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Pembroke, NH
Community Contact Town of Pembroke
David Jodoin, Town Administrator
311 Pembroke Street
Pembroke, NH 03275

Telephone (603) 485-4747
Fax (603) 485-3967
E-mail Townhall@Pembroke-NH.com
Web Site www.pembroke-nh.com/

Municipal Office Hours Monday through Friday, 8 am - 4 pm; Town Clerk: extended hours on Wednesday, 5 pm - 7 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

Election Districts
US Congress
District 2
Executive Council
District 2
State Senate
District 15
State Representative
Merrimack County District 7
Incorporated: 1759

Origin: This township was first granted in 1728 to the heirs of Captain John Lovewell and members of his company or their heirs, and given the name Lovewell's Town. Captain Lovewell built the fort at Ossipee and was killed fighting the Indians at Pequawket. The township was more commonly called Suncook, after the river, and another settlement was known as Buckstreet. When the town was incorporated in 1759, it included Suncook, Buckstreet, and portions of Bow that were east of the Merrimack River. It was given the name Pembroke in honor of Henry Herbert, ninth Earl of Pembroke in southern Wales.

Villages and Place Names: North Pembroke, Suncook Village

Population, Year of the First Census Taken: 956 residents in 1790

Population Trends: Population change for Pembroke totaled 3,823 over 50 years, from 3,094 in 1950 to 6,917 in 2000. The largest decennial percent change was a 35 percent increase between 1980 and 1990; the smallest, a five percent increase between 1990 and 2000. The 2007 Census estimate for Pembroke was 7,353 residents, which ranked 42nd among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns.

Population Density, 2007: 323.4 persons per square mile of land area. Pembroke contains 22.6 square miles of land area and 0.2 square miles of inland water area.
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