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'''Nashua''' is a city located in ]. As of the ] census, the city had a total population of 86,605.
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| Ben Clemons
| Richard A. Dowd
| Tyler Gouveia
| Ernest A. Jette
| Shoshanna Kelly
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| Thomas Lopez
| Melbourne Moran Jr.
| Michael B. O'Brien Sr.
| Tim Sennott
| John Sullivan
| Derek Thibeault
| Chris Thibodeau
| Gloria Timmons
| Lori Wilshire
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'''Nashua''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|n|æ|ʃ|ə|w|ʌ}}) is a city in southern ], United States. As of the ], it had a population of 91,322,<ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=0600000US3301150260&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=Nashua city, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=December 3, 2021}}</ref> the second-largest in northern ] after nearby ]. It is one of two ]s of New Hampshire's most populous county, ]; the other being Manchester.
== Geography ==
Nashua is located at 42&deg;45'4" North, 71&deg;28'51" West (42.751038, -71.480817)].


Built around the now-departed ] industry, in recent decades Nashua's economy has shifted to the ], ], and ] industries as part of the ] that started in the 1980s in the ] region. Major private employers in the city include ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Employment and Industries in the Nashua, New Hampshire Area |url=https://www.citytowninfo.com/places/new-hampshire/nashua/work |website=City Town Info |access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref> The city also hosts two major regional medical centers, ] and ]. The South Nashua commercial district is a major regional shopping destination, lying directly on the Massachusetts border and taking advantage of New Hampshire's lack of sales tax. It is anchored by the ] and numerous smaller shopping centers.
According to the ], the city has a total area of 87.5 ] (31.8 ]). 80.0 km&sup2; (30.9 mi&sup2;) of it is land and 2.5 km&sup2; (0.9 mi&sup2;) of it is water. The total area is 2.98% water.


It is one of several U.S. cities nicknamed ], which references a reputation for being a travel gateway—in this case between the Boston region and New Hampshire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nashuanh.gov/677/History-of-Nashua|title=History of Nashua &#124; Nashua, NH|website=www.nashuanh.gov}}</ref> A number of civic groups and institutions have adopted the title.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gatecitychurch.org/about|title=About Us &#124; Gate City Church|website=GCC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nashuanh.gov/541/Gate-City-Light-Award|title=Gate City Light Award &#124; Nashua, NH|website=www.nashuanh.gov}}</ref>
== Demographics ==
As of the ] of ], there are 86,605 people, 34,614 households, and 22,083 families residing in the city. The ] is 1,082.5/km&sup2; (2,803.5/mi&sup2;). There are 35,387 housing units at an average density of 442.3/km&sup2; (1,145.5/mi&sup2;). The racial makeup of the city is 89.25% ], 2.01% ], 0.32% ], 3.88% ], 0.03% ], 3.05% from other races, and 1.46% from two or more races. 6.22% of the population are ] or ] of any race.


==History==
There are 34,614 households out of which 31.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.3% are married couples living together, 10.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 36.2% are non-families. 28.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.46 and the average family size is 3.05.
The area was part of a {{convert|200|sqmi|km2|adj=on}} tract of land in ] called "Dunstable", named after Edward Tyng of ] in England.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |date=August 26, 1875 |title=Nashua Illustrated |url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/428244316/ |access-date=June 16, 2021 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite book |last1=Coolidge |first1=Austin Jacobs |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OcoMAAAAYAAJ |title=A History and Description of New England, General and Local: Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont |last2=Mansfield |first2=John Brainard |date=1859 |publisher=A.J. Coolidge |pages=585–91 |language=en}}</ref> Located at the confluence of the ] and Merrimack rivers, Dunstable was first settled about 1654 as a ] town. Nashua lies approximately in the center of the original 1673 grant.<ref name=":02" /> In 1732, Dunstable was split along the ], with the town of Nottingham West (now the town of ]) created out of the eastern portion. The previously disputed ] was fixed in 1741 when the governorships of the two provinces were separated.<ref name=":02" /> As a result, the township of Dunstable was divided in two. ] and some of ] remained in Massachusetts, while ], was incorporated in 1746 from the northern section of the town.<ref name=":02" />


Like many 19th century riverfront ] communities, New Hampshire's Dunstable was developed during the ] with textile mills operated from ].<ref name=":12"/> In 1823, the ] was incorporated.<ref name=":12" /> The company eventually had four mills and employed approximately 1,000 people.<ref name=":12" /> The following year, the Jackson Manufacturing Company was incorporated.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hayward |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PFWRHJpLJGQC |title=The New England Gazetteer |publisher=Heritage Books |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-7884-0003-2 |language=en}}</ref>
In the city the population is spread out with 24.7% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 33.5% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 97.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 95.2 males.


In 1836, the New Hampshire half of Dunstable was renamed "Nashua", after the Nashua River; the Dunstable name lives on across the Massachusetts border.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Roadside History: Old Dunstable |url=https://www.unionleader.com/nh/travel/historical_markers/roadside-history-old-dunstable/article_a5971ede-ac36-5705-865c-fc01754752be.html |access-date=June 16, 2021 |website=UnionLeader.com |date=30 July 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="HIST2">{{Cite web |title=History of Nashua |url=http://www.nashuanh.gov/677/History-of-Nashua |access-date=March 29, 2017 |publisher=City of Nashua}}</ref> The Nashua River was named by the ] people, and in the ] language it means "beautiful stream with a pebbly bottom",<ref>{{cite web |title=NIAC Publications ~ Nipmuc Place Names – Maine & Massachusetts |url=http://www.nativetech.org/Nipmuc/placenames/mainmass.html |website=www.nativetech.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6YMbAQAAMAAJ&q=nashua++ |title=The Native North American Almanac |date=2001 |publisher=Gale Research, Incorporated |isbn=978-0-7876-1655-7 |language=en}}</ref> with an alternative meaning of "land between two rivers".<ref name="RIVERS2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nashuanh.gov/CityGovernment/Departments/CityClerksOffice/NashuaHistory/HistoryofNashua/tabid/155/Default.aspx|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110171502/http://www.nashuanh.gov/CityGovernment/Departments/CityClerksOffice/NashuaHistory/HistoryofNashua/tabid/155/Default.aspx|url-status=dead|title="A Short History of Nashua" on the city website|archivedate=November 10, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stylianos |first=Joan |title=Heart of Nashua: How well do you know your city? |url=https://www.unionleader.com/voices/heart_of_nashua/heart-of-nashua-how-well-do-you-know-your-city/article_3dc11036-cf06-5d8c-bd6f-1b2bf4e3abee.html |access-date=June 16, 2021 |website=UnionLeader.com |date=19 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> In 1842, the town split into two towns.<ref name=":2" /> Eleven years later, they joined back together under the name "Nashua", and were re-incorporated as a city.<ref name=":2" /> During the split, the northern area, known today as "French Hill", called itself "]", while the southern part kept the name Nashua.<ref name="HIST2" />
The median income for a household in the city is $51,969, and the median income for a family is $61,102. Males have a median income of $43,893 versus $29,171 for females. The per capita income for the city is $25,209. 6.8% of the population and 5.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 8.7% are under the age of 18 and 6.4% are 65 or older.


