New London is a

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(CDP) and the primary village in the

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of New London in

Merrimack County Merrimack County is a county in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 153,808, making it the third-most populous county in New Hampshire. Its county seat is Concord, the state capital. The county was organi ...

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, United States. The population of the CDP was 1,266 at the 2020 census, out of 4,400 in the entire town. The CDP includes the campus of

Colby–Sawyer College Colby–Sawyer College is a private baccalaureate college in New London, New Hampshire. It was founded as a coeducational academy in 1837 and sits on a campus. History New London Academy A legislative charter was granted by the State of N ...

Geography

The CDP occupies the central part of the town of New London, extending northwest to County Road and southeast past Squires Lane but not as far as Ridgeview Road/Quail Run. To the north the CDP extends beyond Seamans Road but not as far as Birch Acres Road, while to the south the CDP reaches to Lion Brook, south of Balsam Acres.

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is Main Street through the village, leading northwest to

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and south to

Bradford Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...

. Interstate 89 passes southwest of the CDP, with access from Exits 11 and 12. According to the

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, the New London CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.17%, are water. The CDP occupies a wide ridgetop which forms a watershed divide. The southwest side of the CDP drains toward Lion Brook, a headwaters of the

Lane River The Lane River is an stream in central New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Warner River, part of the Contoocook River (and ultimately Merrimack River) watershed. The Lane River begins at the outlet of Kezar Lake in th ...

in neighboring Sutton, which is part of the

Warner River The Warner River is a river located in central New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Contoocook River, part of the Merrimack River watershed. The Warner River begins at the outlet of Todd Lake in Bradford, New Hampshire, 3 ...

watershed, while the northeast side drains to Pleasant Lake, the outlet of which is a tributary of the Blackwater River. Both the Warner and the Blackwater River are part of the

Contoocook River The Contoocook River () is a river in New Hampshire. It flows from Contoocook Lake on the Jaffrey/ Rindge border to Penacook (just north of Concord), where it empties into the Merrimack River. It is one of only a few rivers in New Hampshire that ...

watershed, leading east to the

Merrimack River The Merrimack River (or Merrimac River, an occasional earlier spelling) is a river in the northeastern United States. It rises at the confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers in Franklin, New Hampshire, flows southward into Mas ...

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 1,403 people, 309 households, and 130 families residing in the CDP. There were 342 housing units, of which 33, or 9.6%, were vacant. The racial makeup of the CDP was 93.8%

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, 2.8%

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, 0.1% Native American, 1.6%

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n, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.2% some other race, and 1.4% from two or more races. 2.3% of the population were

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of any race. Of the 309 households in the CDP, 12.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.6% were headed by

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living together, 5.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 57.9% were non-families. 49.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 32.0% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.80, and the average family size was 2.51. 846 residents (60.6% of the CDP population) lived in group quarters such as dormitories or nursing facilities. 4.8% of residents in the CDP were under the age of 18, 63.8% were from age 18 to 24, 5.3% were from 25 to 44, 10.8% were from 45 to 64, and 15.2% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 20.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 55.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 53.2 males. For the period 2011-15, the estimated median annual income for a household was $31,985, and the median income for a family was $68,950. The

per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or total income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population. Per capita i ...

for the CDP was $18,052.

References

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