Exeter is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. Its population was 16,049 at the 2020 census, up from 14,306 at the 2010 census. Exeter was the county seat until 1997, when county offices were moved to neighboring Brentwood. Home to Phillips Exeter Academy, a private university-preparatory boarding school, Exeter is situated where the Exeter River becomes the tidal Squamscott River.
Northeast
Exeter
Rockingham County, NH
Population
16,004
Walk Score
85 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$1,470
Median home value
$399,100
Settled
1638
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Exeter Waterfront Commercial Historic District
- Exeter Waterfront Commercial Historic District · listed 1980
- Exeter Waterfront Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 1986
- Front Street Historic District · listed 1973
Notable landmarks
- Dudley House · listed 1971
- First Church · listed 1971
- Gilman Garrison House · listed 1976
- Gilman, Maj. John, House · listed 1988
- Ladd-Gilman House · listed 1974
- Moses-Kent House · listed 1985
- Sewall, Edward, Garrison · listed 1980
- Tenney, Samuel, House · listed 1980
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