASCAR driver who competed in five Busch Series events in his career, was born in Center Harbor in 1962.
Penny Pitou, Olympic downhill skier, began skiing in her Center Harbor backyard in the 1940s
Charleston
Notable People
James Broderick (1927–1982), actor[4]
Carlton "Pudge" Fisk (b. 1947), Major League Baseball and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame[5]
Joseph Glidden (1813–1906), inventor of barbed wire[6][7]
Charles Hale Hoyt (1859–1900), playwright and theatrical producer[8]
Henry Hubbard (1784–1857), governor of New Hampshire[9]
Samuel Hunt (1765–1807), United States congressman[10]
Susannah Willard Johnson (1729–1810), author of a notable captivity narrative
Benjamin Labaree, minister, professor and college president
Ralph Metcalf (1798–1858), governor of New Hampshire[11]
Simeon Olcott (1735–1815), U.S. senator[12]
DeForest Richards (1846–1903), fifth governor of Wyoming[13]
Richard H. Sylvester, journalist
James Tufts (1829-1884), acting governor of Montana Territory[14]
Alexander Hamilton Willard (1777–1865), member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Chester
Notable People
Charles H. Bell, governor; son of John Bell
John Bell, governor Samuel Bell, governor; brother of John Bell
Samuel Newell Bell, U.S. Representative; grandson of Samuel Bell
"Lord" Timothy Dexter, eccentric early American businessman
Daniel Chester French, sculptor (summer resident)
George Cochrane Hazelton, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
Gerry Whiting Hazelton, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin; brother of George
Chesterfield
Notable People
Theodore Davis, merchant, surveyor and politician
William H. Haile, businessman and politician
Larkin Goldsmith Mead, sculptor
Harlan Fiske Stone, chief justice
Winthrop E. Stone, professor and college president
Charles Tazewell, children's author
Hoyt Henry Wheeler, judge
Chichester
Notable People
Gordon J. Humphrey, U.S. Senator (1978-1990)
Claremont
In the media
Claremont was the filming location, though not the setting, of the 2006 movie Live Free or Die, co-written and co-directed by Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin and starring Aaron Stanford, Paul Schneider, Michael Rapaport, Judah Friedlander, Kevin Dunn, and Zooey Deschanel. Set in fictional Rutland, New Hampshire, it is a picaresque comedy-drama about a small-town would-be crime legend.
Notable People
Doug Berry, football coach
Derastus Clapp, detective
Franceway Ranna Cossitt, minister
Caleb Ellis, congressman
Kirk Hanefeld, golfer
Jule Murat Hannaford, railway president
Jeffrey R. Howard, judge
Larry McElreavy, college football coach
Jennifer Militello, poet
Hosea Washington Parker, congressman
Orrin W. Robinson, politician and businessman
George B. Upham, congressman
Constance Fenimore Woolson, novelist and short story writer
Serial killer Christopher Wilder's nationwide murder spree ended at a Colebrook gas station on April 13, 1984 when two New Hampshire state troopers attempted to apprehend him, but in a scuffle Wilder shot and killed himself as well as seriously wounding one of the troopers.
Notable People
Irving W. Drew (1845-1922), U.S. senator
Chester B. Jordan (1839-1914), governor of New Hampshire
Horace White (1834-1916), co-owner and editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribune
Cornish
Notable People
Champion S. Chase, politician
Jonathan Chase, Revolutionary War officer
Philander Chase, founder of Kenyon College
Salmon P. Chase, justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, was born here
Winston Churchill, writer
Thomas Wilmer Dewing, painter
Michael Dorris, author
Julie Duncan, actress
Louise Erdrich, author
Hamlin Garland, author
Christian Gerhartsreiter, impostor
Learned Hand, judge
Percy MacKaye, playwright and poet
Charles A. Platt, architect
Samuel L. Powers, congressman
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, sculptor
Louis St. Gaudens, sculptor
J. D. Salinger, writer[5]
Nathan Smith, physician, founder of Dartmouth and Yale medical schools
Nathan Ryno Smith, surgeon and professor
Gary A. Wegner, astronomer
Danbury
Notable People
Moses Eastman (1799-1888), captain in New Hampshire militia, State Representative
Donald Hall (1928-), U.S. Poet Laureate in 2006
Francis Reed (1852-1917), inventor of many lathe and drill machines
Amos Leavitt Taylor (1877-19__), Secretary of Massachusetts Republican Party (1927-1928); Massachusetts Republican State Chair (1924-1949
Deerfield
Notable People
Benjamin Franklin Butler, Civil War general and governor of Massachusetts
Josiah Butler, United States Representative from New Hampshire
Erica Campbell, former glamour model
Benning Wentworth Jenness, senator from New Hampshire
Jon Schillaci, a former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive
Major John Simpson, Revolutionary War soldier, first to open fire at the Battle of Bunker Hill
Nathaniel Upham (1774-1829), United States Representative from New Hampshire
Deering
Notable People
James W. Grimes, U.S. senator and governor of Iowa
Lotte Jacobi, photographer, made Deering her home from 1955 until her death in 1990
Ebenezer Locke (1735-1816) of Woburn, Massachusetts, reputed to have fired the famous shot heard 'round the world (the first shot fired by an American at the Battle of Lexington). Locke spent his later years in Deering and is buried here.[2]
Tom Rush, folk singer, lived from 1971 to 1990 in Deering, where his former estate is now Tom Rush Forest.
Dorchester
Notable People
Rufus Blodgett, senator Albert Woodworth, businessman and politician
Dublin
Dublin is home to Yankee Publishing Inc., publisher of the Old Farmer's Almanac and Yankee magazine
Notable People
Galen Clark, nature activist
Doris Haddock, political activist
Moses Mason, Jr., physician and congressman
William Preston Phelps, artist
Abbott Handerson Thayer, artist
Mark Twain, author (summer resident, two years)
Dunbarton
Notable People
Robert Lowell, prominent American poet, buried in Stark Cemetery
Robert Rogers (soldier), commander of Rogers' Rangers during the French and Indian War
Durham is home to the University of New Hampshire.
