{{Short description|Unincorporated community in New Hampshire, United States}} {{redirect|Penacook|the Indigenous peoples|Pennacook}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Penacook, New Hampshire |settlement_type = Village |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline = Village Street Penacook NH June 2020.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Village Street in center of Penacook |image_flag = |image_seal = |pushpin_map = New Hampshire#USA |pushpin_label = Penacook |pushpin_label_position = left <!-- Location --> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = New Hampshire |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Merrimack |subdivision_type3 = City |subdivision_name3 = Concord <!-- Government --> |established_title = |established_date = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = <!-- Area --> |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = <!-- Population --> |population_as_of = 2010 |population_footnotes = |population_total = 1,273 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.point2homes.com/US/Neighborhood/NH/Concord/Penacook-Demographics.html#:~:text=Penacook%20is%20an%20area%20in,people%20per%20household%20on%20average.|title = Penacook,&#91;#StateCode#&#93; Household Income, Population & Demographics &#124; Point2}}</ref> |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = <!-- General information --> |timezone = Eastern (EST) |utc_offset = −5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = −4 |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 335 |coordinates = {{coord|43|16|49|N|71|36|00|W|region:US-NH|display=it}} <!-- Area/postal codes and others --> |postal_code_type = ZIP Code |postal_code = 03303 |area_code = 603 |blank_name = GNIS feature ID |blank_info = 869059<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|869059}}</ref> |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |footnotes = }}

'''Penacook''', originally called "Fisherville",<ref name="ch">{{Cite book| url=http://www.onconcord.com/DocumentCenter/View/794| title=The History of Penacook, N. H., from Its First Settlement in 1734 up to 1900| last=Brown| first=David Arthur| chapter=Chapter 1. Its Location, Extent, and General Features| page=2| publisher=The Rumford Press| location=Concord, NH| date=1902| access-date=February 16, 2018}}</ref> is a village<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.concordnh.gov/index.aspx?NID=1104| title=Penacook Village| publisher=City of Concord, NH| access-date=February 16, 2018}}</ref> within the city of Concord in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. It lies along Concord's northern border with Boscawen. The name comes from the Pennacook tribe that lived in the area. "Penacook" (''Pennycook'') was the original name of the plantation incorporated by present-day Concord.<ref name="ch"/>

Penacook is located along a stretch of the Contoocook River that falls {{convert|100|ft}} in slightly over {{convert|1|mi}}, just before joining the Merrimack River. Early hydro-powered industry was attracted to the site, and Penacook grew as a mill town. While dams on the river still generate electricity,<ref>{{cite web|title=Designated Rivers - Contoocook & North Branch Mgmt. Plan|url=http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/wmb/rivers/documents/ctc-plan.pdf |publisher=New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services|access-date=5 August 2015}}</ref> most of the 19th- and 20th-century factories, such as Allied Leather, have long since closed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tannery Redevelopment|url=http://www.penacook.org/pressReleaseTannery1212.html |publisher=Penacook.org}}</ref> Penacook has its own phone exchange (753), which includes a portion of Boscawen, and its own ZIP Code (03303), shared with Boscawen, Webster, and parts of northern Concord east of the Merrimack River. Most of Penacook is located in the Merrimack Valley School District, though part is in the Concord School District.

==Notable person== <!-- Note: · Only people who already have a Wikipedia article may appear here. This establishes notability. · The article must mention how they are associated with Penacook, whether born, raised, or residing. · The fact of their association should have a reliable source cited. · Alphabetical by last name please. · All others will be deleted. --> *Red Rolfe, third baseman for New York Yankees and Dartmouth College athletic director<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1964&dat=19690709&id=b6M1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=e7UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3538,1912398 Ex-Yankee Red Rolfe succumbs]{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>

==Gallery== <gallery mode=packed heights=130px> Village Street from Exchange Block, Penacook, NH.jpg|Village Street in 1911 Penacook, N.H. (2675830552).jpg|Print of Penacook by L. R. Burleigh with listings of landmarks </gallery>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.penacook.org Penacook Village Association] * [http://www.penacookhistoricalsociety.org/ Penacook Historical Society]

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