Gonic, New Hampshire
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Gonic is a neighborhood in the city of
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in
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, United States. It is located around a dam on the
Cocheco River The Cochecho River (incorrectly Cocheco River) is a tributary of the Piscataqua River, long, in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. It rises in northern Strafford County and runs southeastward, through the town of Farmington and the cities of Roches ...
, south of downtown Rochester. The community is separated from the downtown area of Rochester by
New Hampshire Route 16 New Hampshire Route 16 (NH 16) is a , north–south state highway in New Hampshire, United States, the main road connecting the Seacoast region to the Lakes Region and the White Mountains. Much of its length is close to the border with Maine. ...
, the
Spaulding Turnpike The Spaulding Turnpike is a north-south toll road in eastern New Hampshire. Nearly its entire length is overlapped by New Hampshire Route 16. Its southern terminus is at the Portsmouth Traffic Circle (Interstate 95 / U.S. Route 1 Bypass) in Port ...
.
New Hampshire Route 125 New Hampshire Route 125 is a north–south state highway in Rockingham, Strafford and Carroll counties in southeastern New Hampshire. The southern terminus is in Plaistow at the Massachusetts state line, where the road continues south into Ha ...
passes to the west of the community, leading south towards East Barrington and the
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traffic circle. Gonic has a separate ZIP code (03839) from other parts of Rochester.


In popular culture

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Rod Picott Rod Picott (born November 3, 1964) is a singer-songwriter whose music incorporates elements of Americana, alternative country, and folk. He was born in New Hampshire, but relocated to Nashville, Tennessee in 1994. After several years of playing ...
sings of selling
scrap metal Scrap consists of recyclable materials, usually metals, left over from product manufacturing and consumption, such as parts of vehicles, building supplies, and surplus materials. Unlike waste, scrap has monetary value, especially recovered me ...
in Gonic in his song "All the Broken Parts" from the album ''Hang Your Hopes on a Crooked Nail''.


References

Unincorporated communities in Strafford County, New Hampshire Unincorporated communities in New Hampshire {{NewHampshire-geo-stub