Six ] lines crossed the ], namely the ], ], Nashua and Acton, Nashua and Wilton, Concord and Nashua, and Rochester railroads.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 8, 1965 |title=The Railroad — Integral Part in Nashua's Growth |url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/74885973/ |access-date=June 16, 2021 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref>
== History ==


Like the rival ] upriver in ],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heart of Nashua: Whatever happened to Textile Field? |url=https://www.unionleader.com/voices/heart_of_nashua/heart-of-nashua-whatever-happened-to-textile-field/article_9e2b0769-f4c4-558e-b5d9-8e45f6d763f0.html |access-date=June 16, 2021 |website=UnionLeader.com |date=18 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref> the ] prospered until about ], after which a slow decline set in. Water power was replaced with newer forms of energy to run factories, such as coal, and cotton could be manufactured into fabric where it grew, saving transportation costs.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Koistinen |first=David |date=2002 |title=The Causes of Deindustrialization: The Migration of the Cotton Textile Industry from New England to the South |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23699718 |journal=Enterprise & Society |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=482–520 |doi=10.1093/es/3.3.482 |jstor=23699718 |issn=1467-2227}}</ref>
Like many ] cities, Nashua grew because of textile mills using water power. The city was originally part of the Dunstable grant in ] until the state line was drawn in 1741, after which it was broken into smaller pieces that form the current towns and cities. Nashua is approximately in the center of the original 1673 Dunstable grant.


In 1922, it was affected by the ], shutting down the mills in the city over an attempted wage cut and hours increase.<ref name=":123">{{Cite book |last1=Foner |first1=Philip Sheldon |title=History of the labor movement in the United States. 9: The T.U.E.L. to the end of the Gompers era |last2=Foner |first2=Philip Sheldon |date= 1991 |publisher=Intl Publ |isbn=978-0-7178-0674-4 |location=New York |pages=19–31}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=E. Tilden |first=Leonard |date=1923 |title=New England Textile Strike |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41828627 |journal=Monthly Labor Review |volume=16 |issue=5 |pages=13–36 |jstor=41828627}}</ref>
By 1836, ] had built three cotton mills and was producing 9.3 million yards of cotton cloth annually on 710 looms. Six railroad lines crossed the city with 56 trains entering and departing daily before the Civil War.


The textile business started moving to the ] during the ],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kennedy |first=John F. |date=January 1, 1954 |title=New England and the South |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1954/01/new-england-and-the-south/376244/ |access-date=June 17, 2021 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref> with the last mill near Nashua closing in 1949.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 30, 1949 |title=Milford Textron Plant Closes Down |url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/56467054/ |access-date=June 17, 2021 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref>
What is now Nashua broke in two for a while, following a tax dispute between the town of Nashville north of the Nashua River, where most of the wealthier people lived, and town of Nashua south of the river. The two joined together and chartered the city in 1853.


But then ], a newly created defense firm that is now part of ], moved into one of the closed mills and helped restart the city's economy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aug 23, 1952, p. 1 ''Nashua Telegraph'' at Newspapers.com |url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/74732187/ |access-date=June 17, 2021 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Arrival of BAE – then known as Sanders – helped Nashua economy recover |url=https://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/local-news/2012/12/08/arrival-of-bae-then-known-as-sanders-helped-nashua-economy-recover/ |access-date=June 17, 2021 |website=nashuatelegraph.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Sanders Associates also played a key role in the development of the ] market. ], an employee of Sanders, developed what would become the ], the first commercial home video game system.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Douglas |date=December 8, 2014 |title=Ralph H. Baer, Inventor of First System for Home Video Games, Is Dead at 92 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/08/business/ralph-h-baer-dies-inventor-of-odyssey-first-system-for-home-video-games.html |access-date=June 17, 2021 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The arrival of ], now part of ],<ref>{{Cite web |title=A look back at Digital Equipment Corp. |url=http://www.boston.com/business/technology/gallery/dectimeline/ |access-date=June 17, 2021 |website=Boston.com |language=en}}</ref> in the 1970s made the city part of the ]-area high-tech corridor.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 10, 1976 |title=Digital to build in Nashua |url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/56557362/ |access-date=June 17, 2021 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Leibovich |first=Mark |date=March 25, 1998 |title=A Tech Corridor's Life Cycle |newspaper=] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1998/03/25/a-tech-corridors-life-cycle/a70ef928-28c7-4ee7-adaa-bcde85421903/ }}</ref>
The textile business started moving to the South during the Depression, with the last mill closing in 1949. ], a newly created defense firm that is now part of ], moved into one of the closed mills and launched the city's rebirth. The arrival of ] (now part of ]) in the 1970s made the city part of the ]-area high-tech corridor.


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The city may be best known today as a shopping mecca to residents of ] who come north of the state border to take advantage of the lack of a sales tax in ]. There is a use tax that Massachusetts charges its residents to pay for items purchased in New Hampshire that are subject to taxation in Massachusetts, but it is unknown if anyone actually pays.
File:Nashua, New Hampshire (2675828930).jpg|An 1883 bird's-eye engraving of Nashua
File:Nashua Millyard from truss bridge Mills 1-2-3.JPG|The ]
File:Canal Street Bridge, Nashua, NH.jpg|Canal St. Bridge, {{circa|1908}}
File:The Willows, Nashua, NH.jpg|The Willows, {{circa|1910}}; the road is now ] near Somerset Plaza
File:Huntlibrarynashua.jpg|] in 2006
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== Links == ==Geography==
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Nashua is in southeastern Hillsborough County. It is bordered to the south by ].
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According to the ], the city has a total area of {{convert|82.2|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|79.9|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|2.3|sqkm|order=flip}} are water, comprising 2.84% of the city.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021">{{cite web |title=2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files – New Hampshire |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2021_Gazetteer/2021_gaz_cousubs_33.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=December 3, 2021}}</ref> The eastern boundary of Nashua is formed by the ], and the city is drained by the ] and ], tributaries of the Merrimack. The Nashua River roughly bisects the city. ] forms the city's northern boundary. The highest point in Nashua is Gilboa Hill in the southern part of the city, at {{convert|426|ft}} above ].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.gonashua.com/addons/masterplan/conservation.htm| title=City of Nashua Conservation and Preservation, Section B ("Natural Nashua"), Section 1 ("Topography")| access-date=November 4, 2012| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105160530/http://www.gonashua.com/addons/masterplan/conservation.htm| archive-date=November 5, 2014}}</ref>
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===Climate===
Nashua has a four-season ], which has transitioned to the hot summer subtype, (] ''Dfa''), as of the 1991 to 2020 normals, with short spring and autumn transitions, long humid and warm to hot summers, and cold winters full of snow. The monthly daily average temperature ranges from {{convert|22.7|°F|1}} in January to {{convert|70.9|°F|1}} in July. On average, there are 9.4 days of {{convert|90|°F|0}}+ highs and 8.7 days of sub-{{convert|0|°F|0}} lows. Precipitation is well-spread throughout the year, though winter is the driest. Snowfall, the heaviest of which typically comes from ]s, averages around {{convert|55|in|cm|0}} per season, but can vary widely from year to year. Nashua recorded the New Hampshire state record high temperature of {{convert|106|F}} during the deadly ].

