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Greater Manchester Area Guide

Nicknamed the Queen City, Greater Manchester has earned another nickname, “ManchVegas,” and has been named the “Number One Small City in the East,” by Money Magazine. The Mall of New Hampshire on Manchester’s southern edge, is the city’s main retail center. Opening in 2001, the Verizon Wireless Arena became the main venue for major concerts and sporting events, with seating for more than 10,000, enhancing the city’s downtown revitalization efforts as well as a major hotel and convention center that already exist across the street from the arena.

Good people, great shopping and beautiful homes along with a revitalized area make for great living in Greater Manchester. Come for a visit, but be prepared to fall in love and want to stay! To learn more, click on Visit Manchester

History
Greater Manchester was called Namoskeag by the Pennacook Indians, a phrase meaning “A good fishing place,” referring to the Amoskeag Falls in the Merrimack River. Settling beside the Cohas Brook in 1722, John Goffe would later build a damn and a sawmill that would come to be known as Old Harry’s Town. Granted as Tyngstown to veterans of Queen Anne’s War who had served in 1703 under Captain William Tyng, when 1741 came and New Hampshire separated from Massachusetts the grant was ruled invalid and substituted with Wilton, Maine, and Governor Benning Wentworth rechartered the town in 1751 as Derryfield.

Samuel Blodget opened a canal and lock system in 1807, which allowed vessels to travel around the falls and envisioned a great industrial center, “The Manchester of America,” hoping to encourage an industrial revolution here as well and by 1809, Benjamin Prichard and others built a cotton spinning mill and in 1810, Derryfield was renamed Manchester, the year the mill was incorporated as the Amoskeag Cotton & Wollen Manufacturing Company.

On the eastern bank, Amoskeag engineers and architects planned a company town, founded in 1838, with Elm Street as its main thoroughfare. Incorporated as a city in 1846, Manchester would become home to the largest cotton mill in the world, bringing with it an influx of workers. The Amoskeag Manufacturing Company went out of business in 1935, although its red brick mills have been renovated for other uses and Manchester continues to thrive.

Attractions & Activities
From Band on the Wall to the Dovestone, Greater Manchester has sights to see all over town and plenty of great places to eat and shop. For a complete listing of things to do in Greater Manchester, visit: Greater Manchester Attractions & Activities

Parks & Recreation
Greater Manchester takes pride in it’s nearly 2,000 acres of green space maintained for residents. Facilities include fields, trails, picnic areas and playgrounds, so all you need to do is grab a book or your picnic basket and enjoy!

For a complete listing of parks and their amenities, visit: Greater Manchester Parks & Recreation