page_title: Derry, New Hampshire
hierarchical_section_title: Derry, New Hampshire
context_page_description: Derry is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 33,109 at the 2010 census, and an estimated 33,667 in 2018. Although it is a town and not a city, Derry is the fourth most populous community in the state. The town's nickname, "Spacetown", derives from the fact that Derry is the birthplace of Alan Shepard, the first astronaut from the United States in space. Derry was also for a time the home of the poet Robert Frost and his family.
  The Derry census-designated place, with a 2010 population of 22,015, occupies the central part of the town, extending from the primary settlement of Derry in the west, centered on the intersection of New Hampshire Routes 28 and 102, to the town of Hampstead in the east. The town also includes the village of East Derry.
context_section_description: Derry is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 33,109 at the 2010 census, and an estimated 33,667 in 2018. Although it is a town and not a city, Derry is the fourth most populous community in the state. The town's nickname, "Spacetown", derives from the fact that Derry is the birthplace of Alan Shepard, the first astronaut from the United States in space. Derry was also for a time the home of the poet Robert Frost and his family.
  The Derry census-designated place, with a 2010 population of 22,015, occupies the central part of the town, extending from the primary settlement of Derry in the west, centered on the intersection of New Hampshire Routes 28 and 102, to the town of Hampstead in the east. The town also includes the village of East Derry.
caption: Location in Rockingham County and the state of New Hampshire.