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{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Claremont, New Hampshire | settlement_type = [[City]] | image_blank_emblem = Logo of Claremont, New Hampshire.jpeg | blank_emblem_type = Logo | blank_emblem_size = 130px | nickname = | motto = | image_skyline = Claremont City Hall 5.JPG | imagesize = | image_caption = [[Claremont City Hall|City Hall]] | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_map = Sullivan County New Hampshire incorporated and unincorporated areas Claremont highlighted.svg | mapsize = 260px | map_caption = Location in [[Sullivan County, New Hampshire|Sullivan County]] and the state of [[New Hampshire]] | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = United States | subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] | subdivision_name1 = [[New Hampshire]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in New Hampshire|County]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Sullivan County, New Hampshire|Sullivan]] | parts_type = Villages | parts = {{ubl|Claremont Junction|Puckershire|West Claremont}} | government_type = | leader_title = [[Mayoralty in the United States|Mayor]] | leader_name = Dale Girard | leader_title1 = [[Deputy mayor|Assistant Mayor]] | leader_name1 = Debora Matteau | leader_title2 = [[City council|City Council]] | leader_name2 = {{collapsible list|bullets=yes | title = Members | 1 = [[Andrew O'Hearne]] | 2 = Brian Zutter | 3 = Jonathan Hayden | 4 = William Greenrose | 5 = Wayne Hemingway | 6 = Nicholas Koloski | 7 = William Limoges }} | leader_title3 = [[City manager|City Manager]] | leader_name3 = Yoshi Manale | established_title = [[New Hampshire#Early settlement|Settled]] | established_title2 = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]] | established_date = 1762<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.claremontnh.com/visitors/area-history.aspx| title= Area History| publisher= City of Claremont official website| access-date= July 20, 2015| archive-date= July 9, 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150709214213/http://www.claremontnh.com/visitors/area-history.aspx| url-status= dead}}</ref> | established_date2 = 1764 (town), 1947 (city) | area_footnotes = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=September 20, 2022}}</ref> | area_total_sq_mi = 44.05 | area_total_km2 = 114.09 | area_land_sq_mi = 43.15 | area_land_km2 = 111.77 | area_water_sq_mi = 0.90 | area_water_km2 = 2.32 | area_water_percent = 2.04 | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_urban_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]] | population_footnotes = | population_total = 12949 | pop_est_as_of = | population_est = | pop_est_footnotes = | population_metro = | population_urban = | population_density_km2 = 115.86 | population_density_sq_mi = 300.07 | timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|EST]] | utc_offset = −5 | timezone_DST = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]] | utc_offset_DST = −4 | coordinates = {{coord|43|22|20|N|72|20|15|W|region:US-NH_type:city|display=inline,title}} | elevation_m = 168 | elevation_ft = | website = {{URL|www.claremontnh.com}} | postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]] | postal_code = 03743 | area_code = [[Area code 603|603]] | blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] | blank_info = 33-12900 | blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID | blank1_info = 866173<ref name=GNIS1>{{gnis|866173|Claremont}}</ref> | footnotes = | unit_pref = Imperial }} '''Claremont''' is the only city in [[Sullivan County, New Hampshire]], United States.<ref name=GNIS1/> The population was 12,949 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US3312900 |title=Census - Geography Profile: Claremont city, New Hampshire |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=December 24, 2021}}</ref> Claremont is a core city of the [[Lebanon–Claremont micropolitan area]], a bi-state, four-county region in the upper [[Connecticut River valley]]. ==History== ===Pre-colonial native populations=== The [[Connecticut River#Pre-1614: American Indian populations|Upper Connecticut River Valley]] was home to the [[Pennacook]] and Western [[Abenaki]] ([[Sokoki]]) peoples, later merging with members of other [[Algonquin people|Algonquin]] tribes displaced by the wars and famines that accompanied the European settling of the region.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tolatsga.org/aben.html |title=Abenaki History |publisher=tolatsga.org |access-date=February 3, 2017}}</ref> The [[Hunter Archeological Site]], located near the bridge connecting Claremont with [[Ascutney, Vermont]], is a significant prehistoric Native American site that includes seven levels of occupational evidence, including evidence of at least three [[Longhouses of the indigenous peoples of North America|longhouses]]. The oldest dates recorded from evidence gathered during excavations in 1967 were to 1300 [[Common Era|CE]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Starbuck |first=David |title=The Archeology of New Hampshire |publisher=University of New Hampshire Press |location=Durham, NH |year=2006 |isbn=9781584655626 |page=[https://archive.org/details/archeologyofnewh00star/page/89 89] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/archeologyofnewh00star/page/89}}</ref> ===Colonial settlement=== The city was named after [[Claremont (country house)|Claremont]], the country mansion of [[Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle|Thomas Pelham-Holles]], [[Earl