South Hooksett

Geography

South Hooksett is located in the southern part of the town of Hooksett (and the southernmost part of Merrimack County). It is bordered to the west and south by the city of Manchester in Hillsborough County, to the east by the town of Auburn in Rockingham County, and to the north by Legends Road, Hooksett Road (U.S. Route 3), Londonderry Turnpike (New Hampshire Route 28 Bypass), a line north of Whitehall Road (New Hampshire Route 27), and Farmer Road. The Hooksett portion of the campus of Southern New Hampshire University is within the CDP. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.12%, are water. The Merrimack River runs just outside the northwestern boundary of the CDP, and the northern half of the CDP is drained by Dalton Brook and Messer Brook, westward-flowing tributaries of the Merrimack. The southwestern corner of the CDP drains south to Dorrs Pond in Manchester, while the southeastern part is drained by Neal Brook, a southward-flowing tributary of Massabesic Lake. The entire CDP is part of the Merrimack River watershed.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  9,587
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,330
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  7,975
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  7,615
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  6,885
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,779
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,598
• Downy Woodpecker

  Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  6,313

Most recent

• M 3.8 — 2025-01-27
  9 km SE of York Harbor, Maine
• M 2.7 — 2023-12-23
  5 km SW of Chichester, New Hampshire
• M 2.9 — 2023-04-25
  4 km SW of Center Sandwich, New Hampshire
• M 2.7 — 2018-02-15
  0 km SE of East Kingston, New Hampshire
• M 2.8 — 2016-03-21
  4 km ESE of Warner, New Hampshire
• M 2.61 — 2013-10-11
  New Hampshire