East Kingston
Notable People
Ebenezer Webster, father of Daniel Webster
Easton
Notable People
Olympic gold medalist skier Bode Miller was born in Easton and raised in nearby Franconia
Enfield
Enfield Shaker Museum
Notable People
Robert O. Blood, physician and governor
Jacob Cochran, preacher
William Goodhue Perley, businessman and politician
Stan Williams, baseball pitcher
Epping
Epping is home to The Leddy Center, a charming antique playhouse where local performers enact classics such as The Wizard of Oz and Anne of Green Gables. Musical lessons are also offered at this facility.
New England Dragway is also located in Epping and puts on exciting races and auto displays throughout the year, including the IHRA Amalie Oil North American Nationals. The dragway hosts a popular Halloween display on its property during the second half of October.
Notable People
Kerry Bascom, record-setting women's basketball player for the University of Connecticut
David L. Morril, Governor of New Hampshire (1824–1827)
William Plumer, Governor of New Hampshire (1812–1813 and 1816–1819)
Benjamin Franklin Prescott, Governor of New Hampshire (1877–1879
In September 1965 Exeter earned a place in UFO history when two Exeter police officers, Eugene Bertrand and David Hunt, witnessed a bright red UFO at close range with a local teenager, Norman Muscarello. Their sighting attracted national publicity and became the focus of a bestselling book, Incident at Exeter, by journalist John G. Fuller. The Air Force eventually admitted to the three men that it had been unable to identify the strange object they had observed, and it is still considered by many UFO buffs to be one of the most impressive UFO sightings on record.
Notable People
Charles H. Bell, governor
Dan Brown, author: The Da Vinci Code
Lewis Cass, politician
Chris Carpenter, major league baseball pitcher, 2005 All-Star, 2005 NL Cy Young Award
Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn, statesman & soldier
Rev. Samuel Dudley (1608–1683), early Puritan minister, Exeter, son of Governor Thomas Dudley of the Massachusetts Bay Colony[14]
Darby Field, first European to climb Mount Washington in 1642.[citation needed]
Nathaniel Folsom, merchant, general & statesman
Daniel Chester French, sculptor
John Taylor Gilman, statesman & governor
Nicholas Gilman, Jr., signer of U.S. Constitution
Michael Golay, historian and author
Todd Hearon, poet
John Irving, author: The World According to Garp
John Knowles, author: A Separate Peace
Dudley Leavitt (publisher) (1750–1831) born in Exeter, publisher of Leavitt's Farmers Almanack and Miscellaneous Yearbook, Meredith, New Hampshire[15]
Moses Leavitt (1650–1730), surveyor, Selectman, Deputy, Moderator of the General Court, son-in-law of Rev. Samuel Dudley, Exeter[16], brother of Lieut. Samuel Leavitt Gilman Marston, politician & general Dr. John Phillips, founder of Phillips Exeter Academy
Enoch Poor, shipbuilder, merchant & general
Tristram Shaw, United States Representative from New Hampshire
Henry Shute, lawyer, judge, & author
Isabella Soprano, American pornographic actress and reality TV star (Cathouse: The Series)
Statik Selektah, DJ/producer
Amos Tuck, lawyer & politician
Edward Tuck, banker & philanthropist
Rev. John Wheelwright, founder of Exeter
Farmington
Farmington was known as "The Shoe Capital of New Hampshire
Notable People
Harry Bemis, baseball player
Nehemiah Eastman, lawyer and congressman
Joseph Hammons, United States Representative from New Hampshire
Wingate Hayes, U.S. Attorney, Speaker of Rhode Island House of Representatives
Alonzo Nute, United States Representative from New Hampshire
Mary Lemist Titcomb, librarian
Hannah Wilson, master weaver
Henry Wilson, U.S. vice-president from 1873-1875
Fitzwilliam
Notable People
Joseph Lee Heywood, treasurer
Nahum Parker, senator
Elijah Phillips, pioneer
James Reed, brigadier-general
Edward C. Reed, congressman
Harry Dexter White, economist
Franconia
New England Ski Museum
Notable People
Elisabeth Elliot, Christian author and speaker
Robert Frost, poet
Bode Miller, skier
Daniel Webster
Franklin
Daniel Webster birthplace
Notable People
Jedh Barker (1945–1967), Marine, received Medal of Honor
Vaughn Blanchard, track and field athlete
Walter Bradford Cannon (1871–1945), physiologist
Warren F. Daniell, industrialist and congressman
John King Fairbank (1907–1991), historian (summer resident)
Wilma Cannon Fairbank (1909–2001), architectural historian (summer resident)
Robert M. Leach, congressman
Jenna Lewis (b. 1977), Survivor contestant, 2000
G. W. Pierce (1872–1956), physicist
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. (1917–2007), historian (summer resident)
Daniel Webster (1782–1852), statesman
Freedom
The town has been the setting for a couple of stories, including the children's fantasy book called The Enormous Egg by Oliver Butterworth, first published in 1956 but reissued years later (ISBN 0-316-11920-2). Freedom was also the setting for a 2001 broadcast of This American Life, entitled "The House at Loon Lake". That episode depicted an abandoned house explored by young boys, in town for summer camp at Loon Lake.
Notable People
Frank S. Black, governor of New York (summer resident)
Fremont
Fremont was home to the cult favorite, all-girl band The Shaggs
Gilford
Notable People
Stilson Hutchins, newspaper reporter and publisher
Benjamin Ames Kimball, railroad president and builder of Kimball Castle (1897)
Penny Pitou, first US woman to win an Olympic medal in downhill skiing
Chris Sheridan, writer and television producer
Gilmanton
Notable People
John B. Bachelder, painter, photographer and historian
William Badger, mill owner and governor
Ira Allen Eastman, congressman
Nehemiah Eastman, congressman
John R. French, congressman
Charles A. Gilman, governor of Minnesota
H. H. Holmes, serial killer
Grace Metalious, author of Peyton Place
Charles H. Peaslee, congressman
John Sewell Sanborn, educator, judge and politician
Saint Anselm College is a four-year liberal arts college, founded in 1889 by monks of the Catholic Order of Saint Benedict
Grafton
Notable People
John Hancock, founding father and among the recipients of the second grant.
