Master Plan Nashua Fire Rescue, NH
Section II. Community Profile and Risk Identification
NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nashua, New Hampshire, is located on the southern border of New Hampshire in Hillsboro County. The city
is 31.9 square miles and houses the second largest population in the state. The city was first settled in 1653
and was originally part of a 200 square mile area called Dunstable that included Nashua as well as ten other
towns in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
After the governors of the two states resolved a dispute over the border location in 1741, approximately half
of the land area remained in the State of New Hampshire and kept the name Dunstable. Dunstable was then
incorporated in 1743 and renamed Nashua in 1836. Nashua was again divided in 1842 when the parcels
located on the north side of the Nashua River were established and the community of Nashville and became
incorporated. In 1853, these two communities rejoined and were incorporated into the present-day City of
Nashua.
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