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|location = Nashua, New Hampshire (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1885–present)
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|Jan record high F = 69
|Feb record high F = 76
|Mar record high F = 85
|Apr record high F = 93
|May record high F = 100
|Jun record high F = 100
|Jul record high F = 106
|Aug record high F = 105
|Sep record high F = 99
|Oct record high F = 91
|Nov record high F = 81
|Dec record high F = 73
|year record high F = 106

|Jan avg record high F = 55.7
|Feb avg record high F = 57.2
|Mar avg record high F = 66.9
|Apr avg record high F = 81.0
|May avg record high F = 88.7
|Jun avg record high F = 92.1
|Jul avg record high F = 94.2
|Aug avg record high F = 92.0
|Sep avg record high F = 88.8
|Oct avg record high F = 78.9
|Nov avg record high F = 69.3
|Dec avg record high F = 59.1
|year avg record high F = 96.0

|Jan high F = 34.4
|Feb high F = 37.4
|Mar high F = 45.1
|Apr high F = 58.5
|May high F = 70.0
|Jun high F = 78.4
|Jul high F = 84.0
|Aug high F = 82.6
|Sep high F = 75.3
|Oct high F = 62.8
|Nov high F = 51.0
|Dec high F = 40.0
|year high F = 60.0
|Jan mean F = 24.1
|Feb mean F = 26.1
|Mar mean F = 34.3
|Apr mean F = 46.4
|May mean F = 58.0
|Jun mean F = 67.1
|Jul mean F = 72.7
|Aug mean F = 70.9
|Sep mean F = 63.3
|Oct mean F = 50.8
|Nov mean F = 40.2
|Dec mean F = 30.4
|year mean F = 48.7
|Jan low F = 13.7
|Feb low F = 14.9
|Mar low F = 23.4
|Apr low F = 34.4
|May low F = 46.0
|Jun low F = 55.8
|Jul low F = 61.4
|Aug low F = 59.3
|Sep low F = 51.2
|Oct low F = 38.8
|Nov low F = 29.5
|Dec low F = 20.8
|year low F = 37.4

|Jan avg record low F = -4.7
|Feb avg record low F = -1.3
|Mar avg record low F = 6.4
|Apr avg record low F = 23.9
|May avg record low F = 32.7
|Jun avg record low F = 42.4
|Jul avg record low F = 51.0
|Aug avg record low F = 48.2
|Sep avg record low F = 36.4
|Oct avg record low F = 26.3
|Nov avg record low F = 16.5
|Dec avg record low F = 4.6
|year avg record low F = -7.5

|Jan record low F = −29
|Feb record low F = −35
|Mar record low F = −18
|Apr record low F = 8
|May record low F = 20
|Jun record low F = 31
|Jul record low F = 37
|Aug record low F = 31
|Sep record low F = 23
|Oct record low F = 12
|Nov record low F = −7
|Dec record low F = −24
|year record low F = −35
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|Jan precipitation inch = 3.44
|Feb precipitation inch = 3.22
|Mar precipitation inch = 4.31
|Apr precipitation inch = 4.21
|May precipitation inch = 3.90
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.32
|Jul precipitation inch = 3.65
|Aug precipitation inch = 3.91
|Sep precipitation inch = 4.05
|Oct precipitation inch = 4.84
|Nov precipitation inch = 3.88
|Dec precipitation inch = 4.46
|year precipitation inch = 48.19
|Jan snow inch = 14.7
|Feb snow inch = 14.5
|Mar snow inch = 10.1
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|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.0
|Nov snow inch = 1.7
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|year precipitation days = 120.4
|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 5.4
|Feb snow days = 4.8
|Mar snow days = 3.4
|Apr snow days = 0.5
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.1
|Nov snow days = 0.8
|Dec snow days = 3.9
|year snow days = 18.9
|source 1 = ]<ref name=nws>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=gyx
| title = NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = May 18, 2021}}</ref><ref name=NCEI>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00275712&format=pdf
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| title = Station: Nashua 2 NNW, NH
| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991–2020)
| access-date = May 18, 2021}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790= 632
|1800= 862
|1810= 1049
|1820= 1142
|1830= 2417
|1840= 6054
|1850= 5820
|1860= 10065
|1870= 10543
|1880= 13397
|1890= 19311
|1900= 23898
|1910= 26005
|1920= 28379
|1930= 31463
|1940= 32927
|1950= 34669
|1960= 39096
|1970= 55820
|1980= 67865
|1990= 79662
|2000= 86605
|2010= 86494
|2020= 91322
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="Census 2020"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=November 4, 2014}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Nashua, New Hampshire – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Nashua city, New Hampshire|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p004&g=160XX00US3350260&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Nashua city, New Hampshire|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US3350260&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Nashua city, New Hampshire|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US3350260&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|] alone (NH)
|74,907
|68,309
|style='background: #ffffe6; |64,225
|86.49%
|78.98%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |70.30%
|-
|] alone (NH)
|1,571
|1,954
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,383
|1.81%
|2.26%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.61%
|-
|] or ] alone (NH)
|220
|167
|style='background: #ffffe6; |130
|0.25%
|0.19%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.14%
|-
|] alone (NH)
|3,339
|5,600
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7,112
|3.86%
|6.47%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.79%
|-
|] alone (NH)
|26
|18
|style='background: #ffffe6; |29
|0.03%
|0.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.03%
|-
|] alone (NH)
|247
|452
|style='background: #ffffe6; |817
|0.29%
|0.52%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.89%
|-
|] (NH)
|907
|1,484
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,939
|1.05%
|1.72%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.31%
|-
|] (any race)
|5,388
|8,510
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12,687
|6.22%
|9.84%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13.89%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''86,605'''
|'''86,494'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''91,322'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the ] of 2010,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data, Nashua city, New Hampshire |publisher=] |access-date=November 9, 2011 }}</ref> there were 86,494 people, 35,044 households, and 21,876 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|2,719.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 37,168 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,202.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 83.4% ], 2.7% ], 0.3% ], 6.5% ], 0.03% ], 4.6% from ], and 2.5% from two or more races. ] or ] of any race were 9.8% of the population.

There were 35,044 households, out of which 28.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.9% were ] living together, 11.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.6% were non-families. 29.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the city the population was spread out, with 22.1% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 27.8% from 45 to 64, and 12.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.8 males.

In 2011 the estimated median income for a household in the city was $60,923, and the median income for a family was $76,612. Male full-time workers had a median income of $60,365 versus $43,212 for females. The ] for the city was $30,937. About 4.6% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the ], including 11.4% of those under age 18 and 5.9% of those age 65 or over.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/11_1YR/DP03/1600000US3350260| title=Selected Economic Characteristics: 2011 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates (DP03), Nashua city, New Hampshire| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=February 22, 2013| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212084800/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/11_1YR/DP03/1600000US3350260| archive-date=February 12, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Economy==
]

Nashua has three main commercial districts. Centered on Main Street near the geographic center of the city, Downtown Nashua is the oldest of the commercial districts, featuring commercial, entertainment, and dining venues, near historic commercial buildings and homes as well. Recent plans have incorporated the ] into the design of a pedestrian-friendly walkway. The downtown Nashua Riverwalk is a large, public/private venture funded through the use of ] (TIF). Amherst Street (]) is in the northwestern part of the city and is a large thoroughfare with commercial centers along both sides. The South Nashua Commercial District, centered on ] near the Massachusetts border, is anchored by the ], attracting many people from ] taking advantage of the lack of ] in New Hampshire.

The city is home to a number of technical firms, including ], which took its name from the city and river. Nashua Corp. was a leading producer of ]s through the early 1990s, making the Nashua name well known in the world of ]s.

