Berlin, New Hampshire
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City of Berlin | |
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City | |
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| Nickname(s): The City That Trees Built, Paper City, Hockey Town USA | |
 Location within New Hampshire | |
| Coordinates: 44°28′07″N 71°11′02″W / 44.46861°N 71.18389°WCoordinates: 44°28′07″N 71°11′02″W / 44.46861°N 71.18389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Hampshire |
| County | Coos |
| Town | 1829 |
| City | 1897 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Paul Grenier |
| • City Council | Russell Otis Lucie Remillard Dori Ducharme Denise Morgan Allain Peter Higbee Michael Rozek Roland Theberge Diana Nelson |
| Area | |
| • Total | 62.5 sq mi (162 km2) |
| • Land | 61.6 sq mi (160 km2) |
| • Water | 0.9 sq mi (2 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,020 ft (310 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 10,051 |
| • Density | 160/sq mi (62/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 03570 |
| Area code(s) | 603 |
| FIPS code | 33-05140 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0871491 |
| Website | www.berlinnh.gov |
Berlin is a city on the Androscoggin River in Coos County, New Hampshire. It was first settled in 1823-1824 by William Sessions and Cyrus Wheeler. It was Incorporated as a city in 1897 and ccording to the United States census of 2010, has a population of 10,051.
Notable people[change | change source]
- Gaston Allaire, music educator and composer in Canada
- Michael Durant, US Army Night Stalkers pilot, shot down and held prisoner after the Battle of Mogadishu[15]
- George Hawkins, the victim of a bad skin graft that led to the celebrated "Hairy Hand" case of Hawkins v. McGee[citation needed]
- James H. Horne, athletic director and coach at Indiana University
- Earl Silas Tupper (1907–1983), inventor of Tupperware
- Bob Whitcher, pitcher with the Boston Braves
