100-628: Manchester Memorial High School is a four-year comprehensive school in Manchester, New Hampshire , with an enrollment of approximately 1,600. It is a part of the Manchester School District . The school's Latin motto is " scientia est potentia ." Manchester Memorial accepts students from Manchester. Manchester Memorial High School was designed by two Manchester architecture firms: chief designers Dirsa & Lampron assisted by Koehler & Isaak . Construction began in 1959 and
200-668: A Can-Am minor league baseball team, played at Holman Stadium from 1998 through 2008, then changed to the American Defenders of New Hampshire in the 2009 season. The Defenders were evicted from the venue in August 2009, however, because of non-payment of rent, and moved to Pittsfield, Massachusetts to become the Pittsfield Colonials . Before the Pride, Holman was the home stadium for the independent Nashua Hawks;
300-410: A cultural and commerce hub for the state of New Hampshire. The mill town 's 19th-century affluence left behind some of the finest Victorian commercial, municipal, and residential architecture in the state. Manchester is in south-central New Hampshire, 18 miles (29 km) south of Concord , the state capital, and the same distance north of Nashua , the second-largest city in the state. Manchester
400-651: A great industrial center arising, "the Manchester of America", in reference to Manchester , England, then at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution . In 1809, Benjamin Prichard and others built a water-powered cotton spinning mill on the western bank of the Merrimack. Apparently following Blodgett's suggestion, Derryfield was renamed "Manchester" in 1810, the year the mill was incorporated as
500-498: A household in the city was $ 60,923, and the median income for a family was $ 76,612. Male full-time workers had a median income of $ 60,365 versus $ 43,212 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 30,937. About 4.6% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the poverty line , including 11.4% of those under age 18 and 5.9% of those age 65 or over. Nashua has three main commercial districts. Centered on Main Street near
600-528: A key role in the development of the home video game console market. Ralph H. Baer , an employee of Sanders, developed what would become the Magnavox Odyssey , the first commercial home video game system. The arrival of Digital Equipment Corp. , now part of Hewlett-Packard , in the 1970s made the city part of the Boston -area high-tech corridor. Nashua is in southeastern Hillsborough County. It
700-559: A low-power station in Boston and subchannels of other stations) across the entire market. As WYCN-CD, it formerly carried a number of smaller networks, along with local programming and community calendar information of interest to Nashuans, until the sale to NBC. The Everett Turnpike is the major highway running through the city. U.S. Route 3 follows the turnpike from the Massachusetts border north to Exit 7E, where it branches to
800-607: A nationally broadcast television program hosted by Ari Melber , on February 7, 2020. Mayor Craig officially declared Manchester "The Chicken Tender Capital of the World" on July 27, 2023. Lavallee read the city's official resolution on field at Delta Dental Stadium before the New Hampshire Fisher Cats played as "The Manchester Chicken Tenders". The city is home to McIntyre Ski Area , which opened in 1971. There are also college sports teams that play in and out of
900-804: A period of nine months . After the strike, the textile industry began a slow decline, with the Great Depression hitting the city particularly hard. The Amoskeag Manufacturing Company declared bankruptcy in 1935. During the Great Flood of 1936, the McGregor Bridge was destroyed and $ 2.5 million of damage was incurred to the city's mills and buildings. After the flood, the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company reorganized out of bankruptcy as Amoskeag Industries, diversifying its manufacturing operations with new industries in
1000-570: A private ambulance service, American Medical Response. The department has five fire commissioners. The commission has overall responsibility for the policy decisions, promotions, discipline, hiring and terminations. The fire chief reports directly to the commission. Their responsibility is to also work with fire administration with planning and prioritizing the department budget. There are two hospitals in Nashua, St. Joseph Hospital and Southern New Hampshire Health System . An episode of MTV's MADE
1100-770: A school year earns the Queen City Cup. Manchester is the only city in New Hampshire with professional sports teams. The three-time Eastern League champion New Hampshire Fisher Cats play at Delta Dental Stadium . The New Hampshire Kingz of the American Basketball Association play within the Manchester Baller's Association complex at Sundial Center. From 2001 to 2015, the Manchester Monarchs played in
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#17327910765461200-453: A source of pride as the city's entertainment scene has grown. By 2003, it was well enough known that a note on Virtualtourist.com said, "Residents reflect the regional dry humor by referring to sedate Manchester as 'ManchVegas'." By 2005, an article in Manchester's Hippo (a local alternative weekly) said that then-Mayor Robert A. Baines "is pushing to replace the nickname ManchVegas with Manchhattan" (meaning Manchester+Manhattan). In 2009,