of Clare]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=18841 |title=Profile for Claremont, New Hampshire, NH |publisher=ePodunk |access-date=October 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006163159/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=18841 |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On October 26, 1764,<ref name="1875Claremont" /> colonial governor [[Benning Wentworth]] granted the township to Josiah Willard, Samuel Ashley and 67 others. Although first settled in 1762 by Moses Spafford and David Lynde, many of the proprietors arrived in 1767, with a large number from [[Farmington, Connecticut|Farmington]], [[Hebron, Connecticut|Hebron]] and [[Colchester, Connecticut|Colchester]], [[Connecticut]]. The undulating surface of rich, gravelly [[loam]] made agriculture an early occupation.<ref name=Coolidge>{{cite book |last=Coolidge |first=Austin J. |author2=John B. Mansfield |title=A History and Description of New England, General and Local |publisher=A.J. Coolidge |year=1859 |location=Boston, Massachusetts |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ/page/n483 445]–448 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ |quote=coolidge mansfield history description new england 1859.}}</ref> Spafford was deeded land from Col. Samuel Ashley, who was given a charter to establish a ferry across the [[Connecticut River]] in 1784, the location of which is still known as Ashley's Ferry landing. Spafford was also the first man to marry in Claremont, and his son, Elijah, was the first white child to be born in the town. The [[Union Episcopal Church (Claremont, New Hampshire)|Union Episcopal Church]] in West Claremont was built in 1773, and is the oldest surviving [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal]] church building in [[New Hampshire]] and the state's oldest surviving building built exclusively for religious purposes. The parish was organized in 1771 and chartered by the New Hampshire legislature in 1794 as Union Church Parish.<ref name="crjc.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.crjc.org/heritage/N07-3.htm |publisher=Connecticut River Joint Commissions |title=Union Episcopal Church (English Church) |access-date=February 3, 2017}}</ref> Located across the street, Old St. Mary's Church, built in 1823 mostly in the [[Federal architecture|Federal]] style, was the first [[Roman Catholic]] church in New Hampshire.<ref name="newadvent">{{cite web |url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10785a.htm |publisher=newadvent.org |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: New Hampshire |access-date=February 3, 2017}}</ref> It was discontinued in 1870 in favor of the new St. Mary's Church in the [[Lower Village District]].<ref name="crjc">{{cite web| url=http://www.crjc.org/heritage/N07-5.htm| publisher=Connecticut River Joint Commissions| title=Old St. Mary Roman Catholic Church| access-date=February 3, 2017}}</ref> During the American Revolution, Claremont had a large number of [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists]], who used a small wooded valley in West Claremont called the "Tory Hole" to hide from the [[Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots]].<ref name="books.google.com">{{cite book |title=Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine |date=1913 |issue=v. 45-46 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f1oSAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA386 |pages=1–386 |access-date=February 3, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.claremontnh.com/uploads/pdf/4%20Historic%20Resources.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923204515/http://www.claremontnh.com/uploads/pdf/4%20Historic%20Resources.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-23 |url-status=live| title=Chapter IV. Historic Resources| work=City of Claremont Master Plan| year=2011| access-date=February 3, 2017}}</ref> In 1777, when the [[New Hampshire Grants]] declared their own sovereignty as the [[Vermont Republic]], Claremont was one of sixteen New Hampshire towns inclined to join them, and made multiple attempts to do so.<ref name="books.google.com"/> ===Industry=== [[Image:View of Ashley's Ferry, Claremont, NH.jpg|thumb|right|Ashley's Ferry, {{circa|1906}}]] Claremont's first [[millwright]] was Col. Benjamin Tyler, who arrived in the area from [[Farmington, Connecticut]], in the spring of 1767.<ref name="books.google.com"/> Tyler built mills using stone quarried from his land on nearby [[Mount Ascutney]], and built Claremont's first mill on the [[Sugar River (New Hampshire)|Sugar River]] on the site of the Coy Paper Mill. Tyler also invented the wry-fly water wheel, which was the subject of the Supreme Court case ''[[Tyler v. Tuel]]''. His grandson John Tyler evolved the technology to create the Tyler Water Wheel and the Tyler Turbine. John Tyler's grandson was [[Benjamin Tyler Henry]], inventor of the Henry Repeating rifle, manufactured in neighboring [[Windsor, Vermont]], and used in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].<ref name="vnews.com">{{cite news| url=http://www.vnews.com/news/14981521-95/historian-highlights-early-contributors-to-claremont| newspaper=[[Valley News]]| title=Historian highlights: Early contributors to Claremont| access-date=February 3, 2017| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702210848/http://www.vnews.com/news/14981521-95/historian-highlights-early-contributors-to-claremont| archive-date=July 2, 2015}}</ref> The [[hydropower|water power]] harnessed from the Sugar River brought the town prosperity during the [[Industrial Revolution]]. Large brick factories were built along the stream, including the Sunapee Mills, Monadnock Mills, Claremont Machine Works, Home Mills, Sanford & Rossiter, and Claremont Manufacturing Company. Principal products were [[cotton]] and [[woolen]] [[textile]]s, [[lathe]]s and [[thickness planer|planers]], and [[papermaking|paper]].