] ] (formerly ]), computer firm ],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jobs.dell.com/us/the-united-states-of-america/product-services-enterprise-technical-support/jobid2483796-enterprise-solutions-consultant-equallogic |title=Product Services Enterprise Technical Support jobs in the United States of America at Dell |access-date=2016-02-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121111459/http://jobs.dell.com/us/the-united-states-of-america/product-services-enterprise-technical-support/jobid2483796-enterprise-solutions-consultant-equallogic |archive-date=2013-01-21 }}</ref> and software company ] are the largest representatives of the high-tech industry prominent in the region. The ] is in Nashua. The three-building campus that once housed a ] software development facility was sold to the John Flatley Company, which has renamed it "Nashua Technology Park".<ref>{{cite web|title=Nashua Technology Park|url=http://www.johnflatleyco.com/commercial-availability/nashua-hills-technology-park/about/}}</ref>

==Sports==

], 2017]]

Nashua has had a series of amateur, semi-professional, and professional baseball teams. The ], part of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League of New England (FCBL), is the city's current team. The ], a ] minor league baseball team, played at ] from 1998 through 2008, then changed to the American Defenders of New Hampshire in the 2009 season. The Defenders were evicted from the venue in August 2009, however, because of non-payment of rent, and moved to ] to become the ]. Before the Pride, Holman was the home stadium for the independent Nashua Hawks; the AA ]; the AA Nashua Angels; and the A ], the first racially integrated professional baseball team in the 20th century.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhcdac.org/news/baseball_MLK2006.asp |title=Don Newcombe diversity dinner speaker Jan. 16 |access-date=2007-10-20 |last=Gray |first=Kevin |date=2005-10-06 |publisher=New Hampshire Cultural Diversity Awareness Council |quote=As members of the Nashua Dodgers, Campanella and Newcombe were the first professional, African-American baseball players to compete on a racially integrated U.S. team in the 20th century. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017151708/http://nhcdac.org/news/baseball_MLK2006.asp |archive-date=2007-10-17 }}</ref> After minor league baseball began in Nashua in 1885, the team hosted the ] franchise, with the team playing in the ] from 1901 to 1933.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?city=Nashua&state=NH&country=US|title=Nashua, New Hampshire Encyclopedia &#124; Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref>

In collegiate sports, Nashua is home to the ] Raiders, who compete in the ] (GNAC).

The ] (1997, 1998, 2004, 2007 ] Division II Champions and 2019 Open Class Champions) is based in Nashua.

==Government==
]
{{see also|List of mayors of Nashua, New Hampshire}}

The city's government is headed by a ] and fifteen ]: six at-large aldermen elected three at a time every four years, and nine ward aldermen, one for each ward in the city, elected every two years.

In the ], Nashua is represented in the House by Hillsborough County's 3rd (Ward 4), 4th (Ward 2), 5th (Ward 1), 6th (Ward 3), 7th (Ward 7), 8th (Ward 6), 9th (Ward 5), 10th (Ward 9), and 11th (Ward 8) districts and in the Senate by District 12 (Wards 1, 2, and 5, shared with ], ], ], ], ], and ]) and District 13 (Wards 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9).

In the ], Nashua is represented by two state senators:
* ] Kevin Avard (District 12) – Wards 1–2, 5
* ] ] (District 13) – Wards 3–4, 6–9

In the ], Nashua is included within the 5th District and is currently represented by Republican Dave Wheeler. Nashua is included within ] and is currently represented by Democrat ] in the ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-27 |title=Democratic Rep. Annie Kuster says she won't seek re-election in N.H. swing district |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/democratic-rep-annie-kuster-says-wont-seek-re-election-nh-swing-distri-rcna145268 |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref>

At the presidential level, Nashua leans strongly towards Democrats. ] was the last Republican presidential nominee to win Nashua, in ].

==Education==
]

In the 2000 U.S Census, 22,700 residents over age three were enrolled in a Nashua educational institution, approximately a fourth of the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=16000US3350260&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U_DP2&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on|title=American FactFinder - Results|publisher=United States Census Bureau|website=factfinder.census.gov|access-date=2005-12-08|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212043149/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=16000US3350260&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U_DP2&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on|archive-date=2020-02-12|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Secondary schools===
====Public====
* ] (formerly Nashua High School, 1976–2004)
* ]
* Brentwood Academy
* Clearway Alternative High School

====Private====
* ], a coeducational Catholic high school

====Public charter school====
* ]

===Middle schools===
====Public====
* Brian S. McCarthy Middle School
* Fairgrounds Middle School
* Pennichuck Middle School

====Private====
* Saint Christopher Academy (Upper Campus)
* World Academy

===Elementary schools===
====Public====
* Amherst Street Elementary School
* Bicentennial Elementary School
* Birch Hill Elementary School
* Broad Street Elementary School
* Charlotte Avenue Elementary School
* Dr. Norman W. Crisp Elementary School
* Fairgrounds Elementary School
* Ledge Street Elementary School
* Main Dunstable Elementary School
* Mount Pleasant Elementary School
* New Searles Elementary School
* Sunset Heights Elementary School

===Colleges===
* ] (NCC)
** ], which shares a campus with NCC.<ref>{{cite news|last1=CURTIS|first1=DANIELLE|title=Nashua Community College, Granite State College partner on bachelor's degree program|url=http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/969277-196/nashua-community-college-granite-state-college-partner.html|access-date=29 August 2015|publisher=Nashua Telegraph|date=27 July 2012}}</ref>
* ]
* ]

===Former colleges===
* ] (DWC): closed in May 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2017/october/25/nonprofit-college-aviation-program-grows|title=Nonprofit college aviation program grows|author=Moore, Jim|date=October 25, 2017|publisher=AOPA|access-date=November 28, 2017}}</ref>
* ]'s Nashua campus

==Media==
The local newspaper is '']'', with daily news published online and a weekly printed edition.

Nashua radio stations include ] station ] 900 ] (] affiliate), ] station ] 1590 AM, and 106.3 ], a ] station owned by ]. ] 88.3 and 90.3 serve as the stations for ]. The city is part of the Manchester radio market and can also receive almost all ]-market stations clearly.

One television station is licensed to Nashua. ] (channel 15) is owned by ], and serves as the ] owned-and-operated station for the Boston market. The station moved from its own transmitter to a channel share with ] member station ] from their ] tower in 2018 upon NBC's assumption of ownership, letting it broadcast the "NBC Boston" service (previously carried by ] and subchannels of other stations) across the entire market. As WYCN-CD, it formerly carried a number of smaller networks, along with local programming and community calendar information of interest to Nashuans, until the sale to NBC.

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
====Roads====
The ] is the major highway running through the city. ] follows the turnpike from the Massachusetts border north to Exit 7E, where it branches to the northeast along the two-lane Henri A. Burque Highway to Concord Street and then heads north into the town of Merrimack. Other New Hampshire state highways in the city include:
* ], which enters the city from the northwest and follows Amherst Street to its terminus at Main Street.
* ], which enters the city from the southwest and follows Hollis Street to the city's eastern border at the ], crossing into ] on the twin-span Taylor Falls/Veterans Memorial bridges.
* ], which enters the city from the southwest and follows Groton Road to Main Dunstable Road to its terminus at Hollis Street.
* ], which enters the city from the west and follows Broad Street to its terminus at Amherst Street.

