West Lebanon, New Hampshire

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Coordinates: 43°38′57″N 72°18′37″W / 43.64917°N 72.31028°W / 43.64917; -72.31028
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West Lebanon, New Hampshire
ZIP code
03784
Area code603
GNIS feature ID870780[1]

West Lebanon is an area within the city of

91. It also hosts the Lebanon Municipal Airport, a number of small software and tech businesses, and a regional daily newspaper, the Valley News. The village serves as a bedroom community for nearby Dartmouth College
.

West Lebanon was the site of Lebanon's first settlement in 1761. The village later developed into a regional hub for rail transport, although at that time it was better known to travelers as Westboro. By the 1950s, however, the rail industry had shrunk significantly. The rail service through West Lebanon was eventually terminated, and the village of White River Junction, Vermont, across the Connecticut River, took over most of the remaining services.

Today commerce has replaced transportation as the basis of the economy, and West Lebanon serves as the commercial hub[

U.S. micropolitan area (the Lebanon–Claremont micropolitan area) of over 220,000 people.[3]

References

  1. ^ "West Lebanon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "DP1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: ZCTA5 03784". U.S. Census Bureau 2020 Decennial Census. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  3. ^ "DP1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: Lebanon, NH-VT Micro Area". U.S. Census Bureau 2020 Decennial Census. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
West Lebanon in 1889
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