<ref name="Coolidge"/> Although like other [[New England]] [[mill town]]s, much industry moved away or closed in the 20th century, the city's former prosperity is evident in some fine [[Victorian architecture]], including the 1897 [[Claremont City Hall|city hall and opera house]]. In 1874, businesses in Claremont included [[Monadnock Mills]], manufacturing cotton cloths from one to three yards wide, Marseilles quilts, union flannels, and lumber, and employing 125 males and 225 females; Home Mill (A. Briggs & Co.) producing cotton cloth and employing 8 males and 20 females; Sullivan Machine Co., manufacturing Steam Dimond Drill Machinery for quarrying rock, turbine water wheels, cloth measuring machines, and doing general machine and mill work, employing 56 males; Sugar River Paper Mill Co., manufacturing printing paper and employing 30 males and 20 females; Claremont Manufacturing Co., manufacturing paper and books, and doing stereotyping and book and job printing, employing 34 males and 34 females; Russell Jarvis, manufacturing hanging paper and employing 7 males and 2 females; John S. Farrington, manufacturing straw wrapping paper and employing 5 males and 1 female; Sullivan Mills (George L. Balcom), manufacturing black doeskins and employing 20 males and 18 females; Charles H. Eastman, in the leather business and employing 4 males; Sugar River Mill Co., manufacturing flour, feed, and doing custom grinding, and employing 8 males; three saw mills employing a part of the year, 10 males; Blood & Woodcock, in the business of monuments and grave stones and employing 8 males; and Houghton, Bucknam & Co., in the business of sashes, doors and blinds, employing 8 males.<ref name="1875Claremont">Article in [http://gedcomindex.com/Reference/New_Hampshire_1875/097.html ''Statistics and Gazetteer of New-Hampshire'' (1875)]</ref> The Monadnock Mills Co. and Sullivan Mills Co. were responsible for the two most prominent collections of manufacturing structures in the [[Lower Village District]]. Monadnock Mills' textile operations began with its founding in 1842, and lasted through 1932, shuttering operations following the decline of the textile industry in New England during the 1920s.<ref name="claremontnh.com">{{Cite web| url=http://www.claremontnh.com/uploads/pdf/Claremont-Historic-Walking-Tour.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920143605/http://www.claremontnh.com/uploads/pdf/Claremont-Historic-Walking-Tour.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-20 |url-status=live| title=A Walking Tour of Claremont Village Industrial District| publisher=City of Claremont| access-date=February 3, 2017}}</ref> By the 1920s, Sullivan Mills Co. had become New Hampshire's largest machining company, as well as Claremont's largest employer. Sullivan's Machinery division merged with [[Joy Mining Machinery]] in 1946, becoming Joy Manufacturing Co. Its founder, inventor [[Joseph Francis Joy]], stayed on as general manager of the facility,<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.joyglobal.com/docs/default-source/non-product-documents/company/our-company/joy-history_2.pdf?sfvrsn=8| title=Joseph Francis Joy: Character – Inventor – Reformer| publisher=joyglobal.com| access-date=February 3, 2017}}</ref> which remained the dominant employer in Claremont through the 1970s, when manufacturing technology had advanced sufficiently to hamper sales and productivity. Parts of the campus suffered fires in 1979 and 1981,<ref name="unitynh">{{cite web| url=http://www.fire.unitynh.com/chief_roy_t__quimby.htm| publisher=Unity N.H. Volunteer Fire Department| title=Chief Roy T. Quimby| access-date=February 3, 2017}}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and the branch was closed in 1983 and sold in 1984.<ref name="claremontnh.com"/> <gallery widths="200px" heights="150px"> File:Claremont_NH_Civil_War_Statue.jpg|Statue and memorial to Civil War dead File:Claremont_NH_32-pdr_naval_guns.jpg|32-pounder (6.5") Dahlgren naval guns </gallery> ===Educational history=== In the 1850s, the city of Claremont approached the [[New Hampshire General Court|state legislature]] asking permission to build a public high school. At the time, [[state school|public high schools]] did not exist in New Hampshire. The state agreed, and decided to offer permission to every town in the state so that every town could establish public high schools. Claremont native and hotelier Paran Stevens then made an offer to fund 50% of the $20,000 cost of development, resulting in [[Stevens High School (New Hampshire)|Stevens High School]].<ref name="vnews.com"/> In March 1989, the Claremont School Board voted to initiate a lawsuit against the State of New Hampshire, claiming that the state's primary reliance upon local [[property tax]]es for funding education resulted in inequitable educational opportunities among children around the state and a violation of their constitutional rights. Following a lawsuit and a series of landmark decisions, the [[New Hampshire Supreme Court]] agreed. Known as the "[[Claremont School District v. Governor of New Hampshire|Claremont Decision]]", the suit continues to drive the statewide debate on equitable funding for education, and Claremont continues to play a primary role in this legal challenge.