James Otis, among the recipients of the second grant.
Grafton is the focus of the Free Town Project, a movement that seeks to encourage libertarians to move to the town.
The Yankee Siege Trebuchet - Greenfield, NH
Greenfield
Greenfield is home to the Yankee Siege, considered the most powerful (current) trebuchet in the world, which has participated in the annual World Championship Punkin' Chunkin' Contest in Sussex County, Delaware since 2004. The farthest official toss is 1,897 feet (578 m) as of 2008, although there are unofficial reports of 2,000-to-2,300-foot (610 to 700 m) throws as of 2009
Greenland
Notable People
Oney Judge (1773-1848), fugitive slave from the household of George Washington
Greenville
Notable People
Brian Viglione, musician of The Dresden Dolls
Hampton
Rev. Stephen Bachiler, town founder
Eunice "Goody" Cole, accused witch
Henry Dearborn, physician & general
Abraham Drake, Revolutionary War officer and politician
Thomas Leavitt, early settler
Stephen E. Merrill, governor of New Hampshire
Jonathan Moulton, Revolutionary War officer, militia brigadier general
Jane Pierce, First Lady of the United States, wife of Franklin Pierce
Tristram Shaw, United States Representative from New Hampshire
Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, journalist, author, historian, abolitionist and social reformer
John H. Sununu (b. 1939), White House chief of staff and governor of New Hampshire
Meshech Weare (1713-1786), New Hampshire's first president (later called governor) in 1776
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892), poet
VLBA
Hancock
Very Long Baseline Array radio telescope
Notable People
Oren B. Cheney, abolitionist, Free Baptist preacher, founder of Bates College
Person C. Cheney, U.S. Senator from New Hampshire
Joseph Grew, United States Ambassador to Japan
Sam Huntington, actor
Howard Mansfield, author
Charles E. Merrill Jr., educator
Jay Pierrepont Moffat, United States Ambassador to Canada
Sy Montgomery, author, adventurer
Lilla Cabot Perry, artist
Wallace Tripp, illustrator
Elizabeth Yates, author and historian
Hanover
Dartmouth College
In Popular Culture
Dartmouth College has appeared in or been referenced by a number of popular media. The 1978 comedy film National Lampoon's Animal House was cowritten by Chris Miller '63, and is based loosely on a series of stories he wrote about his fraternity days at Dartmouth. In a CNN interview, John Landis said the movie was "based on Chris Miller's real fraternity at Dartmouth," Alpha Delta Phi.[257] Dartmouth's Winter Carnival tradition was the subject of the 1939 film Winter Carnival starring Ann Sheridan and written by Budd Schulberg '36 and F. Scott Fitzgerald.[161] Dartmouth College has been mentioned three times on the FOX animated sitcom, The Simpsons, with two of the three occurring on season 11 episodes and associating Dartmouth College with alcoholic consumption.[258] On "Alone Again, Natura-Diddly", a Christian rock singer named Rachel Jordan sings that she "was drinking like a Dartmouth boy."[259] In "Pygmoelian", during the Duff Days festival, Duffman introduces the trick-pouring contest by saying that it counts as course credit at Dartmouth College.[258] In the 1969 movie "Goodbye, Columbus, Richard Benjamin finds out all the men at a party are from Dartmouth. The Association, a popular rock group at the time, recorded the soundtrack and performed an instrumental during the scene entitled "Dartmouth? Dartmouth!".[260] In addition, Dartmouth has served as the alma mater for a number of fictional characters, including Stephen Colbert's fictional persona,[261] Michael Corleone of The Godfather,[262] Meredith Grey of Grey's Anatomy,[263] Thomas Crown of The Thomas Crown Affair (1968),[264] Howie Archibald of Gossip Girl[265], and Pete Campbell of Mad Men.[266] The characters Evan and Fogell of the 2007 film Superbad were also slated to attend Dartmouth.[267] In the vampire romance series Twilight, main characters Bella Swan and Edward Cullen plan to go to Dartmouth as a ruse. In the second season of Scrubs, J.D. argues that not all surgeons are stupid and cites as proof the fact that another doctor at the hospital had attended Dartmouth. The character Dan Rydell in the short lived series Sports Night was a Dartmouth alumnus, a subject that is mentioned in numerous episodes.[268] In The Last of the Mohicans, Hawkeye says he attended Reverend Wheelock's school which is presumably Dartmouth. In the television show The West Wing, President Bartlet was a tenured professor at Dartmouth before beginning his political career.
Notable People
Al Barr, musician
Hal Barwood, game developer
Barbara Bedford, swimmer
George Bissell, industrialist
Philip Booth, poet
C. Loring Brace, anthropologist
Gerald Warner Brace, writer, educator, sailor and boat builder
Francis Brown, semitic scholar
Bill Bryson, author
Kent Carter, jazz musician
Ken Chastain, musician, engineer and producer
James Freeman Clarke, preacher and author
Charlie Clouser, music producer and keyboardist
Jay DeFeo, artist
Tom Dey, film director
Henry Fowle Durant, lawyer and philanthropist
Richard Eberhart, poet
Janet Evanovich, writer
Brad Feldman, television and radio announcer
Jonathan Freeman, congressman
Joan Halifax, activist and author
Virginia Heffernan, critic and columnist
Thomas C. Kinkaid, admiral
C. Everett Koop, surgeon general
Paul D. Paganucci, investment banker, university educator, college financial administrator and businessman
James W. Patterson, congressman and senator
Jodi Picoult, author
James W. Ripley, congressman
Kate Sanborn, writer
John Spaulding, poet
Jon Spencer, musician
Armstrong Sperry, author
Olin Stephens, yacht designer
Daniel Webster, statesman
Eleazar Wheelock, college founder
Leonard Wilcox, senator
Rob Woodward, baseball pitcher
Havermill
Museum of American Weather
Notable People
Samuel Brooks, merchant and politician
Noah Davis, congressman
Henry W. Keyes, governor of New Hampshire
Thomas Leverett Nelson, judge
Chad Paronto, baseball player
Jonathan H. Rowell, congressman
Bob Smith, baseball player
Henniker
Henniker is home to New England College
Notable alumni include:
Geena Davis, Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning American actress who attended her freshman year before transferring to Boston University,
Ira Joe Fisher, formerly a weather reporter for CBS's The Saturday Early Show,
Allen Steele, Jr., a science fiction author, and
Wallace Stickney, who was the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under President George H. W. Bush.