Maps of the Nashua area often show a stretch of freeway forming a circumferential highway through Nashua and the neighboring town of ]. Only a small section of the south end of this highway (Exit 2 off ]) has been built, and it is unclear whether the highway will ever be completed. If finished, the ] would be part of the Everett Turnpike, and would rejoin the mainline highway at a hypothetical Exit 9 in northern Nashua.

In 2015, after four years of construction, the city completed the Broad Street Parkway,<ref>{{cite web|title=Broad Street Parkway|url=https://www.swcole.com/broad-street-parkway/ |website=S.W.COLE |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211025074925/https://www.swcole.com/broad-street-parkway/ |archive-date= Oct 25, 2021 }}</ref> which connects Exit 6 of the Everett Turnpike to the city's downtown area ("Tree Streets" neighborhood), with the goal of easing traffic congestion and opening up Nashua's old mill-yard as part of the city's economic development.<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://nhpr.org/post/long-awaited-broad-street-parkway-opens-nashua| title=Long-awaited Broad Street Parkway Opens in Nashua| last=Rich-Kern| first=Sheryl| publisher=] |date=December 19, 2015| access-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080919/http://nhpr.org/post/long-awaited-broad-street-parkway-opens-nashua |archive-date= Mar 4, 2016 }}</ref> The new parkway provides a third crossing of the ] and a way for traffic to avoid Library Hill, a busy downtown intersection. The idea of a road connecting Broad Street with Hollis Street within the city had been discussed since the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nashuarpc.org/publications/transportation/tip/2011_2014_TIP%20Adopted_102010.pdf |title=Nashua Metropolitan Area Transportation Improvement Program 2011-2014 |publisher=Nashua Regional Planning Commission |access-date=2011-05-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929182453/http://www.nashuarpc.org/publications/transportation/tip/2011_2014_TIP%20Adopted_102010.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-29 }}</ref>

Public transportation is provided by the ], which has nine scheduled bus routes in the city. ], a subsidiary of ], operates a Nashua-Boston bus line that runs out of the Nashua Transit Center off Exit 8 on the Everett Turnpike. This line transports passengers to ] and ] in Boston.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070225/NEWS01/70225001/-1/news01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829094957/http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070225%2FNEWS01%2F70225001%2F-1%2Fnews01|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 August 2007|title= Smooth sailing for bus to Boston |website=Nashuatelegraph.com |first1=Patrick |last1=Meighan |date=29 August 2007|access-date=12 February 2018}}</ref>

====Airport====
]
] (Boire Field), a ] facility, is in the city's northwest corner. The nearest airports with scheduled airline service are ] in Manchester and ] in Boston.

==== Past trolley ====
Historically, Nashua was a hub for the ] system in New Hampshire. Trolleys could be taken south to ], as well as north into ] and to locations as far east as ]. The trolley also connected different areas of the city, with the Nashua line ending at the city dance hall. The trolley system decreased in popularity in the 20th century, finally closing in 1932.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.psnh.com/downloads/nhwired_MED_pgs_fullbooklet.pdf?id=4294967899&dl=t |title=PSNH is now Eversource |access-date=2014-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023230/http://www.psnh.com/downloads/nhwired_MED_pgs_fullbooklet.pdf?id=4294967899&dl=t |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==== Future railroad ====
Efforts are being made to extend the ] ] from ] to Manchester, stopping at Nashua along the way. The state legislature created the ] (NHRTA) in 2007 with the goal of overseeing the development of commuter rail in the state. The proposed line would connect ], to ], with the end station being near the ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.wmur.com/article/commuter-rail-proposal-continues-to-move-forward/12833473|title=Commuter rail proposal continues to move forward|last=Wheeler|first=Christine DeLong|date=2017-10-11|work=WMUR|access-date=2017-10-14|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Andrew Sylvia|date=2021-08-30|title=Pappas on rail expansion: 'This is a project that continues to bubble from the bottom up here in New Hampshire' {{!}} Manchester Ink Link|url=https://manchesterinklink.com/local-leaders-gather-with-amtrak-representatives-to-discuss-proposed-downtown-rail-expansion/|access-date=2021-11-11|website=manchesterinklink.com|language=en-US}}</ref> As of November, 2022, an ongoing study by ] and the State of New Hampshire for design and financing is due to be completed by early 2023, and the project is awaiting federal funding.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nashua – Manchester 40818 {{!}} Project Specific Information {{!}} Project Center {{!}} NH Department of Transportation |url=https://www.nh.gov/dot/projects/nashuamanchester40818/index.htm |access-date=2022-11-16 |website=www.nh.gov}}</ref> Nashua is proposed to have two station stops on the line, ], which would be located behind the ] just north of the state line, and Nashua, which would be located in a rail yard near Crown Street in downtown Nashua and would utilize the existing Crown Street park-and-ride lot.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome |url=https://www.dot.nh.gov/welcome |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=Department of Transportation |language=en}}</ref>

Separately on October 11, 2017 the Nashua Board of Aldermen signed a memorandum of understanding with the now bankrupt ] Company for the creation of a rail line.

===Firefighting===
The fire department of Nashua, Nashua Fire, has 176 full-time members and is responsible for {{convert|31.9|sqmi|km2}}, protecting a population of 91,322. In the city, there are six stations. There is one fire chief, one assistant chief, and four deputy chiefs. The department has six engines, three ladder trucks, one haz-mat/rescue truck (known as Special Hazards 1), two brush trucks, two spare engines, and one spare ladder truck.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nashuanh.gov/383/Fire-Rescue|title=Fire Rescue News – Nashua, NH|website=www.nashuanh.gov}}</ref> Nashua uses a private ambulance service, American Medical Response. The department has five fire commissioners. The commission has overall responsibility for the policy decisions, promotions, discipline, hiring and terminations. The fire chief reports directly to the commission. Their responsibility is to also work with fire administration with planning and prioritizing the department budget.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nashuanh.gov/790/Board-of-Fire-Commissioners%7CFire-Commissioners|title=Nashua, NH|website=www.nashuanh.gov}}</ref>

===Health care===
There are two hospitals in Nashua, ] and ].

==Notable people==
{{Main|List of people from Nashua, New Hampshire}}

==In popular culture==
An episode of MTV's ] was filmed in 2004 at ].<ref>{{cite web |title=HippoPress – The Hippo – Guide to Manchester and Nashua NH |url=http://archives.hippopress.com/060316/popculture.html |website=archives.hippopress.com}}</ref>

] was created in Nashua by James E. Colburn, likely in the 1910s.<ref>{{cite news |last=Krupa |first=Michelle |title=Russian dressing is actually from Nashua, New Hampshire |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/29/politics/sean-spicer-russian-dressing-not-russian-trnd/index.html |date=March 29, 2017| access-date=March 29, 2017 |work=CNN}}</ref>

In the American version of ], a branch of the fictional paper company Dunder Mifflin is located in Nashua and features in several episodes.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/the-office-holly-flax-character-recap?amp | title=What to Know About Holly Flax from the Office | date=July 19, 2023 }}</ref>

== Sister city ==
* {{flagdeco|India}} ], ], India<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://citytoday.news/mysuru-and-nashua-sister-cities-to-have-bilateral-relationship-initiative/|title=Mysuru and Nashua sister cities to have bilateral relationship initiative - Mysuru Today|date=September 27, 2016 |work=Mysuru Today|access-date=October 1, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nhpr.org/post/nashua-sees-development-opportunities-voyage-indian-city#stream/0|title=Nashua Sees Development Opportunities in Voyage to Indian City|last=Corwin|first=Emily|access-date=October 1, 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==See also==

