Peterborough, New Hampshire

Peterborough, United States

Peterborough, New Hampshire holds 39 Bunkabop connections spanning 2245 places across 13 topics, with industry and music as the dominant threads. Its 19th-century industrial base included sawmills, paper mills, an iron foundry, and a carriage factory. The town established the first tax-supported free public library in the United States in 1833, which led New Hampshire to authorize similar libraries statewide. Music connections reach performers such as Suzanne Vega and Tom Paxton, and the MacDowell Colony has drawn composers including David Maslanka for residency fellowships.