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Derry is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 34,317 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] Although it is a town and not a city, Derry is the most populous community in Rockingham County and the 4th most populous in the state.
The town's highest point is 535 feet (163 m) above sea level, on Number Eight Hill (named after the old school house that used to be on it) north of the center of town. The town is crossed by Interstate 93, New Hampshire Route 102, New Hampshire Route 128, and New Hampshire Route 28.
Area code 603 in a 1956 map, covering the whole state. Area code 603 is the sole area code for the U.S. state of New Hampshire in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP). It was created as one of the original 86 numbering plan areas in October 1947.
New Hampshire Route 102 crosses the CDP, leading northeast 3 miles (5 km) to the center of Derry and southwest 7 miles (11 km) to Hudson. Route 128 leads north 5 miles (8 km) to New Hampshire Route 28 in North Londonderry and south 16 miles (26 km) to Lowell, Massachusetts. Manchester is 12 miles (19 km) to the north via Routes 128 and 28.
The village center constitutes the East Derry Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located on a hill close to the geographic center of the town of Derry along East Derry Road, approximately 2 miles (3 km) east of Derry's downtown. East Derry has a separate ZIP code (03041) from the rest of the town of Derry.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Derry CDP has a total area of 16.3 square miles (42.1 km 2), of which 16.0 square miles (41.5 km 2) are land and 0.2 square miles (0.6 km 2), or 1.52%, are water. [4] Beaver Lake is near the center of the CDP, northeast of Derry village and northwest of East Derry.
The Matthew Thornton House is a historic house and National Historic Landmark in Derry, New Hampshire. It was from 1740 to 1779 the home of Matthew Thornton, a Founding Father and signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. The main block of the house has a roughly square footprint and has the classic New England saltbox shape. It is five ...
The Robert Frost Farm in Derry, New Hampshire is a two-story, clapboard, connected farm built in 1884. [5] It was the home of poet Robert Frost from 1900 to 1911. Today it is a New Hampshire state park in use as a historic house museum. [6] The property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the Robert Frost Homestead. [3]