Lancaster, New Hampshire

Lancaster, New Hampshire
Town
Main Street
Seal
Motto:  "The friendly town in the friendly state"
Location in Coös County, New Hampshire
Coordinates: 44°29′20″N 71°34′09″W / 44.48889°N 71.56917°W / 44.48889; -71.56917
Country	United States
State	New Hampshire
County	Coös
Incorporated	1763
Villages	Lancaster Coos Junction Grange South Lancaster
Government
• Select Board	Leon Rideout Shane Beattie Troy Merner
• Town Manager	Ben Gaetjens-Oleson
Area [1]
• Total	51.1 sq mi (132.3 km2)
• Land	50.0 sq mi (129.4 km2)
• Water	1.1 sq mi (2.9 km2)  2.19%
Elevation	863 ft (263 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	3,218
• Density	64/sq mi (24.9/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern)
ZIP code	03584
Area code	603
FIPS code	33-40420
GNIS feature ID	0873640
Website	www.lancasternh.org

Lancaster is a town located along the Connecticut River in Coös County, New Hampshire, United States. The town is named after the city of Lancaster in England. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 3,218,^[2] the second largest in the county after Berlin. It is the county seat of Coos County and gateway to the Great North Woods Region of the state. Lancaster, which includes the villages of Grange and South Lancaster, is home to Weeks State Park and the Lancaster Fair. Part of the White Mountain National Forest is in the eastern portion. The town is part of the Berlin, NH−VT Micropolitan Statistical Area.

The main village in town, where 1,941 people resided at the 2020 census, is defined as the Lancaster census-designated place (CDP) and is located at the junctions of U.S. Route 3 and U.S. Route 2, along the Israel River.

Lancaster is the site of the Porcupine Freedom Festival, an annual liberty-themed festival of the Free State Project that draws thousands of visitors each year.^[3][4]