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LOCATION - New Durham is in Strafford County. To get there, travel North on the Spaulding Turnpike. Take Exit 15. Stay on Route 11. It will take you to New Durham.
GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES- The elevation of New Durham is 200 feet. Merrymeeting Lake is in New Durham. The Club Pond is where the Farmington Rod and Gun club is located. The New Durham Marsh has lots of wild life.
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS- The Fish and Game Club has a fishing derby every year. People go to Merrymeeting Lake to go boating, swimming, and fishing.
POPULATION - The population of New Durham was 1,974 in 1990.
BUSINESSES - There are several businesses in New Durham. Zero Emission Technology makes computer boards. Foxy Johnnie's, Sporto's, and The Station are restaurants. The Town of New Durham and New Durham Elementary School give jobs to lots of people. The State of New Hampshire has a fish hatchery on Merrymeeting Lake.
HISTORY - New Durham did exist in the early 1700's. The first road was built through New Durham to Lake Winnipesaukee in Alton in the summer of 1722. The Native Americans sometimes attacked, so the white settlers wanted to build a fort to protect themselves. The New Durham Meeting House was built on the hill so they knew when the Native Americans were going to attack them. In 1770, Alton Bay was part of New Durham, but it's not any more.
Powder Mill was operated at the outlet of Merrymeeting Lake. There were grain and saw mills on the lake too. In the tavern, people ate and drank. took baths, and learned the news of the day.
The First Free Will Baptist Church on the Ridge in New Durham, is one hundred, seventy-seven years old.
In 1847 the Cocheco River Railroad was started. It went from Dover, through Rochester, Farmington, and New Durham to Alton Bay. The tracks ran close to what we now call Route 11. Many country taverns closed after the railways came because travelers went on train instead of the stage coach so they didn't stay over in town.
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