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about Peterborough, NH
Granted by Massachusetts in 1737, Peterborough was first permanently settled in 1749. The town suffered several attacks during the French and Indian War. Nevertheless, by 1759, there were fifty families settled. The Contoocook River and Nubanusit Brook offered numerous sites for watermills, and Peterborough became a prosperous mill town. In 1810, the first cotton factory was established. By 1859, there were four additional cotton factories, a woolen mill, two paper mills, a carriage factory, a basket manufacturer, and a boot and shoe factory.
Climate/Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 38.1 square miles of which 37.7 square miles is land and 0.42 square miles is water, comprising 1.06% of the town. The highest point in Peterborough is South Pack Monadnock Mountain (2,290 feet above sea level), in Miller State Park.
Government
The Township of Peterborough was incorporated on January 17, 1760 by Governor Benning Wentworth, it was named after Lieutenant Peter Prescott (1709–1784) of Concord, Massachusetts, a prominent land speculator. Towns were the principal units of local government in colonial New England, providing schools, poor relief, roads, and other necessary services. The town meeting, an assembly of all enfranchised townspeople, was the primary decision-making body, but over the course of the colonial period the elected selectmen seemed to grow increasingly important in determining town policy.
Tourism
Peterborough is home to the Edward MacDowell Dam and Lake recreation area, where visitors can walk across the dam, hike, cross-country ski, swim, boat, picnic, play Frisbee golf, horseshoes or other recreational opportunities, many of them disabilities accessible. 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 Grover's Corners appears to have been named for Peterborough's Grove Street.
Source: Wikipedia, Peterborough, NH