1300-425: A weekly printed edition. Nashua radio stations include oldies station WGHM 900 AM ( ESPN affiliate), talk station WSMN 1590 AM, and 106.3 WFNQ , a classic hits station owned by Binnie Media . WEVS 88.3 and 90.3 serve as the stations for New Hampshire Public Radio . The city is part of the Manchester radio market and can also receive almost all Boston -market stations clearly. One television station
1400-727: Is 51 miles (82 km) north-northwest of Boston , the largest city in New England. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 34.9 square miles (90.5 km ), of which 33.1 square miles (85.7 km ) are land and 1.9 square miles (4.8 km ) are water, comprising 5.33% of the city. Manchester is drained by the Merrimack River and its tributaries the Piscataquog River and Cohas Brook . Massabesic Lake
1500-481: Is a baseball park on the Merrimack River in downtown Manchester and is home to the local AA baseball affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays , the New Hampshire Fisher Cats . Historic Gill Stadium supported professional minor-league baseball into the early 21st century and continues to be a viable and popular downtown venue for many sporting and entertainment events, seating nearly 4,000 patrons, depending on
1600-522: Is a major regional shopping destination, lying directly on the Massachusetts border and taking advantage of New Hampshire's lack of sales tax. It is anchored by the Pheasant Lane Mall and numerous smaller shopping centers. It is one of several U.S. cities nicknamed Gate City , which references a reputation for being a travel gateway—in this case between the Boston region and New Hampshire. A number of civic groups and institutions have adopted
1700-465: Is bordered to the south by Middlesex County, Massachusetts . According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 31.7 square miles (82.2 km ), of which 30.8 square miles (79.9 km ) are land and 0.89 square miles (2.3 km ) are water, comprising 2.84% of the city. The eastern boundary of Nashua is formed by the Merrimack River , and the city is drained by
1800-536: Is home to the Southern New Hampshire Skating Club. The nickname "ManchVegas" was derived from illegal gambling in local businesses during the late 1980s or early 1990s. Many pizza shops and local bars had video poker machines that would pay out real money. The nickname was coined following a citywide campaign of law enforcement. It was then adopted as a lampoon of the city's limited entertainment opportunities. The term has since become
1900-620: Is in Manchester. The Manchester City Library has served the city's residents since the mid-1850s and has been housed in the Carpenter Memorial Building on Pine Street since 1914. There is a branch location on North Main Street on the West Side. At a public meeting on December 6, 2022, comedian Nick Lavallee suggested that Mayor Joyce Craig and the Board of Aldermen declare Manchester "The Chicken Tender Capital of
2000-606: Is in Nashua. The three-building campus that once housed a Digital Equipment Corporation software development facility was sold to the John Flatley Company, which has renamed it "Nashua Technology Park". Nashua has had a series of amateur, semi-professional, and professional baseball teams. The Nashua Silver Knights , part of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League of New England (FCBL), is the city's current team. The Nashua Pride ,
2100-444: Is in the city's northwest corner. The nearest airports with scheduled airline service are Manchester–Boston Regional Airport in Manchester and Logan International Airport in Boston. Historically, Nashua was a hub for the trolley system in New Hampshire. Trolleys could be taken south to Boston , as well as north into Manchester and to locations as far east as Hampton, New Hampshire . The trolley also connected different areas of
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#17327910765462200-470: Is in the northwestern part of the city and is a large thoroughfare with commercial centers along both sides. The South Nashua Commercial District, centered on Daniel Webster Highway near the Massachusetts border, is anchored by the Pheasant Lane Mall , attracting many people from Massachusetts taking advantage of the lack of sales tax in New Hampshire. The city is home to a number of technical firms, including Nashua Corporation , which took its name from
2300-418: Is incorporated as a city under the laws of the state of New Hampshire, and operates under a strong mayoral form of government. The mayor serves as chairman of the fourteen-member Board of Mayor and Aldermen, the city's legislative body. Each of Manchester's twelve wards elects a single alderman, and two additional at-large members are elected citywide. Jay Ruais is the current mayor . The mayor also serves as
2400-465: Is licensed to Nashua. WBTS-CD (channel 15) is owned by NBC Owned Television Stations , and serves as the NBC owned-and-operated station for the Boston market. The station moved from its own transmitter to a channel share with PBS member station WGBX-TV from their Needham, Massachusetts tower in 2018 upon NBC's assumption of ownership, letting it broadcast the "NBC Boston" service (previously carried by
2500-423: Is not seeking reelection in 2024. At the presidential level, Nashua leans strongly towards Democrats. George H. W. Bush was the last Republican presidential nominee to win Nashua, in 1988 . In the 2000 U.S Census, 22,700 residents over age three were enrolled in a Nashua educational institution, approximately a fourth of the city. The local newspaper is The Telegraph , with daily news published online and
