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New Hampton is a town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,165 at the 2010 census.〔United States Census Bureau, (American FactFinder ), 2010 Census figures. Retrieved March 23, 2011.〕 A winter sports resort area, New Hampton is home to George Duncan State Forest and to the New Hampton School, a private preparatory school established in 1821. The primary village in town, where 351 people resided at the 2010 census,〔 is defined as the New Hampton census-designated place (CDP), and is located along New Hampshire Route 132, just south of its intersection with Route 104. == History == Granted in 1765 by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth, New Hampton was originally known as Moultonborough Addition after then-Colonel Jonathan Moulton, who held the position of town moderator. Moulton, who was born in Hampton, changed the name to New Hampton in 1777 when it was incorporated. In 1821 the New Hampton School, a Free Will Baptist institution, was founded in the town. From 1854 to 1870, the institute was affiliated with Cobb Divinity School (later part of Bates College). In 1920, the New Hampton Fish Hatchery, the state's oldest fish hatchery, was established in the town. Image:Lewis Mansion, New Hampton, NH.jpg|Lewis Mansion in 1909 Image:Berry Hall, New Hampton, NH.jpg|Berry Hall c. 1912 Image:Randall Hall, New Hampton, NH.jpg|Randall Hall c. 1910 Image:Gordon-Nash Library, New Hampton, NH.jpg|Gordon-Nash Library c. 1915 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「New Hampton, New Hampshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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