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Exeter

A town of 16,151 people in Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Town in New Hampshire, United States
1638Established
16,049Population
20 sq miArea
33 ftElevation

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. The urban center of town, where 10,109 people resided at the 2020 census, is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as the Exeter census-designated place.

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ZIP code03833
Area code603

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