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Suncook is a
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(CDP) in
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,
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, United States. The population was 5,501 at the 2020 census. Approximately two-thirds of Suncook is located in the town of Pembroke, with the remainder in Allenstown. The village of Suncook formed along the falls of the
Suncook River The Suncook River is a river located in central New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Merrimack River, which flows to the Gulf of Maine. Course The Suncook River begins at the outlet of Crystal Lake in the town of Gilma ...
, which drops in one-half mile (1 km) just before joining the
Merrimack River The Merrimack River (or Merrimac River, an occasional earlier spelling) is a river in the northeastern United States. It rises at the confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers in Franklin, New Hampshire, flows southward into M ...
. Much of the center of the village is occupied by 19th-century factory buildings which once used the river's energy for hydropower. The buildings have now largely been converted to other uses. Much of Suncook's late 19th-century commercial village center has been listed on the
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. Suncook was once home to the
Suncook Valley Railroad The Suncook Valley Railroad was a short-line railroad in the United States, originating in Suncook, New Hampshire, and terminating in Barnstead, New Hampshire. After a long period of operation by lessees, it was operated as an independent railro ...
, a
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company that operated northwest to
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and northeast to Barnstead. The railroad operated on former
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track that was sold to the company. The Suncook Valley Railroad went bankrupt in 1952 and all its track was torn up.


Geography

Suncook is located in the southern corner of the town of Pembroke and the western end of the town of Allenstown. The
Suncook River The Suncook River is a river located in central New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Merrimack River, which flows to the Gulf of Maine. Course The Suncook River begins at the outlet of Crystal Lake in the town of Gilma ...
runs through the center of the village and forms the boundary between the two towns. The CDP is bordered to the south by the town of
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and to the west by the
Merrimack River The Merrimack River (or Merrimac River, an occasional earlier spelling) is a river in the northeastern United States. It rises at the confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers in Franklin, New Hampshire, flows southward into M ...
, which forms the
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town line.
U.S. Route 3 U.S. Route 3 (US 3) is a United States Numbered Highway running from Cambridge, Massachusetts, through New Hampshire, to the Canada–United States border near Third Connecticut Lake, where it connects to Quebec Route 257. Massachu ...
runs through the east side of the CDP, leading northwest to
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, the capital of New Hampshire, and south to
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, the state's largest city.
New Hampshire Route 28 New Hampshire Route 28 is an north–south state highway in eastern New Hampshire. It connects the town of Ossipee, New Hampshire, Ossipee in east-central New Hampshire with Salem, New Hampshire, Salem on the Massachusetts border, while passing ...
leads south from Suncook with Route 3 but leads northeast up the Suncook River valley to
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. According to the
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, the Suncook CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 4.75%, are water.


Demographics

As of the census of 2010, the Suncook CDP had a population of 5,379, of whom 3,585 (66.6%) lived in the town of Pembroke and 1,794 (33.4%) lived in the town of Allenstown. There were 2,236 households and 1,375 families residing in the CDP. There were 2,408 housing units, of which 172, or 7.1%, were vacant. The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.9%
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, 0.9%
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, 0.4%
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, 0.9%
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n, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.4% some other race, and 1.6% from two or more races. 1.8% of the population were
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or Latino of any race. Of the 2,236 households in the CDP, 30.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.8% were headed by
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living together, 12.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.5% were non-families. 29.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38, and the average family size was 2.95. 22.9% of residents in the CDP were under the age of 18, 7.4% were from age 18 to 24, 28.7% were from 25 to 44, 28.2% were from 45 to 64, and 13.0% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.0 males. For the period 2011–15, the estimated median annual income for a household was $56,181, and the median income for a family was $78,814. Male full-time workers had a median income of $45,154 versus $43,118 for females. The
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for the CDP was $26,148. 10.7% of the population and 5.9% of families were below the poverty line, along with 10.6% of people under the age of 18 and 7.1% of people 65 or older.


See also

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1922 New England Textile Strike The New England Textile Strike was a strike action, strike led by members of the United Textile Workers of America (UTW) principally in the U.S. states of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. Throughout the duration of the strike, an e ...


References


Further reading

* Laurence Armand French. ''Frog Town: Portrait of a French Canadian Parish in New England'' (2004) about the St. Jean-Baptiste parish Suncook
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{{authority control Census-designated places in Merrimack County, New Hampshire Census-designated places in New Hampshire Allenstown, New Hampshire Pembroke, New Hampshire New Hampshire populated places on the Merrimack River New Hampshire placenames of Native American origin