Notable People
Amy Beach, composer and pianist
Laurie D. Cox, landscape architect, lacrosse coach and college president
Robert Goodenow, congressman
Rufus K. Goodenow, congressman
Ocean Born Mary, legendary figure of early New England
James W. Patterson, educator
Parker Pillsbury, minister and activist
Edna Dean Proctor, poetess [4]
Ted Williams, baseball player[5]
Franklin Pierce
Hillsborough
Hillsborough is the birthplace in 1804 of Franklin Pierce, 14th president of the United States, and the only president from New Hampshire
Notable People
Franklin Pierce, 14th President of United States
Benjamin Pierce Cheney, a founder of American Express
Benjamin Franklin Keith, theatrical impressario
John Butler Smith, governor and manufacturer
Hinsdale
In a machine shop here, George A. Long built a self-propelled steam vehicle in 1875, for which he received one of the nation's earliest automobile patents.
The oldest continually-operating post office in the United States, established in 1816, is located on Main Street.
Notable People
Elisha Andrews, economist and educator
Charles Anderson Dana, journalist, author and government official
Jacob Estey, manufacturer of reed organs
Dan Fitzpatrick, writer
William Babcock, congressman
William Haile, merchant, manufacturer and politician
Robert Merrill Lee, general
Anna Marsh, founder of mental hospital
Holderness
Holderness is also home to Holderness School, a prestigious co-educational college-preparatory boarding school.
Notable Alumni:
Charles Bass, former New Hampshire congressman Olin Browne, pro golfer Robert Creeley, poet Jeremy Foley, University of Florida athletic director Tyler Hamilton, gold medal-winning cyclist Jed Hoyer, GM of the San Diego Padres Steve Jones, a founder of Teton Gravity Research Nikki Kimball, ultramarathoner Brett Lunger, race car driver Maggie Shnayerson, journalist and blogger
Notable People
Joan Blos, writer (seasonal resident) George Butler, director of documentaries such as Pumping Iron, The Endurance (part resident) Moses Cheney, abolitionist, conductor on Underground Railroad Oren B. Cheney, founder of Bates College Arthur Livermore (1766-1853), a United States Representative from New Hampshire Samuel Livermore (1732-1803), U.S. Senator Hercules Mooney, Revolutionary War officer
Hopkinton
Notable People
Rose Flanders Bascom, one of the first female lion tamers in America, born in 1880 Carlton Chase, Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire John Lynch, Governor of New Hampshire David H. Souter, former Supreme Court Justice
Hudson
Notable People
Alice B. Neal (b. 1828), writer
Jaffrey
Jaffrey was the setting for a 1950 biography by Elizabeth Yates entitled Amos Fortune, Free Man, winner of the 1951 Newbery Medal. Amos Fortune was an African-born slave who purchased his freedom and that of his wife, and established a tannery in the village. He is buried in the local cemetery, together with bandbox craftswoman, Hannah Davis, and author, Willa Cather, who was a summer resident. Jaffrey was the inspiration for a chapter in Parliament of Whores by PJ O'Rourke, who was a resident for several years.
Jefferson
Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, a local farm boy born in 1832, became a world-famous inventor of aerostats (dirigibles) and other devices. Consulting President Abraham Lincoln, he organized a balloon corps during the Civil War, and went on to invent the ice-making machine, and later the water-gas process which for years ran gas lights in hundreds of cities.
Jefferson found itself in the national spotlight in 1988-1989 when two local volunteer firefighters were charged in connection with dozens of arson fires that had plagued the area. Both defendants were acquitted at trials
Keene
Notable People
Edwin Eugene Bagley (1857–1922), American composer, wrote one of the most famous and highly played American marches, "National Emblem" (1906)
Jimmy Cochran (b. 1981), Olympic alpine skier
Jonathan Daniels (1939–1965), Episcopal seminarian murdered during the Civil Rights Movement
Michael Dubruiel (1958–2009), Roman Catholic author
Salma Hale (1787–1866), a United States Representative from New Hampshire
Ernest Hebert (b. 1941), author of The Dogs of March, others
JoJo (b. 1990), singer
Jon Udell, technology visionary and Microsoft evangelist
Heather Wilson (b. 1960), U.S. Representative from New Mexico
Isaac Wyman (1724–1792), soldier, tavern keeper and politician
Kensington
Notable People
James Bruce MacQuarrie, pilot of Pan Am Flight 103 which was blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland on 21 December 1988.
Hideaki Miyamura, studio potter
Norman Muscarello, who sighted a UFO in 1965, the story of which was featured in the bestselling book Incident at Exeter (1966), by journalist and magazine columnist John G. Fuller. (See Exeter incident).
Kingston
Notable People
Dr. Josiah Bartlett, physician, delegate to the Continental Congress, second signer (after John Hancock) of the Declaration of Independence, first president of the State of New Hampshire, founder of the New Hampshire Medical Society.
American Classic Arcade Museum - The largest arcade museum in the world
Each June for nine days beginning on the Saturday of the weekend before Father's Day and ending on Father's Day, the city hosts Laconia Motorcycle Week, also more simply known as 'bike week', one of the country's largest rallies,
The Laconia World Championship Sled Dog Derby.
Notable residents
Charles A. Busiel, Mayor of Laconia, elected Governor of New Hampshire in 1895 and served until 1897.
