Manchester, New Hampshire

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The future site of Manchester was first settled by Scots-Irish Presbyterians, who eventually used the 85-foot Amoskeag Falls to power their textile mills. The settlement, known originally as Old Harry’s Town, changed its name to Tyngstown in 1735, then to Derryfield in 1751, and finally to Manchester in 1810, after the English industrial city that also specialized in textile-milling.

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With the Depression of the 1930s the mighty mill company went into bankruptcy, but was later bought by businessmen who revived and diversified it. By the 1980s Manchester was New Hampshire’s largest city, and was producing, in addition to textiles, leather goods, electronics, automobile accessories, and other things.

After a slowdown in the 1990s, Manchester’s growth has surged again. The downtown is again being developed, with notable projects such as the Verizon Wireless Arena.

Population:

City population: 110,000 in 2005 (estimated)
Metro area: 198,000 in 2000,
Change in Manchester’s population in the 1990s: +7,580 (+7.6%)

Interesting Facts:

The Amos-keag textile company changed the makeup of Manchester’s population in the 1800s when it invited thousands of French-Canadians to work in its mills
Elevation: 280 feet
Median value of a Manchester house/condo in 2005: $227,600 (up from $114,300 in 2000)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $3,804
Number of single-family new-home construction permits issued in 2005: 251 buildings, average cost: $149,900
The average annual temperature in Manchester is 45.5º F
Manchester is the hometown of fictional President Jed Bartlet on the television series The West Wing.

Demographic:

The racial makeup of Manchester:
- White (89.3%)
- Hispanic (4.6%)
- Black (2.1%)
- Other race (1.8%)
- Two or more races (1.7%)
- Vietnamese (0.8%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
- Chinese (0.5%)
Median age: 34.9
Ancestries: Irish (18.1%), French (18.0%), French Canadian (16.5%), English (10.0%), German (6.3%), Italian (6.2%)
Among people in Manchester age 25 and above, 22.3% have a college degree
Average household size: 2.36

Avg. Family Income:

Median household income in 2005: $50,400

Transportation:

Manchester, encircled by major highways, is the focal point of New Hampshire's interstate road system.
Several bus lines service Manchester, including Vermont Transit Lines and Concord Trailways
Manchester is served by Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, the fourth-largest in New England. It is the secondary airport serving Boston, Massachusetts
Manchester, located on the main line of the Guilford Rail Systems, maintains freight service south to Boston and north to Montreal and connecting lines. A large fleet of commercial trucks is also available for shipping goods to all parts of the country.