Hanover

Hanover is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The town is home to Dartmouth College, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, and Hanover High School. The Appalachian Trail crosses the town, connecting with a number of trails and nature preserves. Hanover was chartered by Governor Benning Wentworth on July 4, 1761, and in 1765-1766 its first European inhabitants arrived, the majority from Connecticut. At one point in its history, the southwest corner of Hanover, site of "The Plain", was known as "Dresden", which in the 1780s joined other disgruntled New Hampshire towns along the Connecticut River that briefly defected to what was then the independent Vermont Republic. The name of the German city derives from the Low German form of what is "hohes Ufer" in German, which translates into "high shore" in English, and describes the high shore of the Leine river (see de:Am Hohen Ufer, in German). The film Winter Carnival (1939) was shot in Hanover.Hanover experiences a warm summer climate (Köppen Dfb), with cold, snowy winters, and snowy summers. Temperatures average 19.0 °C (7.7 °F) in January to 70.9 °F (21.6 °C) in July, and mean 46 °C in July and August. The highest point in the Hanover watershed is the north peak of Moose Mountain, at 2,313 feet above sea level.

History

Hanover was chartered by Governor Benning Wentworth on July 4, 1761. Dartmouth College was established in 1769 beside the town common at a village called "the Plain" Hanover was named either after a local parish in Sprague, Connecticut, or after the German House of Hanover in honor of the reigning British-Hanoverian king, George III. The original Han(n)over is a city (capital) in Lower Saxony, North Germany. The name of the German city derives from the Low German form of what is "hohes Ufer" in German, which translates into "high shore" in English, and describes the high shore of the Leine river (see de:Am Hohen Ufer, in German). At one point in its history, Hanover, site of "The Plain", was known as "Dresden", which in the 1780s joined other disgruntled New Hampshire towns along the Connecticut River that briefly defected to what was then the independent Vermont Republic. After various political posturings, however, the towns returned to New Hampshire at the heated insistence of George Washington. The film Winter Carnival (1939) was shot in Hanover. It is the first and one of the few interstate school districts in the nation. Hanover is located on the edge of New Hampshire's largest lake, the Merrimack River, which runs through the center of the town. The town is about a mile (1.6 kilometers) from the river and about 150 feet (46 m) above it.

Geography

The highest point in Hanover is the north peak of Moose Mountain, at 2,313 feet (705 m) above sea level. Hanover experiences a warm summer continental climate (Köppen Dfb), with cold, snowy winters, and warm, humid summers. Temperatures average 19.0 °F (7.2 °C) in January to 70.9 °F [21.6 °C] in July. The Velvet Rocks Trail, located on the Appalachian Trail, has a number of rock climbing and bouldering spots.Hanover borders the towns of Lyme, Canaan, and Enfield, New Hampshire; Norwich, Vermont; and the city of Lebanon, Inside the limits of Hanover are the small rural villages of Etna and Hanover Center. The town has a total area of 50.2 square miles (129.9 km²), of which 49.0 square miles. (127.0 km²) are land and 1.1 sq miles (2.9km²) is water, comprising 2.21% of the town. The primary settlement in the town is the Hanover census-designated place (CDP), which is defined as the areas around Dartmouth College and the intersections of New Hampshire Routes 10, 10A, and 120. The majority of these trails are suitable for snowshoes and cross-country skis, and the majority of them are accessible by snowshoeing or crosscountry skiing. The CDP has atotal area of 5.0square miles (13 km², of which 4.6 square miles of land and 0.4 sq miles of water are water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 11,260 people, 3,119 households, and 1,797 families residing in the town. The racial makeup of the town was 81.0% White, 3.4% Black, 0.8% Native American, 10.8%. The town's median income was $94,063, and the median income for a family was $129,000. The per capita income for the town is $34,140. About 2.0%. of families and 12.0. of the population were below the poverty line, including 3. 4% of those under age 18 and 4.8. of those age 65 or over. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.9%. The town is located on the U.S.-Mexico border. It is the only town in New Mexico that is not on the National Highway System. The town has a population of about 11,000, with 3,278 of those living in households. The average household size is 2.37 and the average family size was 2.95. The population was spread out, with 27.8 percent under the age of 19, 25.5% from 20 to 24, 14.4%. from 25 to 44, 18.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 23 years. For the period 2010-2014, the estimated median income was $87,550.

Government

Like most other college towns, Hanover is a liberal bastion and a Democratic stronghold in presidential elections. Hanover backed Hillary Rodham Clinton with 85 percent of the vote in 2016, providing the former Secretary of State with her largest margin of victory in the state of New Hampshire. No Republican presidential nominee has managed to receive over 32 percent of a vote in the town in the past two decades. In the United States House of Representatives, Hanovers is currently represented by Democrat Ann McLane Kuster. On the New Hampshire Executive Council, HanOver is in the 1st District and is represented by Republican Joseph Kenney. In New Hampshire's 5th District, the town is represented in the Senate by Democrat Suzanne Prentiss and in the 2nd District by Democrat Anne McLane-Kuster. The town is home to the University of Hanover, a private liberal arts college with a population of around 2,000 people. It is also home to Hanover College, a liberal arts school with an enrollment of about 1,000 students. The college is located on the edge of the town of Houlton, New Hampshire, which is about 30 miles from the state capital of Concord. It was founded in 1903 and is one of the oldest colleges in the U.S., along with the University of New Hampshire and the College of New  Hampshire. The University of Holland is located in the north of the state and is a part of the University of New Hampshire university.

