Editing Andover, New Hampshire (section)

==History==
[[File:AndoverNH EastAndoverGrangeHall.jpg|thumb|left|[[East Andover Village Center Historic District|The Grange Hall]] in [[East Andover, New Hampshire|East Andover]]]]
Settled in 1761, the town was originally named "Emerisstown".<ref name=1875Andover>{{Cite book| url=http://gedcomindex.com/Reference/New_Hampshire_1875/050.html| title=Statistics and Gazetteer of New-Hampshire| date=1875| last=Fogg| first=Alonso J.| publication-place=Concord, N.H.| publisher=D.L. Guernsey| page=50| access-date=December 13, 2021}}</ref> In 1746 it was granted to Edward Brown and others as "New Breton"<ref>{{Cite book| url=http://gedcomindex.com/Reference/Haywards/frame030.html| title=Hayward's New England Gazetteer, Eighth Ed.| date=1839| access-date=December 13, 2021}}</ref> or "New Britton",<ref name=1875Andover/> having been granted primarily to soldiers who had taken part in the 1745 capture of [[Cape Breton Island|Cape Breton]] during hostilities with the French in [[New France|Canada]]. Among those soldiers was their regimental surgeon, Dr. Anthony Emery, a friend of [[Samuel Phillips Jr.]], who in 1778 founded the [[Phillips Academy|Phillips Andover Academy]] in [[Andover, Massachusetts]]. "New Breton" would be incorporated as "Andover" in 1779, the year Phillips Andover was completed.

[[Image:Potter Place Railroad Station.jpg|thumb|left|Potter Place Railroad Station in 1906]]
In 1822, an academy was established in Andover, although it would close in 1828. Another school was founded in 1848 that would become Proctor Academy, the prestigious institution around which the town's economy is based. Andover is noted for its [[antique shop]]s, [[Greek Revival architecture]], and two [[covered bridge]]s. [[Potter Place Railroad Station]], built in 1874 by the [[Northern Railroad (New Hampshire)|Northern Railroad]],<ref name=1875Andover/> is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], and today serves as a museum for the Andover Historical Society.