Exeter, New Hampshire | |
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![]() Water Street in downtown Exeter | |
![]() Location in Rockingham County and the state of New Hampshire | |
Coordinates: 42°58′53″N 70°56′52″W / 42.98139°N 70.94778°W | |
Country | United States |
State | New Hampshire |
County | Rockingham |
Settled | April 3, 1638 |
Incorporated | 1638 |
Government | |
• Select Board | Niko Papakonstantis, Chair Molly Cowan Nancy Belanger Julie D. Gilman Daniel Chartrand |
• Town Manager | Russell Dean |
Area | |
• Total | 20.0 sq mi (51.7 km2) |
• Land | 19.6 sq mi (50.8 km2) |
• Water | 0.3 sq mi (0.9 km2) 1.80% |
Elevation | 33 ft (10 m) |
Population (2020)[2] | |
• Total | 16,049 |
• Density | 819/sq mi (316.1/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (Eastern) |
ZIP code | 03833 |
Area code | 603 |
FIPS code | 33-25380 |
GNIS feature ID | 0873595 |
Website | www |
Exeter is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. Its population was 16,049 at the 2020 census,[2] 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 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,[3] is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as the Exeter census-designated place.