Durham, New Hampshire

About Durham

Durham is a small unincorporated community in eastern New Hampshire.

Durham holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 3.02 square miles.

📰 Durham News Today

• Shelter in place issued after registered sex offender shoots fireworks at NH police NBC Boston · Aug 10
• Shelter-in-place lifted after police incident on Denbow Road in Durham WMUR · Aug 10
• Durham sex offender allegedly shoots fireworks at police before arrest Foster's Daily Democrat · Aug 10
• Working Forest Protected on Durham Point in Great Bay Watershed The Nature Conservancy · Jun 17
• Lawsuit challenges repeal of student IDs for voting in NH New Hampshire Public Radio · Aug 12

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Durham Unique

• One of 7 places in the US named Durham — but the New Hampshire one has a character all its own.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in eastern New Hampshire, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 7 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Durham

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Durham

• Clark's American Bistro — sandwich
• Dante's Bistro, Bar and Grill — italian
• Durham House of Pizza — pizza
• Golick's Dairy Bar — ice cream
• JP's Grill — american
• Pizza Spinners — pizza
• Rise + Grind — coffee shop (café)
• Sushi ToGo — sushi
• Thai Smile 2 — thai
• The Freedom Café — sandwich (café)

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Mast Way Trails · Attraction
• Maud Jones Memorial Forest Trail (.8 mi) · Attraction
• Wagon · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Durham

• Newhall Conservation Land · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Bellamy River Wetlands Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Bolstridge Forest · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Bunker Creek Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Chestnut Way Open Space · Nature reserve reviews ★
• College Woods · Nature reserve reviews ★
• College Woods Natural Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Comte Easement · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Crommet Creek Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Dame Forest · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Demerritt Park reviews ★
• Durham Point Sedge Meadow · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Durham

• Barrington Elementary School
• Mast Way School
• Moharimet School
• Oyster River High School
• Oyster River Middle School
• Oyster River Preschool Education Program

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Durham

🏘️ Nearby Communities