Peterborough, New Hampshire

E194232
municipality town

Peterborough, New Hampshire is a small New England town known for its historic charm, cultural institutions like the MacDowell artist residency, and its role as a model for the fictional town in "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Peterborough, New Hampshire canonical 5
Garfield House (Peterborough, New Hampshire) 1
South Peterborough 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
areaCode 603 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Hillsborough County, New Hampshire ⓘ
governmentType New England town meeting ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution MacDowell ⓘ
Mariposa Museum and History Center ⓘ
surface form: Mariposa Museum and World Culture Center

Peterborough Players ⓘ
Peterborough Town Library ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity arts and culture ⓘ
retail and services ⓘ
small-scale manufacturing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution ConVal Regional High School ⓘ
The Well School ⓘ
Trinity Christian School ⓘ
hasEvent Children and the Arts Festival ⓘ
MacDowell Medal Day ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Peterborough Downtown Historic District ⓘ
hasHistoricSite All Saints' Church (Peterborough, New Hampshire) ⓘ
Peterborough, New Hampshire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Garfield House (Peterborough, New Hampshire)

MacDowell Colony Historic District ⓘ
Peterborough Town House ⓘ
hasLibrary Peterborough Town Library ⓘ
hasMajorRoute New Hampshire Route 101 ⓘ
New Hampshire Route 123 ⓘ
New Hampshire Route 136 ⓘ
U.S. Route 202 ⓘ
hasRiver Contoocook River ⓘ
Nubanusit Brook ⓘ
hasVillage East Peterborough ⓘ
North Peterborough ⓘ
Peterborough, New Hampshire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: South Peterborough

West Peterborough ⓘ
incorporatedInYear 1760 ⓘ
inspiredAuthor Thornton Wilder ⓘ
inspiredWork Our Town ⓘ
knownFor MacDowell artist residency ⓘ
being a model for the fictional town in "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder ⓘ
historic charm ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
namedAfter Peterborough, Scotland ⓘ
nearMountain Mount Monadnock ⓘ
partOf Monadnock Region ⓘ
postalCode 03458 ⓘ
region New England ⓘ
settledInYear 1739 ⓘ
state New Hampshire ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hillsborough County, New Hampshire → containsSettlement → Peterborough, New Hampshire ⓘ
Contoocook River → hasCityOnRiver → Peterborough, New Hampshire ⓘ
Cheshire County, New Hampshire → hasTown → Peterborough, New Hampshire ⓘ
Peterborough, New Hampshire → hasVillage → Peterborough, New Hampshire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Peterborough
Peterborough, New Hampshire → hasHistoricSite → Peterborough, New Hampshire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Garfield House (Peterborough, New Hampshire)
New Hampshire Route 101 → passesThroughTown → Peterborough, New Hampshire ⓘ
Dublin, New Hampshire → borders → Peterborough, New Hampshire ⓘ