2600-655: Is on the eastern border. The highest point in Manchester is atop Wellington Hill, where the elevation reaches 570 feet (170 m) above sea level . The Manchester Planning Board, in its 2010 Master Plan, defines 25 neighborhoods within the city. LivableMHT has drawn maps of the neighborhoods and neighborhood village centers as defined by the city. Recognition of particular neighborhoods varies, with some having neighborhood associations, but none have any legal or political authority. The major neighborhoods, historically, include Amoskeag, Rimmon Heights, Notre Dame/McGregorville and Piscataquog/Granite Square, also known as "Piscat", on
2700-467: Is proposed to have two station stops on the line, South Nashua , which would be located behind the Pheasant Lane Mall just north of the state line, and Nashua, which would be located in a rail yard near Crown Street in downtown Nashua and would utilize the existing Crown Street park-and-ride lot. Separately on October 11, 2017 the Nashua Board of Aldermen signed a memorandum of understanding with
2800-527: Is shorter than City Hall Plaza by a mere 16 feet (4.9 m). Other major buildings include the 18-story Wall Street Apartments tower; the 14-story, recently renamed Brady Sullivan Tower, which was the former New Hampshire Insurance building; the 12-story DoubleTree Hotel and Convention Center Manchester (which serves the SNHU Arena across the street), the Carpenter Center (a former hotel), and
2900-483: Is to foster vibrancy and redevelopment in the neighborhoods, and to restore the sense of neighborhood communities that had been overlooked in the city for some time. The city began the program with street-scape and infrastructure improvements in the Rimmon Heights neighborhood of the West Side, which has spurred growth and investment in and by the community. Despite the success of the program in Rimmon Heights, it
3000-667: Is unclear whether the highway will ever be completed. If finished, the Nashua-Hudson Circumferential Highway would be part of the Everett Turnpike, and would rejoin the mainline highway at a hypothetical Exit 9 in northern Nashua. In 2015, after four years of construction, the city completed the Broad Street Parkway, which connects Exit 6 of the Everett Turnpike to the city's downtown area ("Tree Streets" neighborhood), with
3100-408: Is well-spread throughout the year, though winter is the driest season while early spring tends to be the wettest. Record temperatures range from −29 °F (−34 °C) on February 16, 1943, up to 103 °F (39 °C) on July 22, 2011. The city is the center of the Manchester, New Hampshire, New England City and Town Area (NECTA), which had a population of 187,596 as of the 2010 census . As of
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3200-556: The 2020 census , the city had a population of 115,644. The Manchester- Nashua metropolitan area, comprising all of Hillsborough County, with a population of 422,937 at the 2020 census, is home to nearly one-third of the population of New Hampshire. As of the 2010 census, there were 109,565 residents, 45,766 households, and 26,066 families in the city. The population density was 3,320.2 inhabitants per square mile (1,281.9/km ). There were 49,288 housing units at an average density of 1,493.6 per square mile (576.7/km ). The racial makeup of
3300-816: The American Hockey League . In their final season in Manchester, the Monarchs won the league championship . From 2015 to 2019, the city hosted the lower-division Manchester Monarchs in the ECHL . Both teams were based at the SNHU Arena (formerly known as the Verizon Wireless Arena .) From 2002 through 2009, the arena was also the home of a professional arena football team: the Manchester Wolves of AF2 . Manchester
3400-596: The Amoskeag Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company . It would be purchased in 1825 by entrepreneurs from Massachusetts, expanded to three mills in 1826, and then incorporated in 1831 as the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company . Amoskeag engineers and architects planned a model company town on the eastern bank, founded in 1838 with Elm Street as its main thoroughfare. Incorporation as a city followed for Manchester in 1846, soon home to
3500-687: The George R. Brown Convention Center , Toyota Center , and Minute Maid Park , and in Detroit , Michigan at Cobo Center and Ford Field . Manchester, New Hampshire Manchester is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Hampshire and the tenth most populous in New England . As of the 2020 census , it had a population of 115,644. Manchester is, along with the city of Nashua , one of two seats of New Hampshire's most populous county, Hillsborough County . Manchester lies near
3600-522: The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC). The Spartans Drum and Bugle Corps (1997, 1998, 2004, 2007 Drum Corps International Division II Champions and 2019 Open Class Champions) is based in Nashua. The city's government is headed by a mayor and fifteen aldermen : six at-large aldermen elected three at a time every four years, and nine ward aldermen, one for each ward in the city, elected every two years. In
3700-402: The Industrial Revolution , Manchester was a major industrial and economic hub for New England, with the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company being the largest cotton textile plant in the world. After World War II , many textile manufacturing jobs left Manchester, but new industries and companies were introduced to the city, such as DEKA . The native Pennacook people called Amoskeag Falls on
3800-446: The Merrimack River , with the town of Nottingham West (now the town of Hudson, New Hampshire ) created out of the eastern portion. The previously disputed boundary between Massachusetts and New Hampshire was fixed in 1741 when the governorships of the two provinces were separated. As a result, the township of Dunstable was divided in two. Tyngsborough and some of Dunstable remained in Massachusetts, while Dunstable, New Hampshire ,
3900-478: The Nashua River and Salmon Brook , tributaries of the Merrimack. The Nashua River roughly bisects the city. Pennichuck Brook forms the city's northern boundary. The highest point in Nashua is Gilboa Hill in the southern part of the city, at 426 feet (130 m) above sea level . Nashua has a four-season humid continental climate , which has transitioned to the hot summer subtype, ( Köppen Dfa ), as of
4000-554: The Nashua Transit System , which has nine scheduled bus routes in the city. Boston Express , a subsidiary of Concord Coach Lines , operates a Nashua-Boston bus line that runs out of the Nashua Transit Center off Exit 8 on the Everett Turnpike. This line transports passengers to South Station and Logan International Airport in Boston. Nashua Airport (Boire Field), a general aviation facility,
4100-765: The New England Association of Schools and Colleges and from the New Hampshire Department of Education. Manchester Memorial offers vocational education courses at the Manchester School of Technology The school has a variety of Advanced Placement Program classes. As of the 2014–2015 school year these included AP Biology , AP Calculus , AP Chemistry , AP English Literature , AP English Language , AP Latin: Vergil , AP Physics , AP Studio Art , AP Government , AP Statistics , and AP Economics . The demographic breakdown of
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4200-654: The New Hampshire Executive Council , Manchester is included within the 4th District and is represented by Republican Ted Gatsas , the city's former mayor. Manchester is included within New Hampshire's 1st congressional district and is represented by Democrat Chris Pappas . At the presidential level, Manchester leans Democratic. George W. Bush narrowly carried the city by 170 votes in 2004 , but no other presidential elections since then have been nearly as close. In 2020 , Joe Biden won
4300-611: The New Hampshire General Court , Nashua is represented in the House by Hillsborough County's 3rd (Ward 4), 4th (Ward 2), 5th (Ward 1), 6th (Ward 3), 7th (Ward 7), 8th (Ward 6), 9th (Ward 5), 10th (Ward 9), and 11th (Ward 8) districts and in the Senate by District 12 (Wards 1, 2, and 5, shared with Hollis , Mason , Brookline , Greenville , New Ipswich , and Rindge ) and District 13 (Wards 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9). In
4400-479: The New Hampshire Senate , Nashua is represented by two state senators: In the New Hampshire Executive Council , Nashua is included within the 5th District and is currently represented by Republican Dave Wheeler. Nashua is included within New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district and is currently represented (until 2025) by Democrat Ann McLane Kuster in the U.S. House of Representatives ; Kuster
4500-548: The SEE Science Center . Valley Cemetery , the resting place of numerous prominent citizens since 1841, is an early example of a garden-style burial ground. The John F. Kennedy Memorial Coliseum is another, smaller venue in downtown Manchester with a capacity of approximately 3,000 seats. It was completed in 1963, serves as home ice for the Manchester Central and Memorial High School hockey teams, and
4600-543: The University of New Hampshire at Manchester , have been uniquely retro-fitted into properties along Commercial and Canal Street. Manchester has three main retail areas: downtown Manchester, South Willow Street (NH Route 28), and Second Street (NH Route 3A) on the West Side. The Mall of New Hampshire is on South Willow Street, and, with more than 125 stores, is one of the largest shopping centers in southern New Hampshire and central New England. Cultural landmarks include
4700-568: The 1849 students enrolled for the 2012–2013 school year was: Additionally, 35.9% of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch prices. Memorial High School is a member of the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association (NHIAA). It participates in Division I for all sports. The Crusaders won the Division I hockey state champions in 1978, 1989, 1991, 1995 and 2013. In 2006
4800-524: The 1991 to 2020 normals, with short spring and autumn transitions, long humid and warm to hot summers, and cold winters full of snow. The monthly daily average temperature ranges from 22.7 °F (−5.2 °C) in January to 70.9 °F (21.6 °C) in July. On average, there are 9.4 days of 90 °F (32 °C)+ highs and 8.7 days of sub-0 °F (−18 °C) lows. Precipitation is well-spread throughout
4900-414: The 2010 census, there were 45,766 households, out of which 26.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.4% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.0% were non-families. Of all households 32.4% were made up of individuals, and 9.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 persons and
