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| Bow, NH | |
| Community Contact | Town of Bow James Pitts, Town Manager 10 Grandview Road, Town Hall Bow, NH 03304 |
| Telephone | (603) 228-1187 |
| Fax | (603) 224-6680 |
| [email protected] | |
| Web Site | www.bow-nh.com |
| Municipal Office Hours | Monday through Friday, 7:30 am - 4 pm |
| County | Merrimack |
| Labor Market Area | Concord NH Micro-NECTA |
| Tourism Region | Merrimack Valley |
| Planning Commission | Central NH Regional |
| Regional Development | Capital Regional Development Council |
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US Congress
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District 2 |
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Executive Council
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District 2 |
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State Senate
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District 16 |
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State Representative
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Merrimack County District 13 |
| Incorporated: 1727 |
| Origin: This community was one of several established in the Merrimack Valley to relieve population congestion in the seacoast. When drawn on a map, the line of communities formed a bow. There is also a bend in the Merrimack River within its borders, and the name Bow may have come from either source. Grants in this expansion were given to many prominent Portsmouth families, causing concern by residents of Rumford to the north, who objected to being hemmed in from the south, and protested to the English crown against extension of such colonization. Upon settlement of the dispute, Rumford was renamed Concord. Bow is the birthplace of Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the First Church of Christ, Scientist and leader of the Christian Science movement. |
| Villages and Place Names: Bow Bog, Bow Center, Bow Junction, Bow Mills, South Bow |
| Population, Year of the First Census Taken: 568 residents in 1790 |
| Population Trends: Population change for Bow totaled 6,106 over 50 years, from 1,062 in 1950 to 7,168 in 2000. The largest decennial percent change was an 85 percent increase between 1960 and 1970; the population increased by at least 25 percent each decade. The 2007 Census estimate for Bow was 8,051 residents, which ranked 38th among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns. |
| Population Density, 2007: 274.8 persons per square mile of land area. Bow contains 28.2 square miles of land area and 0.4 square miles of inland water area. |
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