What is the capital of New Hampshire?

The capital of New Hampshire is Concord.

Concord sits near the center of the state on the Merrimack River, a location that helped it become an important transportation and government hub. The area was first settled by Europeans in 1659, and the community was incorporated as Rumford in 1734.

Governor Benning Wentworth renamed it Concord in 1765 after a boundary dispute with neighboring Bow was resolved. The name was chosen to represent harmony between the two communities. Concord became New Hampshire’s official seat of government in 1808, and the State House was completed in 1819.

A common mix-up is confusing Concord with Manchester or Nashua, which are larger New Hampshire cities but are not the capital. Concord is also known for its granite, used in both the New Hampshire State House and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.