Facts About NH in NH

How Many Area Codes Does New Hampshire Have? New Hampshire has only had a single area code for many years. Even after the technology boom, New Hampshire remains one of the only states to still have a single area code, the area code is 603.       Read more...

What’s the 2 Letter Abbreviation for New Hampshire? The 2 letter mailing code, or abbreviation for New Hampshire is quite simple. It is made up of the first letter of each of the two words that make up the name for the state of New Hampshire “NH” – N is for “New and “H” is for Hampshire. So “NH” is Read more...

Solar Eclipse 2017 in New Hampshire Solar eclipse info and photos from the 2017 solar eclipse in NH. Photos of the 2017 solar eclipse taken in Barnstead New Hampshire. The 2017 Solar Eclipse in New Hampshire peaked on Monday August 21, 2017 at approximately 2:45pm. It was a hot, humid summer afternoon with hazy skies and light winds. Visibility wasn’t Read more...

McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center (Formally The Christa McAuliffe Planetarium) McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center is open Monday through Thursday from 10am-5pm, Friday from 10am-9pm and weekends from 10am-5pm. This planetarium is dedicated to Christa McAuliffe who was a NH teacher and astronaut and Alan Shepard. They have many exhibits including the Planetarium Theater which seats 103 people and uses state-of-the-art technology to produce Read more...

Mary Baker Eddy was born Mary Morse Baker on a farm in Bow, NH on 07/16/1821. Mary was the youngest of six children. Her parents, Mark and Abigail Baker, were very religious and instilled religion on their children.  Mary was always a devoted Bible reader. The Baker family moved to Sanbornton NH in a part of the town that was since Read more...

The following are famous people who were either born or raised in the state of NH. President Franklin Pierce President Franklin Pierce was born in Hillsboro, New Hampshire on 11/23/1804.  Pierce was the 14th president serving from 1853-1857.   Matt Bonner Matt Bonner was born 04/05/1980 in Concord NH. He is a basketball player currently playing with the San Antonio Read more...

The Life and Death of Goody Cole Goody Cole was New Hampshire’s only convicted witch. But her early life is a bit of as much as mystery as the years after her death. Goody Cole is not her real name but that is the name she went by. She may have been born Doughty or Doughtie. Her first name is Read more...