Population: 14,535 (2006 OEP Estimate)

County: Rockingham

Form of Government: Board of Selectmen/Town Manager, SB2

Town Services:
Town Manager, Town Clerk, Finance & Accounting, Assessing, Police, Fire/EMS, Public Works (including Water & Sewer), Parks/Recreation, Welfare/Human Services, Library, Planning & Building

FY08 Town Budget:
General Fund: $15,372,159
Water Fund:$2,220,744
Sewer Fund:$1,660,355

Solid Waste/Recycling Contractor: Northside Carting, Inc.

Address: 10 Front Street, Exeter, NH 03833

Town Personnel:
Full-time: 110    
Part-Time: 20    
Call: 17

Exeter was founded in 1638 by the Reverend John Wheelwright.  The original deed is held by the Exeter Historical Society, 47 Front Street, Exeter and is signed with an 'X' by Wheelwright.

The elevation of Exeter is 125 feet.

The average temperature: 46.3 degrees farenheit.

Land (Square Miles): 19.8
Inland Water (Square Miles): .3
See the New Hampshire Office of Energy & Planning Exeter Profile here.

Road Statistics: (2006):
Miles maintained in 2006: 65
Pieces of major equipment & vehicles maintained: 97
Total inches of snow plowed 1/06-12/06: 54 inches 
Ice storms: 2
Snow storms: 9
10 contractor plow routes    8 plow routes handled by Town of Exeter
1,250 tons of salt used     500 tons of sand used

Water & Sewer System (2006):
Length of water line maintained: 43 miles
Length of sewer line maintained: 45 miles
Gallons water treated & pumped: 359,094,227
Gallons sewer treated & pumped: 848,900,000
Maximum gallons of water produced in one day: 1,646,675
Maximum gallons of sewer treated in one day: 4,700,000

Notables:
Sculptor Daniel Chester French, creator of the Minuteman statue at Lexington, Mass and the statue of Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, also locally designed the War Memorial at Gale Park, which represents "Mother Town" and "Soldier Son").

Henry A. Shute, Exeter's beloved humorist, wrote "The Real Diary of a Real Boy" and spent his entire life in Exeter. And, according to Mr. Shute, "Every man who hasn't a village or country boyhood to look back on has been cheated out of the best part of his life.")
 
Points of Interest:
The Downeaster train station, located on Lincoln Street; provides train service between Portland, Maine and Boston, Mass., after many years of laying dormant to passenger service. The first train station on Lincoln Street was built in 1860.

The Folsom Tavern, built around 1775 at the corner of Front and Water Streets, was recently moved to the front of the property, across from the entrance to the Parkway, providing additional parking. George Washington "was there" on November 4, 1789.

Founders Park, surrounding the Exeter Public Library at the falls of the Exeter River, was created to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the founding of Exeter.

Across the river from Swasey Parkway the Powder House (built in 1771) may be viewed. The first dramatic use of the Powder House was the result of a ride by Paul Revere (December, 1774) when he warned residents of Portsmouth that a British ship was leaving Boston to remove military stores & soldiers from Fort William & Mary (Portsmouth Harbor). A number of the 72 barrels of gunpowder liberated from the Fort by local residents were stored in the Powder House and may have been used at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Partial information from "Images of America-Exeter" by Carol Walker-Aten; also from "Exeter, New Hampshire 1888-1988" by Nancy Carnegie Merrill; Powder House Committee minutes.