History of Nashua, New Hampshire
Nashua is a city in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire|Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States|USA. As of the 2000 census, Nashua had a total population of 86,605[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFPopulation?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=16000US3350260&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=Nashua%2C+NH&_cityTown=Nashua%2C+NH&_state=&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=population_0&ds_name=null&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null®=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry= "Nashua city, New Hampshire - Population Finder - American FactFinder"], December 2006, making it the second largest city in the state after Manchester, New Hampshire|Manchester. As of 2005, the population is estimated to be 87,986.[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.]
Built around the now-departed textile industry, in recent decades it has been swept up in southern New Hampshire's economic expansion as part of the Boston, Massachusetts|Boston region. Nashua was twice named "Best Place to Live in America" in annual surveys by Money (magazine)|Money magazine.[http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060718/NEWS01/107180098 "Not the best, but not too shabby", Nashua Telegraph], July 18 2006. It is the only city to get the No. 1 ranking two times—in 1987 and 1997. Nashua is currently ranked #87, as of summer 2006.[http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2006/top100/index4.html "Best places to live: 2006, ranks 76-90"] In 2007, the Morgan Quitno Press ranked Nashua as the 27th safest city in the country.
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