<ref name="claremontlawsuit">{{cite web|url=http://www.claremontlawsuit.org|publisher=claremontlawsuit.org|title=Claremont Coalition|access-date=February 3, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607172415/http://www.claremontlawsuit.org/|archive-date=June 7, 2007}}</ref> ===Namesakes=== The cities of [[Claremont, California]], [[Claremont, Minnesota]], and [[Claremont Township, Dodge County, Minnesota|Claremont Township, Minnesota]], were named for Claremont, New Hampshire.<ref>Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). ''A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways'', p. 56.</ref> ==Geography== The city is in western Sullivan County and is bordered to the west by the [[Connecticut River]], the boundary between New Hampshire and [[Vermont]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|114.1|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|111.8|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|2.3|sqkm|order=flip}} are water, comprising 2.04% of the town.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021">{{cite web |title=2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files – New Hampshire |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2021_Gazetteer/2021_gaz_cousubs_33.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 6, 2022}}</ref> The [[Sugar River (New Hampshire)|Sugar River]] flows from east to west through the center of Claremont, descending {{convert|150|ft}} in elevation through the downtown, and empties into the Connecticut. The highest point in the city is the summit of Green Mountain, at {{convert|2018|ft}} above [[sea level]] in the northeastern part of the city. Claremont lies fully within the Connecticut River [[Drainage basin|watershed]].<ref name=watershed>{{cite book |title=Water Use in New Hampshire: An Activities Guide for Teachers |url=http://nh.water.usgs.gov/Publications/nh.intro.html |last=Foster |first=Debra H. |author2=Batorfalvy, Tatianna N. |author3= Medalie, Laura |publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Geological Survey |year=1995}}</ref> ===Adjacent municipalities=== * [[Cornish, New Hampshire|Cornish]] (north) * [[Newport, New Hampshire|Newport]] (east) * [[Unity, New Hampshire|Unity]] (southeast) * [[Charlestown, New Hampshire|Charlestown]] (southwest) * [[Weathersfield, Vermont]] (west) ==Demographics== {{US Census population |1790= 1435 |1800= 1889 |1810= 2094 |1820= 1702 |1830= 2526 |1840= 3217 |1850= 3606 |1860= 4026 |1870= 4053 |1880= 4704 |1890= 5565 |1900= 6498 |1910= 7529 |1920= 9524 |1930= 12377 |1940= 12144 |1950= 12811 |1960= 13563 |1970= 14221 |1980= 14557 |1990= 13902 |2000= 13151 |2010= 13355 |2020= 12949 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref> }} As of the [[census]] of 2010, there were 13,355 people, 5,697 households, and 3,461 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|309.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 6,293 housing units at an average density of {{convert|146.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 95.9% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.6% [[Black (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.9% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.4% [[Race (United States Census)|some other race]], and 1.8% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.3% of the population.<ref name="Census 2010 DP">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/SF1DP1/1600000US3312900| title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (DP-1): Claremont city, New Hampshire| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=July 20, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213114850/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/SF1DP1/1600000US3312900| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> There were 5,697 households, out of which 28.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.1% were headed by [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.2% were non-families. 30.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.8% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31, and the average family size was 2.83.<ref name="Census 2010 DP"/> In the city, the population was spread out, with 22.0% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 28.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.1 males.<ref name="Census 2010 DP"/> For the period 2009–2013, the estimated median annual income for a household in the city was $42,236, and the median income for a family was $51,259. Male full-time workers had a median income of $43,261 versus $35,369 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $22,773. About 13.3% of families and 15.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 22.2% of those under age 18 and 5.3% of those aged 65 or over.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_5YR/DP03/1600000US3312900| title=Selected Economic Characteristics: 2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (DP03): Claremont city, New Hampshire| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=July 20, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213052157/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_5YR/DP03/1600000US3312900| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> ==Arts and culture== [[Image:Park and Opera House, Claremont, NH.jpg|thumb|right|Broad Street Park in 1909]] A commercial area centered on Washington Street is Claremont's primary commercial district. An [[Italian Renaissance]]-styled City Hall building, which houses the historic [[Claremont City Hall|Claremont Opera House]], was built in 1897 and designed by architect [[Charles A. Rich]].<ref name="claremontoperahouse">{{cite web| url=http://www.claremontoperahouse.info/history/| publisher=Claremont Opera House| title=History| access-date=February 3, 2017}}</ref> City Hall faces Broad Street Park, a rotary-style [[town square]]. This square connects Washington Street, Broad Street, and Main Street, which branch into different portions of the city. Broad Street Park contains war monuments to [[World War I]], [[World War II]], [[Korean War|Korea]] and [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]], and Freedom Garden Memorial dedicated to the victims and families of [[September 11 attacks|September 11]]. Included are two Civil War cannon and the centrally-located Soldier's Monument, designed by [[Martin Milmore]] and dating to 1890.<ref name="members.valley.net">{{cite web| url=http://members.valley.net/~connriver/Trail6.htm| work=Connecticut River Historic Sites Database & Connecticut River Heritage Trails| title=Trail 6 – Connecticut River Heritage Trail| access-date=February 3, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515012541/http://members.valley.net/~connriver/Trail6.htm| archive-date=May 15, 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref> The park is also home to a historic [[bandstand]], originally built in a Victorian style in 1890<ref name="members.valley.net"/> and redesigned in 1922 in a Classical Revival style,<ref name="blogspot">{{cite web| url=http://bandstands.blogspot.com/2009/03/claremont-nh.html| publisher=bandstands.blogspot.com| title=A Secret Jewel: Claremont NH| access-date=February 3, 2017}}</ref> which primarily serves as performance space for the Claremont American Band, a [[community band]] dating to about 1880.<ref name="google">{{cite book| title=Claremont| author=McElreavy, W.L.| date=2012| publisher=Arcadia Pub. (SC)| isbn=9780738592978| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EZK7j4uRk50C&pg=PA100| page=100| access-date=February 3, 2017}}</ref> Parallel to Broad Street lies Pleasant Street, home to a [[Central Business District (Claremont, New Hampshire)|downtown business district]], which was the city's primary commercial zone until the development of the Washington Street district. A number of [[factory|mill]] buildings dot the [[Lower Village District]] in the city's center, along the Sugar River, and several attempts have been made at [[historic preservation]] of some of them. To the north end of the town lies the [[Valley Regional Hospital]], an [[General out-patient clinic|out-patient]] resource of the popular [[Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center]] of [[Lebanon, New Hampshire|Lebanon]]. [[Image:Moody-park-claremont-nh.jpg|right|thumb|Moody Park]] On the southern artery out of Claremont, [[New Hampshire Route 12|Route 12]], stood Highland View, the summer home of Claremont native William Henry Harrison Moody (1842–1925), who made his fortunes as a businessman and shoe manufacturer in the [[Boston]] area, but kept a residence in his hometown until his death.<ref name="google2">{{cite book| title=The New England States: Their Constitutional, Judicial, Educational, Commercial, Professional and Industrial History| author=Davis, W.T.| date=1897| volume=1| publisher=D.H. Hurd & Co.| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lDshAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA294| page=294| access-date=February 3, 2017}}</ref> The large William H. H. Moody estate was known for its horses and its five large barns (the last of which burned in 2004 from a lightning strike<ref name="kkg500">{{cite web| url=http://www.kkg500.com/2004%20Arch%20Rd%20Barn%20Fire.htm| publisher=kkg500.com| title=Claremont Firefighters Association| access-date=February 3, 2017}}</ref>), which once hosted several hundred imported horses on over {{convert|500|acre|km2}}. Its [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] farmhouse stands at the top of Arch Road. In March 1916, a {{convert|175|acre|adj=on}} portion of the estate was donated by Moody to the city of Claremont for a city park, the entrance of which is on Maple Avenue; facilities include [[tennis]]. A lone access road leads through a [[Pinophyta|coniferous]] forest to the top of a hill, maintained as a large field by the city, with a large, open-air stone structure suitable for picnics. The park has several miles of interconnected walking [[trail]]ways; several of these trails terminate at the [[Boston and Maine Railroad]].<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.claremontnh.com/uploads/pdf/Moody-Park-System.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922012420/http://www.claremontnh.com/uploads/pdf/Moody-Park-System.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-22 |url-status=live| title=Moody Park: Community Park & Trail System| publisher=City of Claremont| access-date=February 3, 2017}}</ref><ref name="claremonthistoricalsociety">{{cite web| url=http://www.claremonthistoricalsociety.org/Articles.html| publisher=Claremont Historical Society| title=W.H.H. Moody| last=Sanborn| first=Colin J.| access-date=February 3, 2017}}</ref> In 2021, The Ko'asek (Co'wasuck)Traditional Band of the Sovereign Abenaki Nation, a group claiming descent of the original indigenous population in the region, acquired and was gifted several parcels of local land for use in cultural ceremonies, nature preserves and education along with growing herbs and plants.