New Boston (CDP), New Hampshire explained

Official Name:New Boston, New Hampshire
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:New Hampshire#USA
Pushpin Label:New Boston
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:New Hampshire
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Hillsborough
Subdivision Type3:Town
Subdivision Name3:New Boston
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:1.38
Area Land Km2:1.34
Area Water Km2:0.04
Area Total Sq Mi:0.53
Area Land Sq Mi:0.52
Area Water Sq Mi:0.02
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:326
Population Density Km2:243.96
Population Density Sq Mi:631.78
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:489
Coordinates:42.9758°N -71.6931°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:03070
Area Code:603
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:33-50660
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2806681

New Boston is a census-designated place (CDP) comprising the main village in the town of New Boston, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the CDP was 326,[2] out of 6,108 in the entire town.

Geography

The CDP is in the center of the town of New Boston, on both sides of the South Branch Piscataquog River. The CDP extends west past Briar Hill Road, south down Route 13 to its crossing of the South Branch, east to Molly Stark Lane and Hilldale Lane, and north up Route 136 to Beard Road.[3]

New Hampshire Route 13 passes through the center of the community, leaving to the northeast down the South Branch valley along River Road, and leaving to the south along Mont Vernon Road. Route 13 leads northeast 7miles to Goffstown and south 11miles to Milford. New Hampshire Route 136 has its eastern terminus at Route 13 and leads west 7miles to Francestown, while New Hampshire Route 77 has it southern terminus at the same junction with NH 13 but leads north 9miles to Weare.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the New Boston CDP has a total area of 1.4sqkm, of which 0.04sqkm, or 3.22%, are water.[4] Via the South Branch of the Piscataquog, New Boston is part of the Merrimack River watershed.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. September 20, 2022.
  2. Web site: New Boston CDP, New Hampshire: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171). U.S. Census Bureau. December 10, 2021.
  3. Web site: TIGERweb: New Boston CDP, New Hampshire. Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau. February 12, 2021.
  4. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files: New Hampshire. United States Census Bureau. February 11, 2021.