History of Manchester, New Hampshire
Manchester is the largest city in the U.S. state of New Hampshire and the largest city of northern New England, an area composed of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. It is in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire|Hillsborough County on the banks of the Merrimack River. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 107,007, and in 2005 the New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning estimated the population to be nearly 110,000.[http://nh.gov/oep/programs/DataCenter/Population/documents/PUB_05.pdf "2005 Population Estimates of New Hampshire Cities and Towns", NH Office of Energy and Planning, July 2006] Manchester is the center of the Manchester, NH, New England City and Town Metropolitan Area (NECTA MA), with a population in 2000 of 176,663[http://www.census.gov/population/cen2000/phc-t29/tab12.pdf "Population in Combined New England City and Town Areas (CNECTAs) and Their Component NECTAs in Alphabetical Order and Numerical and Percent Change: 1990 and 2000", U.S. Census Bureau, December 2003], and is near the northern end of the BosWash Megalopolis (term)|megalopolis.
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