Conway is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares ...
in
Carroll County,
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the nor ...
, United States. It is the most populous community in the county, with a population of 9,822 at the
2020 census,
down from 10,115 at the 2010 census. The town is on the southeastern edge of the
White Mountain National Forest
The White Mountain National Forest (WMNF) is a federally managed forest contained within the White Mountains in the northeastern United States. It was established in 1918 as a result of the Weeks Act of 1911; federal acquisition of land had alre ...
. There are five villages in the town:
Conway,
North Conway,
Center Conway,
Redstone and
Kearsarge. Additionally, it shares a portion of the village of
Intervale with the neighboring town of Bartlett.
Conway serves as the main economic and commercial hub for Carroll County. Tourism remains Conway's biggest economic engine, with numerous lodging and rental properties serving visitors to the eastern White Mountains and the
Mount Washington Valley, while the technology sector makes up the second largest source of employment. Sites of interest in the town include natural sites such as Cathedral Ledge (popular with
climbers),
Echo Lake and
Conway Lake, as well as several nearby ski resorts. The