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About the Town of Merrimack Welcome to the Town of Merrimack, NH. Merrimack is a one hour commute from Boston, one hour from the seacoast, and one hour from the mountains, placing this thriving community of approximately 27,000 people right in the heart of it all. It is a town rich in history. For example, Matthew Thornton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, called Merrimack home.Demographics, 2000 Census: From 1990 to 2000, Merrimack's population increased by 13.4 percent to 25,119, adding 2,963 residents. Merrimack is the 8th largest town in the state, and also had the 8th largest numeric increase in population among the cities and towns. The median age is 36.0, with 29.0 percent of the population under the age of 18 and 6.4 percent age 65 and older. The total number of households is 8,832, with an average size of 2.84 persons. Of those, 6,982 are family households, with an average size of 3.19 persons. As of April 1, 2000, there were 8,959 total housing units. Population Density, 2000: 770.0 persons per square mile of land area. Merrimack contains 32.6 square miles of land area and 0.8 square miles of inland water area. Origin: Although first occupied in 1665, settlement did not begin until 1722, when the establishment of Brenton's Farm (Litchfield) presented the need of a ferry across the river to reach new settlements. The ferry concession was owned by Edward Lutwyche. When the town was separated from Nashua (then Dunstable) in 1746, it was given the name of the river, Merrimack. In 1774, Lutwyche's Ferry was sold to Revolutionary War patriot Matthew Thornton, giving it the current name of Thornton's Ferry.
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