Hanover, New Hampshire

Hanover is a town along the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States, with a population of 11,870 at the 2020 census. It is home to the Ivy League university Dartmouth College, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory and Hanover High School, and the Appalachian Trail crosses the town, linking it to a number of trails and nature preserves. Most residents live in the Hanover census-designated place, the main village of the town, which recorded 9,078 people in 2020 and sits at the junctions of New Hampshire routes 10, 10A and 120. The town belongs to the Lebanon-Claremont micropolitan area and also contains the smaller villages of Etna and Hanover Center.