About the Area
Introduction
Nashua, the Gateway City, is New Hampshire's second largest city. With a population of 84,200, Nashua has doubled its population since 1960. The combination of an excellent quality of life and close proximity to Boston as well as the seacoast and the White Mountains makes Nashua an excellent development center for New England. With the huge retail growth in the past 15 years Nashua has attracted many Massachusetts residents crossing the border to shop in sales tax-free New Hampshire. Nashua is also home to many high-tech companies such as Benchmark Electronics, Fidelity, Compaq, Oracle, and Sanders.
History
Before all the fast food restaurants and shopping malls made Nashua a bustling hub, the city got its start as a fur trading post in the mid 1600's. It was then known as Watanic, a Native American name. The city was chartered in 1852 and was surveyed as early as 1652. Its first settler was a man by the name of Cromwell. Cromwell arrived in the region in 1656 and was followed four years later by twenty-six other settlers. The original village was based around Railroad Square and the Main Street Bridge. In 1673 the settlers petitioned the General Court of Massachusetts for a town charter and named the new town "Dunstable" for Dunstable, England. Dunstable included the areas now known as Hollis, Merrimack, and Hudson in New Hampshire, and Tyngsboro, Dunstable, and parts of Groton and Pepperell in Massachusetts. Dunstable was a part of Massachusetts until the state boundary lines were revised in 1741. Dunstable was incorporated by New Hampshire on April 4,1746 under the same name, and continued so until December 15, 1836 when the name was changed to Nashua. The small town just south of present day Nashua also kept the name Dunstable, and is still called Dunstable today. Nashua means the land between two rivers. Nashua was an early textile center. Nashua Corporation had built three cotton mills by 1836 and was generating 9.3 million yards of fabric each year. Fifty-six trains came through the city daily on six railroad lines before the Civil War. After World War II, the cotton mills moved south and the city slowly developed a diversified industry, particularly in technology and retail.
Points of Interest
Nashua City Hall features a bronze sculpture of John F. Kennedy, commemorating the spot where he gave his first official campaign speech in 1960.
Holman Stadium on Amherst Street was where Roy Campanella and Don Newcombe, two future Dodger stars played in 1946 on the very first integrated baseball team in the United States. The Nashua Pride baseball team currently plays at Holman Stadium. The city has invested well over a million dollars into the park and surrounding grounds.
General Information
County: Hillsborough
Area: 32 Square Miles
Population: 84,200 (1990 Census)
Highway Access: Route 3 North(the Everett Turnpike) is the major highway through Nashua. Route 101 , off Route 3 west leads to Keene and east to the coast. Keene and the coast take apprximatley and hours drive . Boston is also about an hours drive during normal traffic. During commuting hours it could take well over an hour.
Property Tax rate: $29.10 per thousand dollars valuation.
Schools: Nashua has twelve elementary, three junior highs, and one public high school.
Superintendent of Schools: Joseph Giuliano WelcomeToNashua.com and its sponsors do not endorse or guarantee any business, service, or information provided on this site. Please be sure to check with the local Better Business Bureau and use common sense before doing business with any company with which you are not familiar.
Assistant Superintendent: John Cepaitis
Assistant Superintendent: Rick Lasalle
Business Administrator: Mark Conrad
(for list of schools, public and private see our Education section)
Electric Supplier: Public Service of NH
Natural Gas Supplier: EnergyNorth
Water:Pennichuck Water Works
Telephone: Bell Atlantic
Cable Television: MediaOne
(for more information on utilities, see our Public Utilities section.)
Local Government
The city has 29 House seats, three in each of nine wards and two floating seats that represent several wards.
District 26(Ward 1)
Suzan Franks (R) 42 Cathedral Circle, 03063
Ruth Ginsburg (D) 6 Dover St. 03063
Jane O'Hearn (R) 7 Pope Circle 03063
District 27 (Ward 2)
Geoffrey C. Briefs (R) 3 Horizon Circle, 03060
Richard J. LaRose (R) 36 Charlotte Ave. 03060
Robert Mercer (R) 11 Dinsmore St. 03060
District 28(Ward 3)
William Barry III (D) 9 Berkeley St. 03060
Sylvia Holley (R) 6 Benton Dr. 03060
Robert Daigle (D) 133 Colgate Road 03060
District 29 (Ward 4)
Kevin Clemons (D) 60 Fairmount St. 03060
David Cote (D) 96 West Hollis St. 03060
Alphonse Haettenschwiller (D) 24 Mulberry St. No. 2 03060
District 30 (Ward 5)
Donnalee Lozeau (R) 125 Shore Drive 03062
Rita Gail MacAuslan (D) 8 Kim Drive 03062
Vacant
District 31 (Ward 6)
Jane Clemons (D) 177 Kinsley St.03060
Roland Lefebvre (D) 19 Dane St. 03060
George Murch (R) 7 Rochette St. 03060
District 32 (Ward 7)
Lori Cardin (D) 76 Marshall St. 03060
Claudette Jean (D) 52 Burke St. 03060
Peter Cote (D) 68 Bowers St. 03060
District 33 (Ward 8)
Eileen Dawe (R) 9 Chaucer Rd. 03062
Joseph A. Foster (D-R) 9 Keats St. 03062
Vacant
District 34 (Ward 9)
Mary Ellen Martin (D-R) 5 Lone Star Drive 03062
Dawn Piteri (R) 14 Lockness Dr. 03062
Paul W. Taylor (R) 214 Harris Rd. 03062
District 35 (Wards 1-5)
Griffin Dalianis 47 Berkeley St. 03064
District 36 (Wards 4-9)
A. Theresa Drabinowicz (D) 56 Temple St. 03060
NH Senate
The city has two state senators
District 12: James Squires(R)
Box 274, Hollis, NH 03049
Senate Address:State House
Room 5 Concord, NH 03301
District 12 Includes Nashua, Wards 1-5;Brookline;Greenville;Hollis;Mason.
District 13: Debora Pignatelli
Senate Address: State House
Room 115, Concord, NH 03301
271-3209
District 13 includes Nashua wards 4-9
State Govt.
State House
Concord, NH
271-1110
Governors Office-Jeanne Shaheen
1-800-804-0909
Secretary of State
State House Concord, NH
271-1463
US Senators
Judd Gregg
Russell Senate Office Building
Room 393 Washington, DC 20510
202-224-3324
http://www.senate.gov/~gregg
Bob Smith
Dirksen Senate Building
Room 307 Washington, DC 20510
202-224-2841
http://www.senate.gov/~smith
US Representatives
Charles Bass-second district
218 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202-225-5206
http://www.house.gov/bass
Washington, DC 20515
202-225-5456
http://www.house.gov/sununu