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Living in Hanover, New Hampshire

Connecticut River town in the Upper Valley, home to Dartmouth College.

Aerial view of a New Hampshire river valley with a white church steeple and forested hills

Hanover overview

Hanover is a town in Grafton County on the Connecticut River at the Vermont border, incorporated in 1761. Dartmouth College, chartered in 1769, occupies the center of town around the Dartmouth Green.

The town extends well beyond the campus into forested uplands and river-valley farmland.

Homes and housing

In-town properties near the Green and Occom Pond, mid-century and contemporary construction on the hillsides, and rural acreage in Etna and the outlying districts.

Neighborhoods

The downtown and Dartmouth campus area, Occom Pond, the Etna village district and the Route 10 river corridor.

Lifestyle and recreation

The Appalachian Trail passes through town, along with the Hopkins Center for the Arts, the Hood Museum, Storrs Pond and extensive cross-country trail networks.

Location

On the Connecticut River at the Vermont border in the Upper Valley.

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