5000-770: The AA Nashua Pirates ; the AA Nashua Angels; and the A Nashua Dodgers , the first racially integrated professional baseball team in the 20th century. After minor league baseball began in Nashua in 1885, the team hosted the Nashua Millionaires franchise, with the team playing in the New England League from 1901 to 1933. In collegiate sports, Nashua is home to the Rivier University Raiders, who compete in
5100-609: The Elm Street thoroughfare closed during this time, as foot traffic declined. At the turn of the century, renewed interest in the Millyard led to a boom in development and business. Several high-tech firms opened offices or relocated to the Manchester Millyard in the 2000s, including Autodesk in 2000 and Dyn in 2004. Brady Sullivan, a local real estate developer, opened its first Millyard apartments in 2013. During
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#17327910765465200-479: The Hampshire Towers condominium building; the 10-story Citizens Bank Building, which was, for much of the early- and mid-20th century, Manchester's iconic Amoskeag Bank "skyscraper"; and several high-rises of or exceeding 10 stories on the city's West Side. This partial list only includes residential and commercial buildings and does not include hospitals, spires and domes, etc. The SNHU Arena has become
5300-725: The Jackson Manufacturing Company was incorporated. In 1836, the New Hampshire half of Dunstable was renamed "Nashua", after the Nashua River; the Dunstable name lives on across the Massachusetts border. The Nashua River was named by the Nashaway people, and in the Penacook language it means "beautiful stream with a pebbly bottom", with an alternative meaning of "land between two rivers". In 1842,
5400-558: The Merrimack River—the area that became the heart of Manchester— Namaoskeag , meaning "good fishing place". In 1722, John Goffe III settled beside Cohas Brook , later building a dam and sawmill at what was dubbed "Old Harry's Town". It was granted by Massachusetts in 1727 as "Tyngstown" to veterans of Queen Anne's War who served in 1703 under Captain William Tyng. But at New Hampshire's 1741 separation from Massachusetts,
5500-491: The Millyard into a high-tech center for smart manufacturing and offices. John Madden, a local developer, and Kamen worked with the city to implement capital improvements to the Millyard in the 1980s and early 1990s. City Hall Plaza was built in downtown Manchester in 1992, to this day the tallest building in New Hampshire and northern New England. In 1991, the city went into economic decline as four major banks were shut down by federal regulators. Many shops and restaurants along
5600-444: The Millyard. Manchester's economy benefitted from World War II , as the city was already well-positioned and equipped with industry to handle war-time production. In 1941, Grenier Field , on the city's border with Londonderry , was converted to a U.S. Army air base . The city faced a decline in manufacturing in the 1950s and 1960s, with many Millyard buildings becoming abandoned during this time. An anthrax incident in 1957 led to
5700-564: The West Side; the North End, Janeville/Corey Square, Hallsville and Bakersville on the East Side; and Youngsville and Goffes Falls on the periphery of the city. In 2007, the city began a Neighborhood Initiatives program to "insure that our neighborhoods are vibrant, livable areas since these are the portions of the city where most of the residents spend their time living, playing, shopping and going to school." The purpose of this initiative
5800-531: The World". Lavallee's initiative, documented by New Hampshire magazine , included paying respect to the Puritan Backroom for having invented the chicken tender and celebrating all chicken tenders offered by other Manchester establishments. Mayor Craig positively recognized the effort on her Facebook page on February 16, 2023. Lavallee first mentioned Manchester's association with the chicken tender during his appearance on The Beat with Ari Melber ,
5900-518: The abandonment and later razing of the Arms Textile Mill along the river (today a parking lot in front of Arms Park). As part of urban renewal projects, the city filled in the Millyard canals to make room for roads and demolished several mill structures to make way for parking and roads. The Mall of New Hampshire opened in 1977, leading to further decline of downtown. However, during this time several important buildings were constructed in
6000-405: The average family size was 2.99. In the city, 21.6% of the population were under the age of 18, 10.2% were age 18 to 24, 30.4% were 25 to 44, 26.0% were 45 to 64, and 11.8% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.6 males. In 2011, the estimated median income for a household in
6100-400: The average family size was 3.01. In the city the population was spread out, with 22.1% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 27.8% from 45 to 64, and 12.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.8 males. In 2011 the estimated median income for
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#17327910765466200-475: The baseball team won the Class L state championship. It was the first title for Memorial in any team sport since the baseball team won the Division I title in 1998. Memorial High opened in 1960. Originally, the school had a statue of a crusader (the school's mascot) outside the administrative office, but this was stolen in the first year and was never replaced. In 1992, the first annual FIRST Robotics Competition
