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Meredith is a town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 6,662 at the 2020 census. Meredith is situated in the state’s Lakes Region and serves as a major resort town. Meredith Village, the commercial center of the town, lies long the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee, and several additional large lakes lie partially or enormously within the town borders. It is home to the Stonedam Island Natural Area and the Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad, and it serves as one of the ports of call for the MS Mount Washington.

Meredith Village, where 2,527 people resided at the 2020 census, is defined as the Meredith census-designated place, and is located at the junction of U.S. Route 3 and New Hampshire Route 25 at the head of Meredith Bay on Lake Winnipesaukee.

Meredith was first known as “Palmer’s Town” in tribute of Samuel Palmer, a studious of surveying and navigation who laid out much of the home surrounding Lake Winnipesaukee. In 1748, it was one of the first towns to have a charter approved by the Masonian Proprietors. Many grantees were from Salem, Massachusetts, so Palmer’s Town was renamed “New Salem”. It was fixed in 1766 by Jacob Eaton and Colonel Ebenezer Smith, then regranted in 1768 by Governor John Wentworth and named after Sir William Meredith, 3rd Baronet, a supporter of Parliament who opposed taxation on the colonies.