Derry, New Hampshire

Derry, New Hampshire
Town
The Adams Memorial Building, home of the Derry Opera House
Seal
Nickname:  "Spacetown"
Location in Rockingham County, New Hampshire
Coordinates: 42°52′50″N 71°19′38″W / 42.88056°N 71.32722°W / 42.88056; -71.32722
Country	United States
State	New Hampshire
County	Rockingham
Incorporated	1827
Villages	Derry East Derry
Government
• Town Council	Members Erin Spencer Charles Foote Jim MacEachern Brian Chirichiello Jack Webb David Granese Douglas Flood
• Town Administrator	David Caron
Area [1]
• Total	36.3 sq mi (94.0 km2)
• Land	35.5 sq mi (91.9 km2)
• Water	0.8 sq mi (2.1 km2)  2.26%
Elevation	282 ft (86 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	34,317
• Density	967/sq mi (373.5/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern)
ZIP code	03038
Area code	603
FIPS code	33-17940
GNIS feature ID	0873578
Website	www.derrynh.org

Derry is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 34,317 at the 2020 census.^[2] Although it is a town and not a city, Derry is the most populous community in Rockingham County and the 4th most populous in the state. The town's nickname, "Spacetown", derives from the fact that Derry is the birthplace of Alan Shepard, the first astronaut from the United States in space.^[3] Derry was also for a time the home of the poet Robert Frost and his family.

The Derry census-designated place, with a 2020 population of 22,879, occupies the central part of the town, extending from Derry's downtown in the west to the town of Hampstead in the east. The town also includes the village of East Derry.