Warner is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,937 at the 2020 census.

Warner developed into a prosperous farming community which produced meats, dairy goods, vegetables, hay and apples. The Warner River and its tributaries provided water power for mills, which in 1832 included twelve sawmills, six gristmills, a paper mill and two clothing factories. By 1858, there was also a cabinet manufacturer and bottle manufacturer. In 1885, industries included a bedstead factory, chain factory, woolen cloth factory, iron foundry, tannery, and glove manufacturer. On September 9, 1821, the town was hit by a tornado. It leveled houses and forests in a swath of destruction beginning west of Lake Sunapee, through New London and Sutton, over the southwest spur of Mount Kearsarge and ending at the Webster line. The storm killed four people in Warner, seriously injured others and destroyed considerable property.

Each October, on Columbus Day weekend, Warner hosts the annual Fall Foliage Festival, attracting thousands of people from all over New England and beyond.

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File:Pillsbury Free Library, Warner, NH.jpg|Pillsbury Free Library

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File:Boston & Maine Railroad Depot, Warner, NH.jpg|Boston & Maine Railroad depot in 1909

File:Old Mill, Warner, NH.jpg|Old Mill in 1907

File:LowerWarner.jpg|Lower Warner Meetinghouse

File:WaterlooHD.jpg|Waterloo Historic District

File:Warner River October 2007 New Hampshire.jpg|Warner River

File:Waterloo Covered Bridge over Warner River in Warner, New Hampshire.jpg|Waterloo Covered Bridge

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Geography

The town is in central New Hampshire, in the western part of Merrimack County. It is by road northwest of Concord, the state capital, and southeast of the Vermont border at West Lebanon.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town of Warner has a total area of , of which are land and are water, comprising 0.45% of the town.

As of the census of 2010, there were 2,833 people, 1,116 households, and 752 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 1,228 housing units at an average density of 24.4 per square mile (8.5/km). The racial makeup of the town was 97.9% White, 0.4% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.3% some other race, and 0.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.8% of the population.

There were 1,116 households, out of which 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.1% were headed by married couples living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.6% were non-families. 29.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.8% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44, and the average family size was 2.92.

The Warner Area Farmers' Market, held on Saturday mornings on Main Street, serves as a community gathering place.

Government

In the New Hampshire Senate, Warner is in the 15th District. On the New Hampshire Executive Council, Warner is in the 2nd District. In the United States House of Representatives, Warner is in New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district.

thumb|right|250px|[[Covered bridge in Warner]]

Sites of interest

  • New Hampshire Telephone Museum
  • Dalton Covered Bridge
  • Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum
  • The Little Nature Museum
  • Rollins State Park
  • Warner Historical Society & Museum
  • Kearsarge Mountain Community-Supported Agriculture
  • Waterloo Covered Bridge

Notable people

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  • Caroline Gardner Bartlett (1868–1938), music educator, relief worker in World War I
  • Adelaide George Bennett (1848–1911), poet, botanist
  • David Carroll (born 1942), naturalist, author, MacArthur Foundation Fellow
  • Rebecca Carroll (born 1969), author, editor, radio producer at WNYC Studios
  • H. Maria George Colby (1844–1910), author, fashion editor
  • William C. Dowling (born 1944), scholar, author, Guggenheim Fellow
  • David Elliott (born 1947), children's author
  • Gordon Enoch Gates (1897–1987), zoologist, Guggenheim Fellow
  • Henry Gilmore (1832–1891), businessman, state senator for Massachusetts
  • Walter Harriman (1817–1884), 31st governor of New Hampshire
  • Amanda Bartlett Harris (1824–1917), author, literary critic
  • Maxine Kumin (1925–2014), poet
  • Nehemiah G. Ordway (1828–1907), seventh governor of Dakota Territory
  • Jacob Osgood (1777–1844), leader of sectarian religious group
  • Charles Alfred Pillsbury (1842–1899), businessman, co-founder of the Pillsbury Company
  • John Sargent Pillsbury (1827–1901), businessman, eighth governor of Minnesota
  • Charles Stuart Pratt (1854–1921), editor, writer
  • Eliza Anna Farman Pratt (1837–1907), editor, writer
  • Nellie George Stearns (1855–1936), artist, art teacher

References

  • Pillsbury Free Library
  • Warner Fall Foliage Festival
  • New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile