Goffstown, New Hampshire is a smaller township found straight west of Manchester, New Hampshire which has a populace of 17,600 individuals. It is home to St. Anselm’s College in addition to New Hampshire State Prison for women that is operated by the New Hampshire Department of Corrections.
The city is found in the eastern part of Hillsborough County in New Hampshire and sits sixteen miles south of Concord, New Hampshire, the state capitol. The town offers a total region of 37.5 sq miles of land. The village of Grasmere is situated in the eastern a part of town and Pinardville is located in the southeast corner of the town. The Uncanoonuc Mountains are twin peaks in Goffstown and the highest point possesses an elevation of 1,324 ft above sea level. It lies inside the Merrimack River watershed. You’ll find about 6,000 households out of which 35.3% had children younger than eighteen residing with them. The typical household size is 2.64 as well as the mean family size was 3.07. Goffstown possesses a four season climate having snowy winters and warm summer months, spring and autumn are crisp brief transitions.
It is governed by a five member Board of Selectmen chosen in the March general election to provide a three year time period.
The town is part of School Administrative Unit 19, (SAU 19), also serving, Dunbarton and New Boston. Schools feature a kindergarten, 2 elementary schools, 1 middle school , and one high school serving Goffstown, New Boston and Dumbarton students. Villa Augustina School is an independent Catholic school founded in Goffstown in 1918. The school serves children in pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade.
Saint Anselm College is Benedictine, Catholic Liberal Arts College in Goffstown. The college has received significant national media attention in recent years ranging from several national presidential debates to its stringent anti grade inflation policy. Founded in 1889, the college has approximately 2000 undergraduate students who are very involved in the town through community service; the college also serves as a large part of the local economy as it employs many residents and students patronize local businesses, bars, and stores. The New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College brings hundreds of dignitaries and politicians to the city annually, most notably for the New Hampshire primary presidential debates, which have been presented at the college since 2004. The Saint Anselm College and Saint Anselm Abbey have been a substantial presence in the town.
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