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* ]
* ]
* ]

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City in New Hampshire, United States
Nashua, New Hampshire
City
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Nickname: New Hampshire's Gate City
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Coordinates: 42°45′27″N 71°27′52″W / 42.75750°N 71.46444°W / 42.75750; -71.46444
Country United States
State New Hampshire
CountyHillsborough
Settled1655
Town1746
City1853
Government
 • MayorJim Donchess
 • Board of Aldermen Members
  • Ben Clemons
  • Richard A. Dowd
  • Tyler Gouveia
  • Ernest A. Jette
  • Shoshanna Kelly
  • Patricia Klee
  • Thomas Lopez
  • Melbourne Moran Jr.
  • Michael B. O'Brien Sr.
  • Tim Sennott
  • John Sullivan
  • Derek Thibeault
  • Chris Thibodeau
  • Gloria Timmons
  • Lori Wilshire
Area
 • City31.73 sq mi (82.19 km)
 • Land30.83 sq mi (79.86 km)
 • Water0.90 sq mi (2.33 km)  2.84%
Elevation151 ft (46 m)
Population
 • City91,322
 • Density2,961.73/sq mi (1,143.52/km)
 • Urban242,984 (US: 166th)
 • Urban density1,242.5/sq mi (479.7/km)
DemonymNashuan
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP codes
  • 03060
  • 03061
  • 03062
  • 03063
  • 03064
Area code603
FIPS code33-50260
GNIS feature ID0868677
Websitewww.nashuanh.gov

Nashua (/ˈnæʃəwʌ/) is a city in southern New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 91,322, the second-largest in northern New England after nearby Manchester. It is one of two county seats of New Hampshire's most populous county, Hillsborough; the other being Manchester.

Built around the now-departed textile industry, in recent decades Nashua's economy has shifted to the financial services, high tech, and defense industries as part of the economic recovery that started in the 1980s in the Greater Boston region. Major private employers in the city include Nashua Corporation, BAE Systems, and Teradyne. The city also hosts two major regional medical centers, Southern New Hampshire Medical Center and St. Joseph Hospital. The South Nashua commercial district is a major regional shopping destination, lying directly on the Massachusetts border and taking advantage of New Hampshire's lack of sales tax. It is anchored by the Pheasant Lane Mall and numerous smaller shopping centers.

It is one of several U.S. cities nicknamed Gate City, which references a reputation for being a travel gateway—in this case between the Boston region and New Hampshire. A number of civic groups and institutions have adopted the title.

History

The area was part of a 200-square-mile (520 km) tract of land in Massachusetts called "Dunstable", named after Edward Tyng of Dunstable in England. Located at the confluence of the Nashua and Merrimack rivers, Dunstable was first settled about 1654 as a fur trading town. Nashua lies approximately in the center of the original 1673 grant. In 1732, Dunstable was split along the Merrimack River, with the town of Nottingham West (now the town of Hudson, New Hampshire) created out of the eastern portion. The previously disputed boundary between Massachusetts and New Hampshire was fixed in 1741 when the governorships of the two provinces were separated. As a result, the township of Dunstable was divided in two. Tyngsborough and some of Dunstable remained in Massachusetts, while Dunstable, New Hampshire, was incorporated in 1746 from the northern section of the town.

Like many 19th century riverfront New England communities, New Hampshire's Dunstable was developed during the Industrial Revolution with textile mills operated from water power. In 1823, the Nashua Manufacturing Company was incorporated. The company eventually had four mills and employed approximately 1,000 people. The following year, the Jackson Manufacturing Company was incorporated.

In 1836, the New Hampshire half of Dunstable was renamed "Nashua", after the Nashua River; the Dunstable name lives on across the Massachusetts border. The Nashua River was named by the Nashaway people, and in the Penacook language it means "beautiful stream with a pebbly bottom", with an alternative meaning of "land between two rivers". In 1842, the town split into two towns. Eleven years later, they joined back together under the name "Nashua", and were re-incorporated as a city. During the split, the northern area, known today as "French Hill", called itself "Nashville", while the southern part kept the name Nashua.

Six railroad lines crossed the mill town, namely the Nashua and Lowell, Worcester and Nashua, Nashua and Acton, Nashua and Wilton, Concord and Nashua, and Rochester railroads.

Like the rival Amoskeag Manufacturing Company upriver in Manchester, the Nashua mills prospered until about World War I, after which a slow decline set in. Water power was replaced with newer forms of energy to run factories, such as coal, and cotton could be manufactured into fabric where it grew, saving transportation costs.

In 1922, it was affected by the 1922 New England Textile Strike, shutting down the mills in the city over an attempted wage cut and hours increase.

The textile business started moving to the South during the Great Depression, with the last mill near Nashua closing in 1949.

But then Sanders Associates, a newly created defense firm that is now part of BAE Systems, moved into one of the closed mills and helped restart the city's economy. Sanders Associates also played a key role in the development of the home video game console market. Ralph H. Baer, an employee of Sanders, developed what would become the Magnavox Odyssey, the first commercial home video game system. The arrival of Digital Equipment Corp., now part of Hewlett-Packard, in the 1970s made the city part of the Boston-area high-tech corridor.

Geography

Nashua River Dam in 2006

Nashua is in southeastern Hillsborough County. It is bordered to the south by Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 31.7 square miles (82.2 km), of which 30.8 square miles (79.9 km) are land and 0.89 square miles (2.3 km) are water, comprising 2.84% of the city. The eastern boundary of Nashua is formed by the Merrimack River, and the city is drained by the Nashua River and Salmon Brook, tributaries of the Merrimack. The Nashua River roughly bisects the city. Pennichuck Brook forms the city's northern boundary. The highest point in Nashua is Gilboa Hill in the southern part of the city, at 426 feet (130 m) above sea level.

Climate

Nashua has a four-season humid continental climate, which has transitioned to the hot summer subtype, (Köppen Dfa), as of the 1991 to 2020 normals, with short spring and autumn transitions, long humid and warm to hot summers, and cold winters full of snow. The monthly daily average temperature ranges from 22.7 °F (−5.2 °C) in January to 70.9 °F (21.6 °C) in July. On average, there are 9.4 days of 90 °F (32 °C)+ highs and 8.7 days of sub-0 °F (−18 °C) lows. Precipitation is well-spread throughout the year, though winter is the driest. Snowfall, the heaviest of which typically comes from nor'easters, averages around 55 inches (140 cm) per season, but can vary widely from year to year. Nashua recorded the New Hampshire state record high temperature of 106 °F (41 °C) during the deadly 1911 heat wave.

