Incorporated: 1727
Population: 8,601
County Name: Rockingham
(county map)
Town Contact:
Town of Newmarket
186 Main Street
Newmarket, NH 03857

Phone: 603-659-3617
Fax: 603-659-8508
Website: newmarketnh.gov

Origin:
Newmarket is one of six towns granted by Massachusetts in the last year of the reign of King George I. It started as a parish of Exeter, and was granted full town privileges by the Legislature in 1737. It was probably named for Newmarket in County Suffolk, England. The Lamprey River, running through the town, was named for John Lamprey, whose name was Saxon for a woodland enclosure where peace is to be found. For a while, the town was called Lampreyville. Newmarket was a center of the New England shipping trade with the West Indies.

More about Newmarket:
The town of Newmarket continues to retain its character as a scenic mill town along the banks of the Lamprey River and Great Bay.

The river, winding through the town, plays a special yet changing role in the town's life. Formerly serving as a major water transportation link connecting the inland regions with Portsmouth harbor and the Atlantic Ocean, the Lamprey is now appreciated as a significant recreational asset to the region with its opportunities for fishing, boating and access to the larger Great Bay tidal basin area.