Doris Haddock, better known as "Granny D", activist who walked across the United States in 1999 and 2000 to advocate for campaign finance reform
Fletcher Hale, member of the United States House of Representatives, serving the sixty-ninth through seventy-second terms in Congress
Joseph Oliva Huot, member of the United States House of Representatives, serving the eighty-ninth Congress
Thomas J. McIntyre, member of the United States Senate who served from 1962–1979
Penny Pitou, the first United States Olympic skier to win a medal in an Olympic downhill event in 1960
Claude Rains, actor, died here in 1967
Paul W. K. Rothemund, 2007 recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship
Daniel E. Somes, United States Representative from Maine (1856–1858)
Dawn Zimmer, mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey (2009-present)
Lancaster
Notable People
GG Allin, punk singer
Jacob Benton, United States Representative from New Hampshire
Edward E. Cross, Civil War colonel
Chester Bradley Jordan, governor
Ossian Ray, United States Representative from New Hampshire
John W. Weeks, senator & secretary of war
Jared W. Williams, governor
Lebanon
Notable People
Nick Alexander, US ski jumping champion and 2010 US Olympic Team Ski Jumper [1]
Aaron Baddeley, PGA Tour golfer
Norris Cotton, US Senator Tom Demers, professional wrestler who goes under the ring name of Johnny Punch
Experience Estabrook, American lawyer and politician
Phineas Gage, Railroad foreman and brain-injury survivor
Phineas Quimby, philosopher Rob Woodward, former Boston Red Sox pitcher and current radio host
Ammi B. Young, architect
Lee
Notable People
Tom Bergeron[5], television personality
Daniel Meserve Durell, congressman
Lempster
Lempster wind farm Lempster is home to New Hampshire's first wind farm, providing a total of 24 MW from 12 turbines, which started operation in 2008. The turbines are located on Bean Mountain, a knob on the north-south ridge
The Longest Candy Counter in the World
Littleton
Chutters Candy Store - claims to have "The Longest Candy Counter in the World"
Notable inhabitants
GG Allin, shock rocker; buried in Littleton
Rich Gale, major league pitcher
Benjamin W. Kilburn, machinist, veteran, photographer, stereoscopic publisher
Eleanor H. Porter, author of Pollyanna and Pollyanna Grows Up
Londonderry
Notable People
Ant (comedian), host of VH1 reality series Celebrity Fit Club
John Bell, governor of New Hampshire
Samuel Bell, governor of New Hampshire
Silas Betton, congressman
Dominic DiMaggio, Red Sox outfielder
John Fisher, industrialist and politician
Arthur Livermore, congressman
Joseph McKeen, president of Bowdoin College
Ocean Born Mary, folklore legend
William M. Oliver, congressman
Ethan Paquin, poet
Peter Patterson, businessman and politician
George Reid, Revolutionary War officer
Laura Silva, beauty queen
William Stark, Revolutionary War officer
Samuel Taggart, congressman
Brian Wilson, baseball player
James Wilson, globe maker
Loudon
Loudon is the home of New Hampshire Motor Speedway
The Madison Boulder
Madison
The town is home to the Madison Boulder ( 43°55′52″N 71°10′04″W / 43.93111°N 71.16778°W / 43.93111; -71.16778), the largest known glacial erratic in New England, and among the largest in the world. Madison Boulder is a huge granite rock measuring 83 feet (25 m) in length, 23 feet (7.0 m) in height above the ground, and 37 feet (11 m) in width. It weighs upwards of 5,000 tons. A part of this roughly rectangular block is buried, probably to a depth of ten to twelve feet. It is located at a state park in the northwest part of town
Notable residents
E. E. Cummings, poet
Don Orsillo, announcer for the Boston Red Sox
Marlborough
Notable People
Paul Leicester Ford, novelist and biographer
Rufus S. Frost, congressman
Marlow
Marlow was the original home of PC Connection
Notable People
Osman Cleander Baker, biblical scholar and bishop
Stephen Mack, merchant and politician
Mason
Near the town's center is the boyhood home of Samuel Wilson, the meat-supplier who is believed to have inspired the Uncle Sam character. The private house is today identified by a state historical marker.
Elizabeth Orton Jones, author, illustrator and teacher better known as "Twig", instrumental in recording the history of the town.
Pickity Place, a local cottage built in 1786, was the model for the grandmother's house in Jones' 1948 illustrated version of Little Red Riding Hood. It was also the home of Ron Harry, Boston Garden organist from 1983-1995 and for the Boston Celtics in the TD Banknorth Garden until his death in 2004.
Meredith
It is home to Stonedam Island Natural Area and the Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad.
Meredith is the site of the annual Great Rotary Fishing Derby
Notable People
Original SS Mount Washington (1872-1939)
Bradford Anderson, actor
Samuel Newell Bell, congressman
Charles A. Busiel, manufacturer and politician
Joseph Libbey Folsom, army officer and real estate investor
George G. Fogg, senator and diplomat
Dudley Leavitt, publisher
Bob Montana, illustrator of Archie Comics
George Orton, Canadian middle-distance runner
Eben Ezra Roberts, architect
Daniel E. Somes, congressman
Milford
Milford was a stop on the underground railroad for escaped slaves. It was also the home of Harriet E. Wilson, who published the semi-autobiographical novel Our Nig: Or, Sketches in the Life of a Free Black in 1859, making it the first novel by an African-American published in the country.
Milton
Notable People
Alonzo Nute, United States Representative from New Hampshire
Example of the Paddleford Truss
Monroe
Notable People
Peter Paddleford, inventor of the wooden Paddleford Truss for covered bridges. Many of his original bridges still stand.[6] He was the builder of the "third Lyman Bridge" from Monroe to McIndoes, VT, in 1833, after the 1826 floods had taken out all bridges on the Connecticut River. It was a covered bridge of pine, over 300 feet (91 m) long, lasted over 96 years and was one of the oldest on the river
Jean Harris, who made national news in 1980 as the defendant in a high-profile murder case of her ex-lover Dr. Herman Tarnower, a well-known cardiologist and author of the best-selling book The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet. Harris made Monroe her home after being pardoned in 1992 and prior to moving to a retirement center in Hamden, Connecticut.[citation needed]
Moultonborough
Notable People
Robert Frost, poet (summer resident)
Colonel Jonathan Moulton, soldier
Thomas Gustave Plant, industrialist
Claude Rains, actor, buried at Red Hill Cemetery
John Greenleaf Whittier, poet (summer resident)
Nelson
Nelson possesses a Guinness World Record for the longest-running public contradance
Notable People
Charles Eastman [1], Native American physician and writer
Alfred B. Kittredge, senator from South Dakota
May Sarton, poetess
New Castle
The smallest town in New Hampshire, and the only one located entirely on islands, it is home to Fort Constitution Historic Site, Fort Stark Historic Site, and the New Castle Common, a 31-acre (13 ha) recreation area on the Atlantic Ocean.