Climate data for Nashua, New Hampshire (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1885–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 69
(21)
76
(24)
85
(29)
93
(34)
100
(38)
100
(38)
106
(41)
105
(41)
99
(37)
91
(33)
81
(27)
73
(23)
106
(41)
Mean maximum °F (°C) 55.7
(13.2)
57.2
(14.0)
66.9
(19.4)
81.0
(27.2)
88.7
(31.5)
92.1
(33.4)
94.2
(34.6)
92.0
(33.3)
88.8
(31.6)
78.9
(26.1)
69.3
(20.7)
59.1
(15.1)
96.0
(35.6)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 34.4
(1.3)
37.4
(3.0)
45.1
(7.3)
58.5
(14.7)
70.0
(21.1)
78.4
(25.8)
84.0
(28.9)
82.6
(28.1)
75.3
(24.1)
62.8
(17.1)
51.0
(10.6)
40.0
(4.4)
60.0
(15.6)
Daily mean °F (°C) 24.1
(−4.4)
26.1
(−3.3)
34.3
(1.3)
46.4
(8.0)
58.0
(14.4)
67.1
(19.5)
72.7
(22.6)
70.9
(21.6)
63.3
(17.4)
50.8
(10.4)
40.2
(4.6)
30.4
(−0.9)
48.7
(9.3)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 13.7
(−10.2)
14.9
(−9.5)
23.4
(−4.8)
34.4
(1.3)
46.0
(7.8)
55.8
(13.2)
61.4
(16.3)
59.3
(15.2)
51.2
(10.7)
38.8
(3.8)
29.5
(−1.4)
20.8
(−6.2)
37.4
(3.0)
Mean minimum °F (°C) −4.7
(−20.4)
−1.3
(−18.5)
6.4
(−14.2)
23.9
(−4.5)
32.7
(0.4)
42.4
(5.8)
51.0
(10.6)
48.2
(9.0)
36.4
(2.4)
26.3
(−3.2)
16.5
(−8.6)
4.6
(−15.2)
−7.5
(−21.9)
Record low °F (°C) −29
(−34)
−35
(−37)
−18
(−28)
8
(−13)
20
(−7)
31
(−1)
37
(3)
31
(−1)
23
(−5)
12
(−11)
−7
(−22)
−24
(−31)
−35
(−37)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 3.44
(87)
3.22
(82)
4.31
(109)
4.21
(107)
3.90
(99)
4.32
(110)
3.65
(93)
3.91
(99)
4.05
(103)
4.84
(123)
3.88
(99)
4.46
(113)
48.19
(1,224)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 14.7
(37)
14.5
(37)
10.1
(26)
0.7
(1.8)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
1.7
(4.3)
11.2
(28)
52.9
(134)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) 9.2 8.4 9.2 10.8 12.1 10.9 10.4 9.3 9.2 10.8 10.0 10.1 120.4
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) 5.4 4.8 3.4 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.8 3.9 18.9
Source: NOAA

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1790632
180086236.4%
18101,04921.7%
18201,1428.9%
18302,417111.6%
18406,054150.5%
18505,820−3.9%
186010,06572.9%
187010,5434.7%
188013,39727.1%
189019,31144.1%
190023,89823.8%
191026,0058.8%
192028,3799.1%
193031,46310.9%
194032,9274.7%
195034,6695.3%
196039,09612.8%
197055,82042.8%
198067,86521.6%
199079,66217.4%
200086,6058.7%
201086,494−0.1%
202091,3225.6%
U.S. Decennial Census
Nashua, New Hampshire – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000 Pop 2010 Pop 2020 % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 74,907 68,309 64,225 86.49% 78.98% 70.30%
Black or African American alone (NH) 1,571 1,954 2,383 1.81% 2.26% 2.61%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 220 167 130 0.25% 0.19% 0.14%
Asian alone (NH) 3,339 5,600 7,112 3.86% 6.47% 7.79%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 26 18 29 0.03% 0.02% 0.03%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 247 452 817 0.29% 0.52% 0.89%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) 907 1,484 3,939 1.05% 1.72% 4.31%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,388 8,510 12,687 6.22% 9.84% 13.89%
Total 86,605 86,494 91,322 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

As of the census of 2010, there were 86,494 people, 35,044 households, and 21,876 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,719.9 inhabitants per square mile (1,050.2/km). There were 37,168 housing units at an average density of 1,202.8 per square mile (464.4/km). The racial makeup of the city was 83.4% White, 2.7% African American, 0.3% Native American, 6.5% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 4.6% from some other race, and 2.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.8% of the population.

There were 35,044 households, out of which 28.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.9% were married couples living together, 11.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.6% were non-families. 29.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the city the population was spread out, with 22.1% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 27.8% from 45 to 64, and 12.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.8 males.

In 2011 the estimated median income for a household in the city was $60,923, and the median income for a family was $76,612. Male full-time workers had a median income of $60,365 versus $43,212 for females. The per capita income for the city was $30,937. About 4.6% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.4% of those under age 18 and 5.9% of those age 65 or over.

Economy

Main Street c. 1905

Nashua has three main commercial districts. Centered on Main Street near the geographic center of the city, Downtown Nashua is the oldest of the commercial districts, featuring commercial, entertainment, and dining venues, near historic commercial buildings and homes as well. Recent plans have incorporated the Nashua River into the design of a pedestrian-friendly walkway. The downtown Nashua Riverwalk is a large, public/private venture funded through the use of tax increment financing (TIF). Amherst Street (Route 101A) is in the northwestern part of the city and is a large thoroughfare with commercial centers along both sides. The South Nashua Commercial District, centered on Daniel Webster Highway near the Massachusetts border, is anchored by the Pheasant Lane Mall, attracting many people from Massachusetts taking advantage of the lack of sales tax in New Hampshire.

The city is home to a number of technical firms, including Nashua Corporation, which took its name from the city and river. Nashua Corp. was a leading producer of floppy disks through the early 1990s, making the Nashua name well known in the world of personal computers.

Defense contractor BAE Systems (formerly Sanders Associates), computer firm Dell, and software company Oracle Corporation are the largest representatives of the high-tech industry prominent in the region. The Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center is in Nashua. The three-building campus that once housed a Digital Equipment Corporation software development facility was sold to the John Flatley Company, which has renamed it "Nashua Technology Park".

Sports

Holman Stadium, 2017

Nashua has had a series of amateur, semi-professional, and professional baseball teams. The Nashua Silver Knights, part of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League of New England (FCBL), is the city's current team. The Nashua Pride, a Can-Am minor league baseball team, played at Holman Stadium from 1998 through 2008, then changed to the American Defenders of New Hampshire in the 2009 season. The Defenders were evicted from the venue in August 2009, however, because of non-payment of rent, and moved to Pittsfield, Massachusetts to become the Pittsfield Colonials. Before the Pride, Holman was the home stadium for the independent Nashua Hawks; the AA Nashua Pirates; the AA Nashua Angels; and the A Nashua Dodgers, the first racially integrated professional baseball team in the 20th century. After minor league baseball began in Nashua in 1885, the team hosted the Nashua Millionaires franchise, with the team playing in the New England League from 1901 to 1933.

In collegiate sports, Nashua is home to the Rivier University Raiders, who compete in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC).

The Spartans Drum and Bugle Corps (1997, 1998, 2004, 2007 Drum Corps International Division II Champions and 2019 Open Class Champions) is based in Nashua.

Government

Nashua City Hall
See also: List of mayors of Nashua, New Hampshire

The city's government is headed by a mayor and fifteen aldermen: six at-large aldermen elected three at a time every four years, and nine ward aldermen, one for each ward in the city, elected every two years.

In the New Hampshire General Court, Nashua is represented in the House by Hillsborough County's 3rd (Ward 4), 4th (Ward 2), 5th (Ward 1), 6th (Ward 3), 7th (Ward 7), 8th (Ward 6), 9th (Ward 5), 10th (Ward 9), and 11th (Ward 8) districts and in the Senate by District 12 (Wards 1, 2, and 5, shared with Hollis, Mason, Brookline, Greenville, New Ipswich, and Rindge) and District 13 (Wards 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9).

