Concord (New Hampshire)

Merrimack County

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Concord is the capital of the U.S. state of New Hampshire and the administrative seat of Merrimack County.

History

The town was originally called Rumford, see Benjamin Thompson, and later Penacook.

Population Development

Sons and daughters of the town

• Matt Bonner, a basketball player
• Frank O. Briggs, politicians
• William E. Chandler, politicians
• George Condo, painter
• Tony Conrad, artist
• Philip E. Converse, sociologist
• Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, an activist in the labor movement and communist politician
• Kris Freeman, cross-country skiers
• Henry F. Hollis, politicians
• Levi Hutchins, watchmaker and inventor
• Mark Levine, jazz pianist and trombonist
• Ben Lovejoy, hockey player
• Mace Moulton, politicians
• Nick Purcell, actor
• Nate Radley, Jazz Guitarist
• Frank W. Rollins, politicians
• Christian Schwartz, typeface designer
• Former U.S. President Franklin Pierce died in Concord.

Swell

• Place in New Hampshire
• Place in North America
• Concord (New Hampshire)
• Capital in the United States
• County Seat in New Hampshire