6300-425: The centerpiece of downtown Manchester. The venue can seat slightly less than 12,000 patrons for concerts, and at least 10,000-seat configurations for sporting and other forms of entertainment. It has also hosted major recording artists and comedians, national touring theatrical productions, family-oriented shows, and fairs since it opened in 2001. The Northeast Delta Dental Stadium (formerly MerchantsAuto.com Stadium)
6400-402: The chair of the board of school committee. Like the board of aldermen, the school board has twelve members elected by ward and two at-large members. The school board is not a city department; rather, it is a school district coterminous with the city, which obtains financing from the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. In the New Hampshire Senate , Manchester is represented by three state senators: In
6500-433: The city and river. Nashua Corp. was a leading producer of floppy disks through the early 1990s, making the Nashua name well known in the world of personal computers . Defense contractor BAE Systems (formerly Sanders Associates ), computer firm Dell , and software company Oracle Corporation are the largest representatives of the high-tech industry prominent in the region. The Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center
6600-468: The city was $ 51,082, and the median income for a family was $ 63,045. Male full-time workers had a median income of $ 43,583 versus $ 37,155 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 26,131. Of the population 14.1% and 9.6% of families were below the poverty line , along with 21.8% of persons who were under the age of 18 and 9.9% of persons 65 or older. Manchester is northern New England's largest city. Its economy has changed greatly, as Manchester
6700-506: The city was 86.1% White, 4.1% Black or African American, 0.30% Native American, 3.7% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 3.1% from some other race, and 2.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.1% of the population. Non-Hispanic Whites were 82.0% of the population, down from 98.0% in 1980. In 2011, the largest ancestry groups within the city's population were: French and French-Canadian (23.9%), Irish (19.5%), English (9.9%), German (8.6%), and Italian (8.1%). At
6800-436: The city's downtown revitalization efforts with a major hotel and convention center already in place across the street from the arena. The building was renamed the SNHU Arena in 2016, after Manchester's Southern New Hampshire University . Manchester is the home of Segway, Inc. , manufacturers of a two-wheeled, self-balancing electric vehicle invented by Dean Kamen . As of 2017, the following organizations and companies were
6900-407: The city, with the Nashua line ending at the city dance hall. The trolley system decreased in popularity in the 20th century, finally closing in 1932. Efforts are being made to extend the MBTA Commuter Rail's Lowell Line from Lowell to Manchester, stopping at Nashua along the way. The state legislature created the New Hampshire Rail Transit Authority (NHRTA) in 2007 with the goal of overseeing
7000-406: The city. Saint Anselm College is located less than a mile outside the city's border in Goffstown, although it has a Manchester postal address, and Southern New Hampshire University is located primarily in Hooksett, but has its campus partially within city limits. The two colleges participate in the NCAA Division II Northeast-10 Conference , and the school with the most head-to-head victories in
7100-432: The city. The population density was 2,719.9 inhabitants per square mile (1,050.2/km ). There were 37,168 housing units at an average density of 1,202.8 per square mile (464.4/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 83.4% White , 2.7% African American , 0.3% Native American , 6.5% Asian , 0.03% Pacific Islander , 4.6% from some other race , and 2.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.8% of
7200-533: The development of commuter rail in the state. The proposed line would connect Lowell, Massachusetts , to Bedford, New Hampshire , with the end station being near the Manchester–Boston Regional Airport . As of November, 2022, an ongoing study by AECOM and the State of New Hampshire for design and financing is due to be completed by early 2023, and the project is awaiting federal funding. Nashua
7300-551: The downtown area, including the Hampshire Plaza in 1972 (the tallest building in New Hampshire until 1994, later renamed Brady Sullivan Plaza). The 1980s brought renewed interest in the Millyard and downtown. The University of New Hampshire at Manchester opened a campus in the Millyard during this time, and Segway inventor Dean Kamen purchased two old mill buildings which became the headquarters for DEKA . Kamen purchased more buildings in 1984 and 1991, aiming to convert
7400-571: The early to mid 2010s, Manchester saw an uptick in opioid-related deaths , reporting more opioid-related deaths per capita than any city in the United States in 2016. Since 2018, the death rate has declined through the efforts of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services and local outreach organizations, hitting a 10-year low in 2023. Manchester has continued to grow steadily and transform itself into
7500-483: The event format. In recent years there has been continual redevelopment of the Amoskeag Millyard and its residential Historic District. The increasing popularity of downtown living has caused many properties originally built as tenement housing for mill workers in the 19th century to be converted to stylish, eclectic residential condominiums. Many new retail stores and higher education institutions, including
