Manchester is the largest city in the U.S. state of New Hampshire,
the tenth largest city in New England, and the largest city in northern New
England, an area comprising the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. It
was first named by the merchant and inventor Samuel Blodget (after whom the Samuel Blodget Park in Manchester
North is named). Blodget's vision was to create a great industrial center
similar to that of Manchester in England, which was the world's first
industrialized city. It is in Hillsborough County along the banks of the
Merrimack River,
