Purgatory Brook
Purgatory Brook is a 5.8-mile-long tributary of the Souhegan River in southern New Hampshire. It rises in a marshy area on the border of Lyndeborough and Mont Vernon, and flows south over three small waterfalls, intersecting the Souhegan in Milford.Places of Interest
Highlights include Milford Town House and Library Annex and Milford High School and Applied Technology Center.
Milford Town House and Library Annex
Town hall
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The Milford Town House and Library Annex, now just the Milford Town Hall, is a historic municipal building occupying a prominent position facing the central oval in Milford, New Hampshire. Milford Town House and Library Annex is situated 2 miles southeast of Purgatory Brook.
Milford High School and Applied Technology Center
School
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Milford High School & Applied Technology Center is a grade 9-12 high school in the Milford School District located in Milford, New Hampshire. Milford High School and Applied Technology Center is situated 2 miles southeast of Purgatory Brook.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Milford and Amherst Village Historic District.
Milford
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Milford is a town in the Souhegan Valley area of Hillsborough County in southern New Hampshire, USA. Formerly home to several granite quarries and textile mills in the 19th century, the town is now the commercial and retail center for surrounding towns.
Amherst Village Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Amherst Village Historic District encompasses the historic village center of Amherst, New Hampshire. Centered on the town's common, which was established about 1755, Amherst Village is one of the best examples of a late-18th to early-19th century New England village center. Amherst Village Historic District is situated 2 miles northeast of Purgatory Brook.
Wilton
Town
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Wilton is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,896 at the 2020 census. Like many small New England towns, it grew up around water-powered textile mills, but is now a rural bedroom community with some manufacturing and service employment. Wilton is situated 2½ miles west of Purgatory Brook.
Purgatory Brook
- Type: Stream
- Description: tributary of the Souhegan River in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, New England, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Purgatory Brook” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Purgatory Brook”
- Cebuano: “Purgatory Brook”
- Venetian: “Purgatory Brook”
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