7600-584: The film Monsters, Marriage and Murder in ManchVegas was released referencing Manchester's popular nickname and using much of the city as its backdrop. Manchester has a growing collective of artists, due in large part to the influx of young students at the New Hampshire Institute of Art , Southern New Hampshire University , and the University of New Hampshire at Manchester . Slam Free or Die, New Hampshire's only weekly slam poetry venue,
7700-457: The geographic center of the city, Downtown Nashua is the oldest of the commercial districts, featuring commercial, entertainment, and dining venues, near historic commercial buildings and homes as well. Recent plans have incorporated the Nashua River into the design of a pedestrian-friendly walkway. The downtown Nashua Riverwalk is a large, public/private venture funded through the use of tax increment financing (TIF). Amherst Street ( Route 101A )
7800-413: The goal of easing traffic congestion and opening up Nashua's old mill-yard as part of the city's economic development. The new parkway provides a third crossing of the Nashua River and a way for traffic to avoid Library Hill, a busy downtown intersection. The idea of a road connecting Broad Street with Hollis Street within the city had been discussed since the 1960s. Public transportation is provided by
7900-490: The grant was ruled invalid and substituted with Wilton, Maine , resulting in a 1751 rechartering by Governor Benning Wentworth as "Derryfield"—a name that lives on in Derryfield Park, Derryfield Country Club, and the private Derryfield School . In 1807, Samuel Blodget opened a canal and lock system to allow vessels passage around the falls, part of a network developing to link the area with Boston . He envisioned
8000-413: The highest percentage of the vote in Manchester since 1964 . Nashua, New Hampshire Nashua ( / ˈ n æ ʃ ə w ʌ / ) is a city in southern New Hampshire , United States. As of the 2020 census , it had a population of 91,322, the second-largest in northern New England after nearby Manchester . It is one of two county seats of New Hampshire's most populous county, Hillsborough ;
8100-927: The historic Palace Theatre , the Currier Museum of Art , the New Hampshire Institute of Art , the Franco-American Center, the Manchester Historic Association Millyard Museum, the Massabesic Audubon Center, the Amoskeag Fishways Learning and Visitors Center, the Lawrence L. Lee Scouting Museum and Max I. Silber Library, the Zimmerman House and Kalil House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright , and
8200-592: The largest cotton mill in the world—Mill No. 11, stretching 900 feet (270 m) long by 103 feet (31 m) wide, and containing 4,000 looms. Other products made in the community included shoes, cigars, and paper. The Amoskeag foundry made rifles, sewing machines, textile machinery, fire engines, and locomotives in a division called the Amoskeag Locomotive Works (later, the Manchester Locomotive Works ). The rapid growth of
8300-518: The largest employers in the Manchester ZIP Code area: In 2021, Business Insider named Manchester number 12 on its list of the 25 best cities to start a business in. Downtown Manchester's One City Hall Plaza stands 22 stories high, quickly followed by the all-black, 20-story Brady Sullivan Plaza, formerly known as the Hampshire Plaza. They are the tallest New England buildings north of Cambridge, Massachusetts . The Sullivan Plaza
8400-503: The late 19th century and the early 20th century, the city began to expand outward, and many streetcar suburbs such as Mast Road were built. Manchester was formerly home to a streetcar network, the Manchester Street Railway. The streetcar network was replaced with a bus network in the 1940s. In 1922, 17,000 workers from two of the city's largest companies (Amoskeag and Stark Manufacturing Companies) went on strike for
8500-402: The mills demanded a large influx of workers, resulting in a flood of immigrants, particularly French Canadians . Many current residents descend from these workers. In 1871, the arch dam was built on the Merrimack River, enhancing the mill's water power delivery system. By 1912, the production of woven cloth in the Millyard had reached a production rate of 50 miles in length per hour. Throughout
8600-459: The mills in the city over an attempted wage cut and hours increase. The textile business started moving to the South during the Great Depression , with the last mill near Nashua closing in 1949. But then Sanders Associates , a newly created defense firm that is now part of BAE Systems , moved into one of the closed mills and helped restart the city's economy. Sanders Associates also played
8700-429: The northeast along the two-lane Henri A. Burque Highway to Concord Street and then heads north into the town of Merrimack. Other New Hampshire state highways in the city include: Maps of the Nashua area often show a stretch of freeway forming a circumferential highway through Nashua and the neighboring town of Hudson . Only a small section of the south end of this highway (Exit 2 off U.S. Route 3 ) has been built, and it
8800-518: The northern end of the Northeast megalopolis and straddles the banks of the Merrimack River . It was first named by the merchant and inventor Samuel Blodget(t) , eponym of Samuel Blodget Park and Blodget Street in the city's North End. His vision was to create a great industrial center similar to that of the original Manchester in England, which was the world's first industrialized city. During
