New Boston is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) comprising the main village in the

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of New Boston, Hillsborough County,

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, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the CDP was 326, out of 6,108 in the entire town.

Geography

The CDP is in the center of the town of New Boston, on both sides of the

South Branch Piscataquog River The South Branch of the Piscataquog River is a river located in southern New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Piscataquog River, part of the Merrimack River watershed. The South Branch of the Piscataquog begins at the out ...

. The CDP extends west past Briar Hill Road, south down Route 13 to its crossing of the South Branch, east to Molly Stark Lane and Hilldale Lane, and north up Route 136 to Beard Road.

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passes through the center of the community, leaving to the northeast down the South Branch valley along River Road, and leaving to the south along Mont Vernon Road. Route 13 leads northeast to Goffstown and south to

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New Hampshire Route 136 New Hampshire Route 136 (abbreviated NH 136) is a east–west state highway in Hillsborough County in southern New Hampshire. The road connects New Boston and Peterborough. The eastern terminus of NH 136 is at New Hampshire Route 13 in New ...

has its eastern terminus at Route 13 and leads west to Francestown, while New Hampshire Route 77 has it southern terminus at the same junction with NH 13 but leads north to Weare. According to the

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, the New Boston CDP has a total area of , of which , or 3.22%, are water. Via the South Branch of the Piscataquog, New Boston is part of the

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watershed.

Demographics

New Boston was first listed as a

census designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

in the 2020 U.S. Census.

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in New Hampshire Census-designated places in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire