Pike is a small

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within the town of Haverhill,

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, United States. It is located in western Grafton County, approximately east of the village of Haverhill, on Oliverian Brook. The village was named after Alonzo Pike, who produced

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s and tool and cutter grinders from a local deposit of Bethlehem gneiss. New Hampshire Route 25 runs through the community, heading west to the nearby

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valley and east through Oliverian Notch to the southern foothills of the White Mountains. Pike has a separate ZIP code (03780) from the rest of Haverhill. The Pike telephone exchange covers the southern half of the town of Haverhill, including Haverhill village, and extends east to include the village of Glencliff in the town of Warren.

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