<ref name="Koasek">{{Cite web |title=Ko'asek (Co'wasuck) Traditional Band of the Sovereign Abenaki Nation |url=https://koasekabenakination.com/ |access-date=2024-02-04|website=Ko'asek (Co'wasuck) Traditional Band of the Sovereign Abenaki Nation |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kisluk |first=Jessica |date=November 19, 2023 |title=New Hampshire Native American tribe continuing work on cultural center, small village in Claremont |url=https://www.wmur.com/article/new-hampshire-ko-asek-traditional-band-claremont/45886546 |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=WMUR |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2024 the group claims 554 members and now owns 26.37 acres in Claremont.<ref name="Koasek"/> ===Notable sites=== [[Image:Ascutney.jpg|thumb|right|[[Mount Ascutney]], seen from Claremont]] * [[Arrowhead Recreation Area]] * Claremont Historical Society & Museum<ref>[http://www.claremonthistoricalsociety.org/ Claremont Historical Society & Museum]</ref> * [[Claremont Municipal Airport]] * Sugar River Rail Trail<ref>[http://members.fortunecity.com/railtrails/NH/CC/Sugar-rv.htm Sugar River Rail Trail] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614025950/http://members.fortunecity.com/railtrails/NH/CC/Sugar-rv.htm |date=2009-06-14 }}</ref> * Twin State Speedway<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.twinstatespeedway.net/ |title=Twin State Speedway |access-date=2009-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006115600/http://www.twinstatespeedway.net/ |archive-date=2014-10-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ===Historic sites=== * [[Claremont Opera House]] * [[David Dexter House]] * [[Hunter Archeological Site]] * Lower Village Historic District<ref>[http://www.crjc.org/heritage/N07-26.htm Lower Village Historic District]</ref> * Monadnock Mills Historic District<ref>[http://www.crjc.org/heritage/N07-23.htm Monadnock Mills Historic District]</ref> * [[Union Episcopal Church (Claremont, New Hampshire)|Union Episcopal Church]] * [[William Rossiter House]] ==Education== Claremont is part of New Hampshire's School Administrative Unit 6, or SAU 6. [[Stevens High School (New Hampshire)|Stevens High School]] is the city's only [[public high school]], and is located on Broad Street, just a few blocks from City Hall. Claremont Middle School, the city's only public [[middle school]], is located just down the street to the south. Claremont is home to three elementary schools: Maple Avenue School, Bluff Elementary and Disnard Elementary. Also located in town are the New England Classical Academy, a [[private school|private]], [[Catholic school]], and the Claremont Christian Academy, a private, [[parochial school]] offering education through 12th grade. Three elementary schools—North Street School, Way Elementary and the West Claremont Schoolhouse—were shut down, Way becoming home to several luxury apartments and North Street turned into offices. The city's opportunities for [[college|higher education]] include a branch of [[Granite State College]], [[River Valley Community College]], and the Sugar River Valley Regional Technical Center. ==Infrastructure== ===Transportation=== {{see also|Claremont station (New Hampshire)}} The only city within Sullivan County, Claremont is home to [[Claremont Municipal Airport]]. By highway, it is located {{convert|21|mi}} south of [[Interstate 89]] in [[Lebanon, New Hampshire]], and {{convert|5|mi|0}} east of [[Interstate 91]] in [[Weathersfield, Vermont]]. It is served by state routes [[New Hampshire Route 11|11]], [[New Hampshire Route 12|12]], [[New Hampshire Route 12A|12A]] [[New Hampshire Route 103|103]], and [[New Hampshire Route 120|120]]. Routes 11 and 103 travel east as a concurrency to [[Newport, New Hampshire|Newport]], with Route 11 continuing east to [[New London, New Hampshire|New London]] and [[Franklin, New Hampshire|Franklin]], while Route 103 turns southeast to [[Bradford, New Hampshire|Bradford]] and [[Warner, New Hampshire|Warner]]. Routes 11 and 12 lead south as a concurrency to [[Charlestown, New Hampshire|Charlestown]]. West from downtown, Route 12 leads into [[Vermont]], then turns north to [[Windsor, Vermont|Windsor]]. Route 120 leads north from downtown through [[Cornish, New Hampshire|Cornish]] and [[Meriden, New Hampshire|Meriden]] to [[Lebanon, New Hampshire|Lebanon]]. Route 12A bypasses downtown Claremont to the west, leading south to Charlestown and north to [[West Lebanon, New Hampshire|West Lebanon]]. [[Amtrak]], the national passenger rail system, provides daily service aboard its ''[[Vermonter (train)|Vermonter]]'' between [[Washington, D.C.]], and [[St. Albans (city), Vermont|St. Albans, Vermont]]. The closest [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]] bus stops are in [[Bellows Falls, Vermont|Bellows Falls]] and [[White River Junction, Vermont]]. Local weekday peak direction commuter bus service between [[Springfield, Vermont]], and [[Hanover, New Hampshire]], is operated by [[Southeast Vermont Transit|the Current]] from the Interstate 91 Exit 8 Park and Ride in [[Ascutney, Vermont]]. <gallery widths="200px" heights="150px"> File:Claremont_NH_Post_Office.jpg|US Post Office at 140 Broad St. File:Claremont_NH_Fire_Station.jpg|Central Fire Station at 100 Broad St. </gallery> == Notable people == <!