New Castle is also home to a United States Coast Guard station, as well as the historic Wentworth by the Sea hotel.
Fort William and Mary was the site of one of the first acts of the American Revolution. On December 14, 1774, colonists arrived at midnight aboard a gundalow (sailing barge), waded ashore and climbed over the fort's wall. Captain John Cochran and the fort's five soldiers surrendered, whereupon the rebels loaded onto the boat 100 barrels of gunpowder.
New Durham
Notable People
Benjamin Randall (1749 - 1808), minister
Marilla Ricker (1840 - 1920), suffragist, state's first female lawyer and member of the bar of the United States Supreme Court
New Hampton
New Hampton is home to the New Hampton School, a private preparatory school established in 1821.
Notable Alumni
Nahum Josiah Bachelder, Governor of New Hampshire 1903–1905[3]
Jamaal Branch, NFL running back, New Orleans Saints
Nathan Clifford (1808–1881), United States Supreme Court Justice
Roberto Hernandez, Major League Baseball player
Robert D. Kennedy, former CEO, Union Carbide
Rashad McCants, professional basketball player, Minnesota Timberwolves
Hubie McDonough, Director of Hockey Operations, Manchester Monarchs, retired NHL forward
Wes Miller, professional basketball player, NCAA champion, UNC-Chapel Hill
Lawrence Moten, professional basketball player
Darius Songaila, professional basketball player, Washington Wizards
Richard W. Sears, member of the Vermont state senate
Ray Shero, General Manager, Pittsburgh Penguins, National Hockey League
Pete Seibert, founder, Vail Ski Resort
Amos Tuck, Congressman, abolitionist, co-founder of Republican Party
John Wentworth, newspaper editor, mayor of Chicago and member of Congress
Notable People
Oliver Blake, businessman and politician
Orren C. Moore, congressman
Simon W. Robinson, soldier and businessman
Ernest Thompson, the author of On Golden Pond, summer resident
New Ipswich
Notable People
Jesse Appleton, theologian & educator
Nathan Appleton, merchant & politician, born in New Ipswich[2]
Samuel Appleton, merchant & philanthropist
Benjamin Champney, artist
Jonas Chickering, piano manufacturer
Augustus Addison Gould, scientist
Newbury
John Milton Hay (1838-1905), U.S. Secretary of State
Newfields
Notable People
William Badger, master shipbuilder
John Brodhead, congressman
Harriet and Isabel Paul, major contributors to build the Paul Creative Arts Center (dedicated in 1960) at the University of New Hampshire and the Paul Memorial Library (established in 1954), the Newfields town library, which is on the site of the former residence of the Paul sisters
James Pike, congressman
Newington
Notable People
John Pickering (judge)
Newmarket
Notable People
Emma Lenora Borden, elder sister of Lizzie Andrew Borden
John Brodhead, congressman
Wentworth Cheswell, first African-American elected to public office, justice of the peace
Lynn Jennings, Olympic bronze medalist runner
George W. Kittredge, congressman
Bill Morrissey, singer
Say Zuzu, rock band
William B. Small, congressman
Isabella Soprano, pornographic actress
Henry Tufts, thief and autobiographer
Newport
Notable People
George Belknap, admiral
Edmund Burke, congressman
Horatio Hale, ethnologist
Sarah Josepha Hale, editor and writer
Edwin Obed Stanard, congressman
Mason Weare Tappan, congressman and state attorney general
Billy B. Van, vaudeville star
Newton
Notable People
Captain Joseph Bartlett, soldier in the French and Indian Wars
Mark Mowers, professional ice-hockey player for the Boston Bruins
Mike Ryan, former major league baseball player (1964-74) and coach (1980-95) for the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, and Pittsburgh Pirates
Northfield
Notable People
Jillian Beyor, model
Joseph Libbey Folsom, army officer and real estate investor
Richard S. Molony, congressman
Robert Smith, congressman
North Hampton
Notable People
Henry Dearborn, general
Alvan T. Fuller, governor of Massachusetts
Ogden Nash, poet, buried in North Hampton
Bonnie Newman, politician
Herbert Philbrick, Boston ad executive, famous Cold War citizen spy
Northumberland
Notable People
Fred N. Cummings, congressman
William E. Holyoke, boatswain's mate
Northwood
Notable People
Ella Knowles, suffragist, lawyer and politician was born in Northwood in 1860
Nottingham
The town was site of a massacre in 1747, when Elizabeth Simpson, Robert Beard and Nathaniel Folson were slain by Indians of the Winnipesaukee tribe.
Nottingham is the site of the first recycling center in America.[citation needed]
Notable People
Thomas Bartlett, general
Henry Butler, general
Bradbury Cilley, United States Representative from New Hampshire
Joseph Cilley, general
Henry Dearborn, general
Else Holmelund Minarik, children's writer
Orford
Notable People
Daniel Doan, hiking enthusiast and writer
Milton Friedman, economist
Charles R. Jackson, writer
Gilman Marston, politician and general
Samuel Morey, inventor Jameson Parker, actor
Meldrim Thomson, Jr., governor
Jeduthun Wilcox, congressman
Leonard Wilcox, senator
Ossippee
Notable People
Dale Bozzio, lead singer of 1980s band Missing Persons
Captain John Lovewell, soldier
Chester Earl Merrow, congressman
William B. Small, congressman
John Greenleaf Whittier, poet (summer resident)
Pelham
Notable People
Josiah Butler (1779–1854), U.S. Congressman in the 15th, 16th and 17th congresses[5]
Sean Caisse (1986-), stock car driver
Ray Fox, NASCAR crew chief and owner
Daniel Gage (1828–1901), the "Ice King of Lowell", family for whom Gage Hill is named
Richard M. Linnehan, NASA astronaut, a 1975 graduate of Pelham High School
Pembroke
Notable People
Megan McTavish (b. 1949), Daytime Emmy winner and soap opera writer (All My Children, Guiding Light, One Life to Live, General Hospital)
Plausawa (c.1700-1754), Native American who lived on Plausawa Hill. Both the hill and the golf course are named after him.