8900-539: The now bankrupt Boston Surface Railroad Company for the creation of a rail line. The fire department of Nashua, Nashua Fire, has 176 full-time members and is responsible for 31.9 square miles (83 km ), protecting a population of 91,322. In the city, there are six stations. There is one fire chief, one assistant chief, and four deputy chiefs. The department has six engines, three ladder trucks, one haz-mat/rescue truck (known as Special Hazards 1), two brush trucks, two spare engines, and one spare ladder truck. Nashua uses
9000-607: The other being Manchester. Built around the now-departed textile industry, in recent decades Nashua's economy has shifted to the financial services , high tech , and defense industries as part of the economic recovery that started in the 1980s in the Greater Boston region. Major private employers in the city include Nashua Corporation , BAE Systems , and Teradyne . The city also hosts two major regional medical centers, Southern New Hampshire Medical Center and St. Joseph Hospital . The South Nashua commercial district
9100-410: The population. There were 35,044 households, out of which 28.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.9% were married couples living together, 11.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.6% were non-families. 29.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and
9200-468: The rival Amoskeag Manufacturing Company upriver in Manchester , the Nashua mills prospered until about World War I , after which a slow decline set in. Water power was replaced with newer forms of energy to run factories, such as coal, and cotton could be manufactured into fabric where it grew, saving transportation costs. In 1922, it was affected by the 1922 New England Textile Strike , shutting down
9300-588: The school was opened in 1960. Previously the majority of the high school students in Auburn were sent to Manchester Memorial. In 2011, the town of Auburn voted to change its high school to Pinkerton Academy in Derry , and this transfer should be done within the next two years. In 2013 Hooksett and Manchester schools agreed to end their contract for Hooksett students to attend Manchester schools. Manchester Memorial High School (MMHS) has received accreditation from
9400-469: The title. The area was part of a 200-square-mile (520 km ) tract of land in Massachusetts called "Dunstable", named after Edward Tyng of Dunstable in England. Located at the confluence of the Nashua and Merrimack rivers, Dunstable was first settled about 1654 as a fur trading town. Nashua lies approximately in the center of the original 1673 grant. In 1732, Dunstable was split along
9500-476: The town split into two towns. Eleven years later, they joined back together under the name "Nashua", and were re-incorporated as a city. During the split, the northern area, known today as "French Hill", called itself " Nashville ", while the southern part kept the name Nashua. Six railroad lines crossed the mill town , namely the Nashua and Lowell , Worcester and Nashua , Nashua and Acton, Nashua and Wilton, Concord and Nashua, and Rochester railroads. Like
9600-433: The year, though winter is the driest. Snowfall, the heaviest of which typically comes from nor'easters , averages around 55 inches (140 cm) per season, but can vary widely from year to year. Nashua recorded the New Hampshire state record high temperature of 106 °F (41 °C) during the deadly 1911 heat wave . As of the census of 2010, there were 86,494 people, 35,044 households, and 21,876 families residing in
9700-435: Was held in the gymnasium. FIRST is a robotics competition in which high school students design and build robots to play a game. The first one was held in the gymnasium, but has grown into an international competition involving 5,000 teams across 3 leagues ( FIRST Lego League , FIRST Tech Challenge , and FIRST Robotics Competition ) from over 30 countries. The FIRST Championship is now held annually in both Houston, Texas , at
9800-496: Was incorporated in 1746 from the northern section of the town. Like many 19th century riverfront New England communities, New Hampshire's Dunstable was developed during the Industrial Revolution with textile mills operated from water power . In 1823, the Nashua Manufacturing Company was incorporated. The company eventually had four mills and employed approximately 1,000 people. The following year,
9900-490: Was primarily a textile mill town throughout much of its history. Manchester is nicknamed the Queen City, as well as the more recently coined "Manch Vegas". The Mall of New Hampshire , on Manchester's southern fringe near the intersection of Interstates 93 and 293, is the city's main retail center. In 2001, the Verizon Wireless Arena , a venue seating more than 10,000, opened for major concerts and sporting events, enhancing
10000-925: Was unclear in recent years how the city planned to implement similar programs throughout the city. The city announced plans for extending the Neighborhood Initiatives program to the Hollow neighborhood in February 2012. Manchester has a four-season humid continental climate ( Köppen Dfa ), with long, cold, snowy winters, and very warm and somewhat humid summers; spring and fall in between are crisp and relatively brief transitions. The monthly daily average temperature ranges from 25.6 °F (−3.6 °C) in January to 73.8 °F (23.2 °C) in July. On average, there are 16 days of highs at or above 90 °F (32 °C) and 3.0 days of lows at or below 0 °F (−18 °C) annually. Precipitation
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