-- Note: · Only people who already have a Wikipedia article may appear here. This establishes notability. · The article must mention how they are associated with Claremont, whether born, raised, or residing. · The fact of their association should have a reliable source cited. · Alphabetical by last name please. · All others will be deleted. --> {{div col}} * [[Doug Berry (Canadian football)|Doug Berry]] (born 1948), football coach<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/2008/11/12/blue_bombers_fire_head_coach_doug_berry.html |title=Blue Bombers fire head coach Doug Berry |newspaper=The Toronto Star |date=12 November 2008 |publisher=the star.com |access-date= January 7, 2014}}</ref> * [[Edmund Burke (congressman)|Edmund Burke]] (1809–1882), U.S. congressman from Vermont<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001088 |title= BURKE, Edmund, (1809 - 1882)| dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date= January 7, 2014}}</ref> * [[Derastus Clapp]] (1792–1881), detective<ref>{{cite book |last=Clap |first=Ebenezer |title=The Clapp Memorial: Record of the Clapp Family in America: Containing Sketches of the Original Six Emigrants, and a Genealogy of Their Descendants Bearing the Name: With a Supplement and the Proceedings at Two Family Meetings |year=1876 |publisher=David Clapp & Son |page=60 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TLZi3eMwLzcC&q=Derastus+Clapp+claremont+nh&pg=PA60}}</ref> * [[Barbara Cochran]] (born 1951), Olympic gold medalist [[Alpine skiing|ski racer]]<ref name="vnews.com"/> * [[Franceway Ranna Cossitt]] (1790–1863), [[Cumberland Presbyterian Church|Cumberland Presbyterian]] minister<ref>{{cite book |last=Middlebury College |title=Catalogue of Officers and Students of Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont: And of Others who Have Received Degrees, 1800-1915 |year=1917 |publisher=The College |page=26 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TapBAAAAYAAJ&q=Franceway+Ranna+Cossitt+claremont+nh&pg=PA26}}</ref> * [[Caleb Ellis]] (1767–1816), U.S. congressman<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000130 |title=ELLIS, Caleb, (1767 - 1816) |dictionary= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date= October 24, 2012}}</ref> * [[Harriet Farley]] (1812–1907), writer, abolitionist<ref name="vnews.com"/> * [[Kirk Hanefeld]] (born 1956), golfer<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.pgatour.com/golfers/001478/kirk-hanefeld/ |title= KIRK HANEFELD |publisher= PGA Tour Inc |access-date= October 24, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121026003433/http://www.pgatour.com/golfers/001478/kirk-hanefeld/ |archive-date= October 26, 2012 |url-status= dead}}</ref> * [[Jule Murat Hannaford]] (1850–1934), railway president<ref>{{cite book| chapter=Who's Who in Finance Incorporated| title=Who's Who in Finance and Banking: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries, 1920-1922| year=1922| page=298| chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xkVPAAAAMAAJ&q=Jule+Murat+Hannaford+claremont+nh&pg=PA298}}</ref> * [[Benjamin Tyler Henry]] (1821–1898), [[gunsmith]], manufacturer; inventor of the [[Henry rifle]], the first reliable lever-action [[repeating rifle]] * [[Jeffrey R. Howard]] (born 1955), judge<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2932&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na |title=Biographical Directory of Federal Judges: Howard, Jeffrey R.| publisher=Federal Judicial Center |access-date= October 24, 2012}}</ref> * [[Jonathan Hatch Hubbard]] (1768–1849), U.S. congressman from Vermont<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000886 |title= HUBBARD, Jonathan Hatch, (1768 - 1849) |dictionary= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date= October 24, 2012}}</ref> * [[Dorothy Loudon]] (1925–2003), actress<ref name="vnews.com"/> * [[Larry McElreavy]] (born 1946), college football coach<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sports.nyhistory.org/larry-mcelreavy/ |title=Larry McElreavy |publisher=New-York Historical Society |access-date= January 7, 2014}}</ref> * [[Jennifer Militello]], poet<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nh.gov/nharts/artsandartists/2009%20Fellows/jennifermilitello.htm|title=Jennifer Militello, Poet, Goffstown |publisher=New Hampshire State Council of the Arts |access-date= January 7, 2014}}</ref> * [[Thomas Mitchell (Iowa politician)|Thomas Mitchell]] (1816–1894), Iowa politician<ref>{{cite web |title=State Representative |url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=7&personID=4770 |website=Iowa Legislature |access-date=22 March 2024}}</ref> * [[Hosea Washington Parker]] (1833–1922), U.S. congressman<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000057 |title=PARKER, Hosea Washington, (1833–1922) |dictionary= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date= October 24, 2012}}</ref> * [[Orrin W. Robinson (politician)|Orrin W. Robinson]] (1834–1907), politician, businessman<ref>{{cite web| url= http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robinson7.html#RMV02E1QM| title=Robinson, O to R| work=A Database of American History: Index to Politicians| publisher=The Political Graveyard| access-date= February 3, 2017}}</ref> * [[Kaleb Tarczewski]] (born 1993), basketball player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nbadraft.net/players/kaleb-tarczewski |title= 35 - Kaleb Tarczewski |publisher=NBAdraft,Net |access-date= January 7, 2014}}</ref> * [[George B. Upham]] (1768–1848), U.S. congressman<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=U000022 |title=UPHAM, George Baxter, (1768 - 1848) |dictionary= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date= October 24, 2012}}</ref> * [[William J. Wilgus]] (1865–1949), designer of New York City's [[Grand Central