Caleb Stark (1759 - 1838), Revolutionary War officer and son of Gen. John Stark
The town was a model for the play Our Town, written by Thornton Wilder while in residence at the MacDowell Colony. His fictional town of Grovers Corners appears to have been named for Peterborough's Grove Street.[citation needed]
The Moses Cheney house in Peterborough served as a stop on the Underground Railroad in the mid 1800s, and Frederick Douglass stayed at the home. Moses' son Oren B. Cheney founded Bates College in 1855, and his son Person C. Cheney was a U.S. Senator.
The Peterborough Players have performed since 1933, having employed such renowned actors as James Whitmore and Sam Huntington.
The film The Sensation of Sight was shot entirely in Peterborough.
Notable People
Charles Bass, congressman
Perkins Bass, congressman
Robert P. Bass, farmer, forestry expert and governor
Jotham Blanchard, lawyer, newspaper editor and politician
Moses Cheney, abolitionist, printer and legislator
Frank Gay Clarke, congressman
Person Colby Cheney, manufacturer, abolitionist and politician
Matt Deis, musician
Sam Huntington, actor
James Miller, congressman and general
Walter R. Peterson, Jr., realtor, educator and politician
Jeremiah Smith, jurist and politician
Robert Smith, congressman
Samuel Smith, manufacturer and congressman
John Hardy Steele, mechanic, manufacturer and politician
James Wilson I, congressman
James Wilson II, congressman
John Wilson, congressman
Pittsfield
The town claimed the Guinness World Record in July, 2001, as the place where the most number of people wore Groucho Marx glasses at the same time (522). Before Pittsfield's attempt, no other town had tried to set the record.
Notable People
Ebenezer Knowlton, co-founder of Bates College, Congressman, Baptist minister, abolitionist
Walter Scott, Baptist minister and educator (d. 1944)
Harrison R. Thyng, United States general and World War II flying ace
Plainfield
Notable People
Ethel Barrymore, actress (summer resident)
Stephen Breyer, justice of the supreme court (vacation home)
Edward and Elaine Brown, tax protesters
Ben Cherington, baseball personnel official
Maxfield Parrish, artist and illustrator
Evan Shipman, horse racing authority (summer resident)
Will Sheff, musician
Ellen Biddle Shipman, landscape architect
Hollis Smith, businessman and politician
In 1806, then-lawyer Daniel Webster lost his first criminal case at the Plymouth courthouse, which now houses the Historical Society.[2]
The transcendentalist author Nathaniel Hawthorne, while on vacation in 1864 with former U.S. President Franklin Pierce, died in Plymouth at the second Pemigewasset House, which was later destroyed by fire in 1909.
In the early 20th century, the Draper and Maynard Sporting Goods Company (D&M) sold products directly to the Boston Red Sox, and players such as Babe Ruth would regularly visit to pick out their equipment
Edward H. Rollins, NH Senator and US Representative
Bill Staines, American folk singer/songwriter
Rumney
A nearby rock climbing destination, known as Rumney Rocks, is renowned for its sport climbing routes Internationally recognized climber Dave Graham and national figures Tim Kemple, Luke Parady and Joe Kinder are among the many sponsored pro climbers to have cut their teeth at Rumney, and share responsibility for developing many of the hard routes.
Notable People
Guidebook author Ward Smith and Tim Kemple, Sr.
Robert Burns, congressman
Nathan Clifford, statesman, diplomat and jurist
Mary Baker Eddy, religious leader
Jonathan Myles, luger
Rye
Notable People
Craig Benson, 89th Governor of New Hampshire
William Berry, first settler of Rye
Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code[4]
Scott Brown, Republican Senator from Massachusetts
Judd Gregg, New Hampshire senator[5]
Liv Tyler, actress and daughter of Steven Tyler
Salisbury
Orator and statesman Daniel Webster was born in what had been Salisbury in 1782. His birthplace is now located in the newer city of Franklin
Sanbornton
Notable People
Don Kent, meteorologist
Lois Lowry, children's author (summer resident)
Daniel S. Miles, religious leader
Seabrook
Seabrook is noted as the location of the Seabrook Nuclear Power Station, the most recent nuclear power plant constructed in the United States
In early 1944, the remains of a former Civilian Conservation Corps Camp in Stark were converted, enabling it to hold about 250 German POWs. This was the only World War II POW camp located in New Hampshire. Most of the men in the camp performed hard labor in the nearby forests, supplying wood for the nearby paper mills. Some of the men remained in the United States after the war ended and the camp was closed in 1946
Strafford
Notable People
Charles Simic, U.S. Poet Laureate (2007-2008)
Stratham
It is the home of the only U.S. Lindt & Sprüngli factory and the headquarters of the Timberland Corporation
Notable People
David Barker, Jr. - congressman
Josiah Bartlett, Jr. - physician and congressman
Daniel Clark, senator
Julie Dubela - local singer known in Boston area for her performances of The Star-Spangled Banner[2]
Maurice J. Murphy – senator
Samuel Lane (1718-1806) - diarist[3][4]
Thomas Wiggin (1592-1667) - the first governor of the Upper Plantation of New Hampshire which eventually became the Royal Province of New Hampshire in 1741
Paine Wingate (1739-1838) - served in the Continental Congress, U.S. Senate and the U.S. House
Sugar Hill
The first resort-based ski school in the U.S. was opened at Sugar Hill in 1929 by Katharine "Kate" Peckett with her husband, Austrian ski instructor Sig Buchmayer, both important figures in the history of skiing
Sullivan
Notable People
Charles C. Comstock, businessman and politician
Sutton
Notable People
John Eaton, general and commissioner of education
Jonathan Harvey, congressman
Matthew Harvey, congressman and governor of New Hampshire
John S. Pillsbury, businessman and governor of Minnesota
Swanzey
The town features four covered bridges, and was the home of theatrical trouper Denman Thompson, who gained a national reputation by his portrayal of the Yankee farmer, "Joshua Whitcomb", star of his stage play The Old Homestead. Residents restage Thompson's melodrama every summer at a natural outdoor amphitheater called the Potash Bowl
Tamworth
Notable People
Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), president of the U.S. (summer resident)
William James (1842-1910), psychologist and philosopher (Chocorua)
Popular Culture
A fictional Tamworth is the setting of the animated series My Life as a Teenage Robot.
