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Nashua (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 45 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.7500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 071 28 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -71.4667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Merrimack & Nashua rivers in S New Hampshire; part of Massachusetts until boundary resolution determined it belonged to New Hampshire in 1741; due to New England's development of hydroelectric power, it became a textile mill center in 19th cen. |
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| Nashua (preferred,C,V)
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............ | was name given to replace "Indian Head" in 1803 |
| Dunstable (H,V)
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............ | was chartered in 1673 |
| Indian Head (H,V)
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............ | used until 1803 when name changed to Nashua, which referred to a local Amerindian tribe's name |
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Nashua (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled about 1655 |
| city (C) |
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incorporated under present name in 1853 |
| county seat (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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for shoes, asbestos, paper products, plastics, electronic components, office equipment & chemicals |
| educational center (C) |
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home of Rivier College since 1933 |
| agricultural center (C) |
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includes a federal fish hatchery located in city |
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