Education

The Clark School was at one time located in Hanover but merged with Cardigan Mountain School in the nearby town of Canaan in 1953. Hanover High School is located in the town of Hanover, New Hampshire. The Clark School closed in 1953 and was replaced by a new school, which was located in Canaan.Hanover High is a public school with a middle school and an elementary school. The high school is also a magnet school for students at Dartmouth College. The middle school has a private school, and the elementary school has an independent school. It is located near the town center of Canaan, New Jersey, and is known as the "Canaan School" It is also possible to go to private schools in the area, which is possible to do by taking a bus from Canaan to Hanover. The school's name is the "Hanover School" and it was founded in the early 1900s. It was named after the town's first post-secondary school, the Hanover School, which opened in 1903. It has since been renamed the "Clark School" in honor of the Clark School. It closed its doors in 1953, and was later replaced by the "Cardigan Mountain" School, located in nearby Canaan, in the same town. It opened in the late 1950s and was known as "The Clark school" until it closed in the mid-1960s and became "The Cardigan School" The school is now called "The Richmond School," and was founded by Frances C. Richmond in the 1950s.

Economy

Hypertherm, White Mountains Insurance Group, and Daat Research Corp. are based in Hanover, New Hampshire. Hypertherm is the world's largest maker of thermostats. White Mountains is the second largest insurance company in the United States. Daat is the largest research firm in the U.S., with more than 1,000 employees. The company has offices in New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. It also has a presence in South Africa, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates. It is based in the town of Hanover and employs more than 2,000 people, mostly in the insurance and research fields. It was founded in 1881 and is one of the oldest insurance companies in the country. It has been in business for more than 100 years, and employs about 1,200 people. Its main focus is on insurance, research, and other business-related activities. Its shareholders include White Mountains, Daat, and White Mountains insurance Group, as well as a number of smaller insurance companies and research firms. It employs about 2,500 people in total, including about 500 people in the research and consulting sector. It's one of New Hampshire's fastest-growing industries, with an annual turnover of about $1.2 billion. The city's economy is the third-largest in the state, after New Hampshire and Vermont. Its unemployment rate is less than 1.5 percent, and its unemployment rate has been below 5 percent for the past three years.

Infrastructure

The Hanover Water Company supplies water for downtown Hanover from several local reservoirs. The company is owned by Dartmouth College (52.8%) and the Town of Hanover (47.2%) In 2000, all full-time company employees became town employees. In recent years, the town has spent over $20 million to upgrade main water lines, and will undergo another $6 million project to build a new water treatment plant. Outside the downtown area, residents rely on private wells that are not maintained by the town. FairPoint Communications furnishes telephone communication. The municipality provides sewage treatment. The town has a water treatment system that was built in the 1950s and is still in use today. It also has a sewage treatment system. The city has a wastewater treatment system, which was constructed in the 1970s and was completed in the 1980s. It is also used to treat sewage for the first time in the town's history in the 1990s and has been in operation ever since. It has also been used for sewage treatment in the past and will be used in the future as well as in the 2030s and 2050s.

Plaudits

CNN and Money magazine rated Hanover the sixth best place to live in America in 2011, and the second best in 2007. "This just might be the best college town," read the headline of a story in the JanuaryFebruary 2017 issue of Yankee. The town is home to more than 2,000 college students, many of whom are in their 20s and 30s. It is located on the banks of the Hanover River, which runs through the center of the town. It also has a harbor, which was built in the early 1900s, and a river, which flows through the middle of the city. The city is also home to the University of New Hampshire, which is a member of the North Carolina System. It was founded in 1776 and was the first college town in the United States to graduate its first class of students in 1781. The Hanover area was named one of the top 10 college towns in the U.S. in 2007, and was named the best in the nation in 2007 and 2008. It has a population of more than 3,000, according to the city's 2010 census. The average household income is about $30,000; the city has a median household income of about $50,000. The area has a high school graduation rate of about 10 percent, and it has a large population of about 1,000 students. It's the second-largest city in the state, behind New Hampshire City, which has about 2,500 students.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire = 97.9. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 55. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 90. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Hanover = 3.1 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 11,870 individuals with a median age of 24.1 age the population grows by 2.06% in Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 242 residents per square mile of area (93.5/km²). There are average 2.34 people per household in the 1,836 households with an average household income of $69,914 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 3.50% of the available work force and has dropped -2.68% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 31.14%. The number of physicians in Hanover per 100,000 population = 670.3.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Hanover = 37 inches and the annual snowfall = 70.4 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 135. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 198. 82 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 8.8 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 56, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire which are owned by the occupant = 52.71%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 49 years with median home cost = $362,340 and home appreciation of -0.40%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $22.45 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $9,656 per student. There are 11.8 students for each teacher in the school, 209 students for each Librarian and 204 students for each Counselor. 2.48% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 35.94% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 40.58% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).