Charles E. Tilton also donated what is perhaps the most notable landmark in the area, the hilltop Memorial Arch, located in the neighboring town of Northfield, across the Winnipesaukee River from the center of Tilton. The Roman arch replica was built in the late 1800s as a memorial to his ancestors. It is built of Concord granite, 50 feet (15 m) high and 40 feet (12 m) wide
Notable People
Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science
Gabe Clogston, editorial cartoonist
John W. Gowdy, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Methodist Church
Harry Taylor, engineer
Charles E. Tilton, industrialist and patron
Tuftonboro
Notable People
Edward H. Brooks, lieutenant general in U.S. Army Charles D. Griffin, admiral in U.S. Navy
Unity
On June 27, 2008, Presidential candidate Barack Obama and former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared together in Unity at their first public event since Clinton pulled out of the race to be the Democratic presidential candidate.[4] Unity was reportedly chosen because of the town's name and because, in the 2008 primary, Obama and Clinton each received 107 votes from Unity citizens
Wakefield
Notable People
Joshua G. Hall, congressman
Harry Libbey, congressman
Freddy Meyer, hockey player
William Nathaniel Rogers, congressman
Walpole
The first bridge across the Connecticut River, an engineering feat in its day, was built at Walpole in 1785, and is regarded as one of the most famous early spans in the United States
The abundant lilacs in the town inspired Louisa May Alcott to write the 1878 book Under the Lilacs.
Notable People
Bronson Alcott, writer, philosopher, family patriarch
Louisa May Alcott, writer (summer resident)
Glover Morrill Allen, zoologist
Ken Burns, documentary film-maker
Davis Carpenter, congressman
Herman M. Chapin, mayor of Cleveland
Dayton Duncan, writer and documentary producer
Franklin Hooper, professor and college president
Rev. Jonathan Leavitt, first minister, later dismissed by the town
Each October, on Columbus Day weekend, Warner hosts the annual Fall Foliage Festival, attracting thousands of people from all over New England and beyond.
Notable People
David M. Carroll, naturalist, author, MacArthur Foundation Fellow
William C. Dowling, scholar, author, social critic
David Elliott, children's author
Henry Gilmore, businessman and politician
Walter Harriman, governor
Maxine Kumin, poetess
Nehemiah G. Ordway, politician
Jacob Osgood, leader of sectarian religious group
Charles Alfred Pillsbury, industrialist
John Sargent Pillsbury, businessman and politician
Warren
The town's most famous landmark is a ballistic missile erected in the center of the village green. It was donated by Henry T. Asselin, who transported the missile from the Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, Alabama in 1971, then placed in honor of long-time Senator Norris Cotton, a Warren native. The missile is a Redstone, the model used to launch another Granite Stater into suborbital flight: Alan Shepard of Derry, who rode aboard MR-3 to become the first American and second human in space
Notable People
Norris Cotton, senator and congressman
Robert "Bob" J. Giuda, airline captain and politician
Joseph Monninger, author
Washington
Notable People
Sylvanus Thayer, United States Army officer, "Father of West Point"
Birthplace of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Waterville Valley
Notable People
H. A. Rey and Margret Rey, co-authors of the Curious George books. The Curious George Cottage, where some of the books were written, is located next to the elementary school.
Tom Corcoran, resort founder and Olympic skier
John E. Sununu, U.S. Congressman (1997-2003) and U.S. Senator (2003-2009)
Weare
In 2005, the town was proposed as the site of the Lost Liberty Hotel, currently a farmhouse owned by U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice David Souter. The effort to seize Souter's property for the project, in retaliation for a June, 2005 court ruling he supported concerning eminent domain, received international media coverage. However, at the February 4, 2006 deliberative session of the town meeting, a warrant article that would have empowered town officials to take the property was amended by residents in a way that made the March 14, 2006 ballot measure moot.
Notable People
Gene Robinson, Episcopal bishop
David Souter, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Wentworth
Notable People
Charles Henry Turner, congressman
Thomas Whipple, Jr., congressman
Westmoreland
Notable People
Clinton Babbitt, congressman
Goldsmith Bailey, congressman
Nathaniel S. Benton, politician
Joseph Buffum, Jr., congressman and judge
Martin Butterfield, congressman
Levi K. Fuller, governor of Vermont
John M. Goodenow, congressman
Thomas B. Marsh, religious leader
Mary Josephine Ray, centenarian
Everett Warner, artist and printmaker
Wilmot
Notable People
Donald Hall (b. 1928), U.S. Poet Laureate (2006)
Jane Kenyon (1947–1995), poet and translator
Winchester
Since 1998, Winchester has held its annual Pickle Festival each September on its Main Street.
Notable People
Henry Ashley, congressman
Michael Dubruiel, religious author
Louis B. Goodall, industrialist, banker and congressman
Marshall Jewell, governor of Connecticut
Addison Pratt, missionary
Leonard Wood, army chief of staff
Windham
Notable People
Sully Erna, vocalist of rock band Godsmack
Jillian Wheeler, actress and vocalist
Wolfeboro
The town's motto is "The Oldest Summer Resort in America", indicating its long tradition as a summer colony The town has seen a steady stream of famous individuals visit on vacation. Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco, Kurt Vonnegut, Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon have spent time in Wolfeboro.[1] In August 2007, French president Nicolas Sarkozy vacationed there
New Hampshire Boat Museum
Notable People
Jeb Bradley, US Representative, 2003-2007
Dennis Moran, computer hacker
Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts (summer resident)
Mike Ryan, former catcher in Major League Baseball