In the New Hampshire Senate, Nashua is represented by two state senators:

In the New Hampshire Executive Council, Nashua is included within the 5th District and is currently represented by Republican Dave Wheeler. Nashua is included within New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district and is currently represented by Democrat Maggie Goodlander in the U.S. House of Representatives.

At the presidential level, Nashua leans strongly towards Democrats. George H. W. Bush was the last Republican presidential nominee to win Nashua, in 1988.

Education

Bishop Guertin High School

In the 2000 U.S Census, 22,700 residents over age three were enrolled in a Nashua educational institution, approximately a fourth of the city.

Secondary schools

Public

Private

Public charter school

Middle schools

Public

  • Brian S. McCarthy Middle School
  • Fairgrounds Middle School
  • Pennichuck Middle School

Private

  • Saint Christopher Academy (Upper Campus)
  • World Academy

Elementary schools

Public

  • Amherst Street Elementary School
  • Bicentennial Elementary School
  • Birch Hill Elementary School
  • Broad Street Elementary School
  • Charlotte Avenue Elementary School
  • Dr. Norman W. Crisp Elementary School
  • Fairgrounds Elementary School
  • Ledge Street Elementary School
  • Main Dunstable Elementary School
  • Mount Pleasant Elementary School
  • New Searles Elementary School
  • Sunset Heights Elementary School

Colleges

Former colleges

Media

The local newspaper is The Telegraph, with daily news published online and a weekly printed edition.

Nashua radio stations include oldies station WGHM 900 AM (ESPN affiliate), talk station WSMN 1590 AM, and 106.3 WFNQ, a classic hits station owned by Binnie Media. WEVS 88.3 and 90.3 serve as the stations for New Hampshire Public Radio. The city is part of the Manchester radio market and can also receive almost all Boston-market stations clearly.

One television station is licensed to Nashua. WBTS-CD (channel 15) is owned by NBC Owned Television Stations, and serves as the NBC owned-and-operated station for the Boston market. The station moved from its own transmitter to a channel share with PBS member station WGBX-TV from their Needham, Massachusetts tower in 2018 upon NBC's assumption of ownership, letting it broadcast the "NBC Boston" service (previously carried by a low-power station in Boston and subchannels of other stations) across the entire market. As WYCN-CD, it formerly carried a number of smaller networks, along with local programming and community calendar information of interest to Nashuans, until the sale to NBC.

Infrastructure

Transportation

Roads

The Everett Turnpike is the major highway running through the city. U.S. Route 3 follows the turnpike from the Massachusetts border north to Exit 7E, where it branches to the northeast along the two-lane Henri A. Burque Highway to Concord Street and then heads north into the town of Merrimack. Other New Hampshire state highways in the city include:

  • NH 101A, which enters the city from the northwest and follows Amherst Street to its terminus at Main Street.
  • NH 111, which enters the city from the southwest and follows Hollis Street to the city's eastern border at the Merrimack River, crossing into Hudson on the twin-span Taylor Falls/Veterans Memorial bridges.
  • NH 111A, which enters the city from the southwest and follows Groton Road to Main Dunstable Road to its terminus at Hollis Street.
  • NH 130, which enters the city from the west and follows Broad Street to its terminus at Amherst Street.

Maps of the Nashua area often show a stretch of freeway forming a circumferential highway through Nashua and the neighboring town of Hudson. Only a small section of the south end of this highway (Exit 2 off U.S. Route 3) has been built, and it is unclear whether the highway will ever be completed. If finished, the Nashua-Hudson Circumferential Highway would be part of the Everett Turnpike, and would rejoin the mainline highway at a hypothetical Exit 9 in northern Nashua.

In 2015, after four years of construction, the city completed the Broad Street Parkway, which connects Exit 6 of the Everett Turnpike to the city's downtown area ("Tree Streets" neighborhood), with the goal of easing traffic congestion and opening up Nashua's old mill-yard as part of the city's economic development. The new parkway provides a third crossing of the Nashua River and a way for traffic to avoid Library Hill, a busy downtown intersection. The idea of a road connecting Broad Street with Hollis Street within the city had been discussed since the 1960s.

Public transportation is provided by the Nashua Transit System, which has nine scheduled bus routes in the city. Boston Express, a subsidiary of Concord Coach Lines, operates a Nashua-Boston bus line that runs out of the Nashua Transit Center off Exit 8 on the Everett Turnpike. This line transports passengers to South Station and Logan International Airport in Boston.

Airport

Entrance of Boire Field, Nashua's airport

Nashua Airport (Boire Field), a general aviation facility, is in the city's northwest corner. The nearest airports with scheduled airline service are Manchester–Boston Regional Airport in Manchester and Logan International Airport in Boston.

Past trolley

Historically, Nashua was a hub for the trolley system in New Hampshire. Trolleys could be taken south to Boston, as well as north into Manchester and to locations as far east as Hampton, New Hampshire. The trolley also connected different areas of the city, with the Nashua line ending at the city dance hall. The trolley system decreased in popularity in the 20th century, finally closing in 1932.

Future railroad

Efforts are being made to extend the MBTA Commuter Rail's Lowell Line from Lowell to Manchester, stopping at Nashua along the way. The state legislature created the New Hampshire Rail Transit Authority (NHRTA) in 2007 with the goal of overseeing the development of commuter rail in the state. The proposed line would connect Lowell, Massachusetts, to Bedford, New Hampshire, with the end station being near the Manchester–Boston Regional Airport. As of November, 2022, an ongoing study by AECOM and the State of New Hampshire for design and financing is due to be completed by early 2023, and the project is awaiting federal funding. Nashua is proposed to have two station stops on the line, South Nashua, which would be located behind the Pheasant Lane Mall just north of the state line, and Nashua, which would be located in a rail yard near Crown Street in downtown Nashua and would utilize the existing Crown Street park-and-ride lot.

Separately on October 11, 2017 the Nashua Board of Aldermen signed a memorandum of understanding with the now bankrupt Boston Surface Railroad Company for the creation of a rail line.

Firefighting

The fire department of Nashua, Nashua Fire, has 176 full-time members and is responsible for 31.9 square miles (83 km), protecting a population of 91,322. In the city, there are six stations. There is one fire chief, one assistant chief, and four deputy chiefs. The department has six engines, three ladder trucks, one haz-mat/rescue truck (known as Special Hazards 1), two brush trucks, two spare engines, and one spare ladder truck. Nashua uses a private ambulance service, American Medical Response. The department has five fire commissioners. The commission has overall responsibility for the policy decisions, promotions, discipline, hiring and terminations. The fire chief reports directly to the commission. Their responsibility is to also work with fire administration with planning and prioritizing the department budget.

Health care

There are two hospitals in Nashua, St. Joseph Hospital and Southern New Hampshire Health System.

Notable people

Main article: List of people from Nashua, New Hampshire

In popular culture

An episode of MTV's MADE was filmed in 2004 at Nashua High School North.

Russian dressing was created in Nashua by James E. Colburn, likely in the 1910s.

In the American version of The Office, a branch of the fictional paper company Dunder Mifflin is located in Nashua and features in several episodes.

Sister city

See also

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