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Bradford is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,650 at the 2010 census.〔United States Census Bureau, (American FactFinder ), 2010 Census figures. Retrieved March 23, 2011.〕 The main village of the town, where 356 people resided at the 2010 census,〔 is defined as the Bradford census-designated place (CDP), and is located west of the junction of New Hampshire routes 103 and 114. The town also includes the villages of Bradford Center and Melvin Mills. ==History== Granted by Governor Benning Wentworth in 1765 〔(Hayward's ''New England Gazetteer of 1839'' )〕 to John Pierce and George Jaffrey of Portsmouth, it was settled in 1771 by Dea. William Presbury and family.〔Nathaniel Bouton, (''Documents and Records Relating to Towns in New Hampshire;'' Concord, New Hampshire 1875 )〕 Three years later other settlers arrived, several of them from Bradford, Massachusetts, after which the town was named New Bradford. Later, it was called Bradfordton, but upon incorporation by the General Court on September 27, 1787, it was officially named Bradford.〔(Austin J. Coolidge & John B. Mansfield, ''A History and Description of New England;'' Boston, Massachusetts 1859 )〕 Parts of the town are hilly, but the largest portion is in a valley with varied soil. Streams provided water power for watermills. By 1859, when Bradford's population reached 1,341, industries included one woolen mill, one sash, blind and door factory, one wheelwright shop, two sawmills, one gristmill, one tannery, and one clothing mill.〔 In 1850, the Concord & Claremont Railroad opened from Concord to Bradford, which would remain its terminus until the line was extended to Claremont in 1871-1872.〔(Nashua City Station Railroad History -- ''The Concord & Claremont Railroad'' )〕 Image:Depot, Bradford, NH.jpg|Concord & Claremont Railroad depot in 1906 Image:Bradford Hotel, Bradford, NH.jpg|The Bradford Hotel in 1906 Image:Lake Massasecum, Bradford, NH.jpg|Lake Massasecum in 1909 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bradford, New Hampshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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