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Gilmanton is a town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,777 at the 2010 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001) - Gilmanton town, Belknap County, New Hampshire )〕 Gilmanton includes the villages of Gilmanton Corners and Gilmanton Ironworks. The town became well known in the 1950s after it was rumored that the popular novel ''Peyton Place'', written by resident Grace Metalious, was based on the town.〔People Magazine, September 28, 1981, "25 Years After Peyton Place, Her New Hampshire Town Has Not Forgiven Grace Metalious." ()〕 ==History== Gilmanton was incorporated in 1727. First known as Gilmantown, the town was home to the Gilman family, originally settled at Exeter.〔(The History of Gilmanton: Embracing the Proprietary, Civil, Literary, etc., Daniel Lancaster, Gilmanton, Alfred Prescott, 1845 )〕 Twenty-four members of the Gilman family received land grants in the new town of Gilmanton. (Other families related to the Gilmans also received grants in the new town, including the Dudleys, the Leavitts, the Folsoms and the Coffins.)〔(The History of Gilmanton, Daniel Lancaster, 1845 )〕 At one time it was the second-largest town in the state, following Portsmouth. The original town was larger than it is now, with villages and parishes including Belmont, Gunstock Parish (Gilford), Hurricane, Tioga, Factory Village and Lakeport. A parish first called Averytown, the site of an unprofitable iron-mining enterprise, is still known as Gilmanton Iron Works. Gilmanton Academy was incorporated in 1794, "...one of the three academies first founded in the state..."〔''History of Merrimack and Belknap Counties, New Hampshire'' Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co., 1885, . http://www.nh.searchroots.com/documents/History_Gilmanton_NH.txt accessed 12/04/2013〕 In 1808 the original building burned; the second building also burned, in 1894, and was replaced with the current building, which now houses the town offices. Gilmanton Theological Seminary was provided for by the terms of the original charter of Gilmanton Academy. Rev. Heman Rood, from New Milford, Connecticut, was the first professor in 1835. By 1841 a large, three-story brick building designed by Ammi B. Young was completed for the seminary's use.〔http://www.nh.searchroots.com/documents/History_Gilmanton_NH.txt〕 Image:The Bridge, Gilmanton Iron Works, NH.jpg|Iron Works bridge in 1910 Image:The Pines, Crystal Lake.jpg|"The Pines" in 1910 Image:Crystal Lake, Gilmanton Hills, NH.jpg|Crystal Lake 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「Gilmanton, New Hampshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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