Terminal]]<ref name="vnews.com"/> * [[Constance Fenimore Woolson]] (1840–1894), novelist, short story writer<ref>{{cite book |last=Moore |first=Rayburn S. |title=Constance Fenimore Woolson |year=1932 |publisher=Ardent Media |page=18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gA9eg8voh4wC&q=Constance+Fenimore+Woolson+claremont+nh&pg=PA18}}</ref> {{div col end}} ==In popular culture== Wrightsville, the fictional small-town setting in New England of many [[Ellery Queen]] novels and short stories, was based on Claremont. Ellery Queen was the pen name of cousins Frederic Dannay (1905–1982) and Manfred B. Lee (1905–1971). Betty Miller, a Claremont native, had married Manfred B. Lee in 1927. According to the Queen Spaceports website, the ''[[Eagle Times|Claremont Eagle]]'' newspaper provided front-page coverage (on July 10, 1959) of a talk Manfred Lee gave, in which he revealed that Wrightsville was indeed based on Claremont.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://queen.spaceports.com/Floor_Plan_3.html| title=Wrightsville| website=queen.spaceports.com| access-date=January 14, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=http://queen.spaceports.com/Irregulars_ned__8.html| title=Claremont, the Real Wrightsville| website=queen.spaceports.com| access-date=January 14, 2019}}</ref> Claremont was the filming location, though not the setting, of the 2006 movie ''[[Live Free or Die (2006 film)|Live Free or Die]]'', co-written and co-directed by [[Gregg Kavet]] and [[Andy Robin]] and starring [[Aaron Stanford]], [[Paul Schneider (actor)|Paul Schneider]], [[Michael Rapaport]], [[Judah Friedlander]], [[Kevin Dunn]], and [[Zooey Deschanel]]. Set in fictional Rutland, New Hampshire, it is a picaresque comedy-drama about a small-town would-be crime legend. The name of the movie derives from the [[Live Free or Die|motto of the Granite State]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432318/ |title=Live Free or Die |publisher= IMDB |access-date= October 24, 2012}}</ref> The Topstone Mill, formerly a shoe factory and now housing a restaurant,<ref name="sheknows">{{cite web |url=http://realitytvmagazine.sheknows.com/2012/10/24/ghost-hunters-recap-haunted-shoe-factory-filled-with-ghostly-footsteps/|publisher=realitytvmagazine.sheknows.com|title=Ghost-hunters-recap-haunted-shoe-factory-filled-with-ghostly-footsteps |access-date=February 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923054424/http://realitytvmagazine.sheknows.com/2012/10/24/ghost-hunters-recap-haunted-shoe-factory-filled-with-ghostly-footsteps/ |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> was featured in season 8, episode 20 of ''[[Ghost Hunters (TV series)|Ghost Hunters]]'', airing October 24, 2012, titled "Fear Factory".<ref name="imdb">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2478974/?ref_=ttep_ep20|publisher=imdb.com|title="Ghost Hunters" Fear Factory (TV Episode 2012) - IMDb|access-date=February 3, 2017}}</ref> Claremont was featured in the fourteenth episode of the Small Town News Podcast, an improv comedy podcast that takes listeners on a fun and silly virtual trip to a small town in America each week, in which the hosts improvise scenes inspired by local newspaper stories.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.buzzsprout.com/1011646 | title=Small Town News }}</ref> ==Gallery of historic postcards== <gallery> Image:Bird's-eye View, Claremont, NH.jpg|Bird's-eye view {{circa|1910}} Image:Green Mountain and Sugar River, Claremont, NH.jpg|Sugar River falls {{circa|1905}} Image:Tremont Square, Claremont, NH.jpg|Tremont Square {{circa|1912}} Image:Hotel Claremont, Claremont, NH.jpg|Hotel Claremont in 1907 Image:Broad Street, Claremont, NH.jpg|Broad Street in 1908 Image:Carnegie Public Library, Claremont, NH.jpg|Fiske Free Library in 1908 Image:Sullivan Street, Claremont, NH.jpg|Sullivan Street {{circa|1910}} Image:View of Monadnock Mills, Claremont, NH.jpg|Monadnock Mills in 1910 </gallery> ==See also== {{Portal|Geography|New Hampshire}} *[[List of New Hampshire historical markers (26–50)#41|New Hampshire Historical Marker No. 41]]: First Roman Catholic Church *[[List of New Hampshire historical markers (51–75)#57|New Hampshire Historical Marker No. 57]]: Union Church *[[List of New Hampshire historical markers (176–200)#188|New Hampshire Historical Marker No. 188]]: Historic Handshake ==References== {{reflist|30em}} ==External links== {{Commons category}} <!-- for current and future use if material is uploaded --> *{{Official website|www.claremontnh.com}} *[https://www.nhes.nh.gov/elmi/products/cp/profiles-htm/claremont.htm New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile] {{Geographic location | Centre = Claremont | North = [[Cornish, New Hampshire|Cornish]] | Northeast = [[Croydon, New Hampshire|Croydon]] | East = [[Newport, New Hampshire|Newport]] | Southeast = [[Unity, New Hampshire|Unity]] | South = [[Charlestown, New Hampshire|Charlestown]] | Southwest = [[Springfield, Vermont]] | West = [[Weathersfield, Vermont]] | Northwest = [[Windsor, Vermont]] }} {{Sullivan County, New Hampshire}} {{New Hampshire}} {{Connecticut River}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Claremont, New Hampshire| ]] [[Category:1764 establishments in New Hampshire]] [[Category:Cities in New Hampshire]] [[Category:Cities in Sullivan County, New Hampshire]] [[Category:Micropolitan areas of New Hampshire]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1764]] [[Category:New Hampshire populated places on the Connecticut River]]
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