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Village is located near the geographic center of the rural hill town. The town was settled in the 1770s and was incorporated in 1780, but without provision for any public spaces. Because the exact geographic center of the town was located in a large marshy area, the residents were unable to
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agree on an alternative, and a state commission was appointed to choose the site of the common in 1785. The common and its immediate surrounding were dedicated to civic buildings and sites, including the town's first cemetery and
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Register of Historic Places in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
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Francestown Town Hall and
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Sainte Marie Roman
Catholic Church Parish Historic District
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Historic districts in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
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Nashua Gummed and Coated Paper Company Historic District
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List of National Historic Landmarks in New Hampshire
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649:Pelham Library and Memorial Building
437:Contoocook Mills Industrial District
432:Bennington Village Historic District
375:National Register of Historic Places
304:National Register of Historic Places
239:National Register of Historic Places
609:Building at 418–420 Notre Dame Ave.
379:Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
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1060:Goffstown Covered Railroad Bridge
482:Hancock Village Historic District
427:Amherst Village Historic District
231:Hancock Village Historic District
39:Hancock Village Historic District
730:US Post Office-Peterborough Main
710:New Hampshire State Union Armory
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654:St. George's School and Convent
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695:Hillsborough County Courthouse
527:Victory Park Historic District
262:, fountain, and war memorial.
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771:Kimball Brothers Shoe Factory
125:Show map of the United States
1070:Hillsborough Railroad Bridge
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900:Thomas Russell Hubbard House
865:Frank Pierce Carpenter House
28:United States historic place
1027:New England Glassworks Site
802:Bedford Presbyterian Church
507:Nashville Historic District
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207:NRHP reference
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100:Show map of New Hampshire
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860:Carpenter and Bean Block
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1000:Levi Woodbury Homestead
965:Gen. George Stark House
720:Peterborough Town House
644:North Weare Schoolhouse
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245:Description and history
1152:Hancock, New Hampshire
634:Hills Memorial Library
614:Currier Gallery of Art
567:Harrington-Smith Block
235:Hancock, New Hampshire
140:Hancock, New Hampshire
56:U.S. Historic district
21:Hancock Shaker Village
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970:Gen. John Stark House
930:William Peabody House
850:Jonathan Barnes House
715:New Ipswich Town Hall
639:Hunt Memorial Library
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309:National Park Service
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910:Lamson Farm
895:Hills House
845:Abbot House
838:Agriculture
256:Grange hall
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146:Coordinates
1116:Categories
1047:Structures
1032:Stark Park
749:Industrial
678:Government
545:Commercial
462:District E
457:District D
452:District C
447:District B
442:District A
282:References
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155:42°58′22″N
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790:Religious
592:Education
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419:Districts
387:Landmarks
260:bandstand
241:in 1988.
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270:See also
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135:Location
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