Old mill and dam on the Oyster River, 1908, Durham, NH Durham is a town located in Strafford County, New Hampshire. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 12,664. Durham is home to the University of New Hampshire. 1908 (MCMVIII) is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Strafford County is a county located in the state of New Hampshire. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a public university in the University System of New Hampshire. ...
This article describes the town of Durham as a whole. Additional demographic detail is available that describes only the more densely populated central settlement. Those details are included in the aggregate values presented here. See: Durham (CDP), New Hampshire. Durham CDP is a census-designated place located within the town of Durham in Strafford County, New Hampshire. ...
History Military Drill Hall and Gymnasium in c. 1905, Durham, NH Situated beside Great Bay where the Oyster River meets the Piscataqua River, Durham was originally called "Oyster River Plantation." It was settled in 1635 as a part of Dover. 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
The Piscataqua River seen from downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire The Piscataqua River, in the northeastern United States, is a 12 mi (19 km) long tidal estuary formed by the confluence of the Salmon Falls and Cocheco rivers. ...
Events February 10 - The Académie française in Paris is expanded to become a national academy for the artistic elite. ...
Dover is a city located in Strafford County, New Hampshire, on the Cocheco River. ...
During King William's War, on July 18, 1694 "Oyster River" was attacked in the Oyster River Massacre by French career soldier Sebastien de Villieu with about 250 Abenaki Indians under command of their sagamore, Bomazeen. In all, 45 inhabitants were killed and 49 taken captive, with half the dwellings, including 5 garrisons, burned to the ground. Crops were destroyed and livestock killed, causing famine and destitution for survivors. The first of the French and Indian Wars, King Williams War (1689–1697), was the North American theater of the War of the Grand Alliance (1688–1697) fought principally in Europe between the armies of France under Louis XIV and those of a coalition of European powers including England. ...
July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ...
Events February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed. ...
Abenaki couple The Abenaki (also Wabanaki), meaning people of the dawn, are a tribe of Native Americans/First Nations belonging to the Algonquian peoples of northeasternNorth America. ...
A sagamore is the head of a Native American tribe. ...
Garrison House, built 1675, Dover, NH, USA In the military, garrison is the collective term for the body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it, but now often simply using it as a home base. ...
A famine is a phenomenon in which a large percentage of the population of a region or country are so undernourished that death by starvation becomes increasingly common. ...
Destitution is an extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support. ...
Old Library, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH By 1716, Durham was a separate parish, named after Durham, England. Incorporated in 1735, Durham once included portions of the present-day towns of Madbury, Lee and Newmarket. // Events August 5 - In the Battle of Peterwardein 40. ...
For other places called Durham, see Durham (disambiguation). ...
Events April 16 - The London premiere of Alcina by George Frideric Handel, his first the first Italian opera for the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. ...
A descendent of an early settler, Benjamin Thompson bequeathed his family estate, Warner Farm, to the state for the establishment of an agricultural college. Originally founded in 1866 at Hanover, the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts would move to Durham in 1893, becoming the University of New Hampshire in 1923. "Thompson Hall," built in 1893 with an iconic clocktower, is named in his honor. 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ...
Dartmouth Colleges Baker Library is a prominent feature at the center of Hanover Located on the Connecticut River in the state of New Hampshire, United States, Hanover has a population of 10,850. ...
1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
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Notable Inhabitants: John Sullivan (February 17, 1740 – January 23, 1795) was an American general in the Revolutionary War and a delegate in the Continental Congress. ...
The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen of her North American colonies. ...
Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 64.1 km² (24.8 mi²). 58.0 km² (22.4 mi²) of it is land and 6.1 km² (2.4 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 9.57% water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
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Demographics As of the census of 2000, there are 12,664 people, 2,882 households, and 1,582 families residing in the town. The population density is 218.4/km² (565.5/mi²). There are 2,923 housing units at an average density of 50.4 persons/km² (130.5 persons/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 94.55% White, 0.77% African American, 0.21% Native American, 3.10% Asian, 0.13% Pacific Islander, 0.27% from other races, and 0.97% from two or more races. 1.24% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...
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African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ...
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Hispanic, as used in the United States, is one of several terms used to categorize persons whose ancestry hails either from Spain, the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America, or the original settlers of the traditionally Spanish-held Southwestern United States. ...
// Etymology Latino, feminine Latina derives from Latin (the adjectives latinus, latina), originally referring to Latium, the area of Rome, by aitiology derived from a king of the name Latinus. ...
There are 2,882 households out of which 28.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.3% are married couples living together, 4.8% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 45.1% are non-families. 20.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.79 and the average family size is 3.03.
The age distribution, heavily influenced by the presence of UNH, is: 12.0% under the age of 18, 56.5% from 18 to 24, 13.3% from 25 to 44, 12.1% from 45 to 64, and 6.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 21 years, which is also typical for a college town. For every 100 females there are 82.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 79.9 males.
The median income for a household in the town is $51,697, and the median income for a family is $83,609. Males have a median income of $54,519 versus $31,548 for females. The per capita income for the town is $17,210. 27.7% of the population and 2.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 5.5% are under the age of 18 and 1.1% are 65 or older.
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