Etna, New Hampshire

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Etna, originally named "Mill Village", is a small community within the town of Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. It is located in southwestern Grafton County, approximately {{Convert|3|mi|km}} east of Hanover's downtown and {{Convert|2.5|mi|km|abbr=on}} south of the village of Hanover Center, on Mink Brook. Etna has a separate ZIP code 03750 from the rest of Hanover, as well as its own fire station, general store, ball field, playground, church, and library with adjacent conserved land and bird sanctuary. The population within Etna's ZIP Code area was 870 at the 2010 census.{{cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/SF1DP1/8600000US03750| title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (DP-1), ZCTA5 03750| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American FactFinder| access-date=October 22, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213112619/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/SF1DP1/8600000US03750| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}

Commerce revolves around the Etna General Store and the Etna Post Office. The Appalachian Trail passes roughly one mile north of the village before it turns northeastward to cross Moose Mountain on its way to Lyme. Etna can be accessed from NH Rt. 120 via Greensboro Road or Great Hollow Road (Etna Road, north of the Lebanon exit (number 18) from Interstate 89), or from Hanover via Trescott Road (E. Wheelock Street).

Etna was the site of the 2001 Dartmouth College murders, as professors Half and Susanne Zantop were killed in their home.

Etna General Store

The store, sometimes referred to by locals as simply the Etna General, is the main retail business located in the area. Nearby one can often see a small blue-and-white yard sign that says "Welcome to Metropolitan Downtown Etna." The Etna Post Office was formerly located adjacent to the General Store, but it moved west across Mink Brook in the early 2000s.{{Citation needed|date=October 2018}} The store was planning a renovation in 2017, and is built on the site of the original Etna General Store which burned down in 1921.Camerato, Tim. [https://www.vnews.com/Owner-Requesting-New-Building-for-Etna-General-Store-9999193 "Etna Store Looks to Expand"], Valley News, May 16, 2017. Accessed October 20, 2018.

Notable people

  • Wyatt Allen (b. 1979) Olympic gold medalist, rowing{{Citation needed|date=November 2018}}
  • Barbara Bedford (b. 1972), Olympic gold medalist, swimming{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}
  • John G. Kemeny (1926–1992), mathematician and computer scientist, president of Dartmouth College Faison, Seth (1992-12-27). "John Kemeny, 66, Computer Pioneer and Educator (obituary)". The New York Times. Retrieved February 2, 2008.
  • C. Everett Koop (1916–2013), 13th U.S. Surgeon General
  • Robert W. McCollum (1925–2010), virologist; made important discoveries regarding polio and hepatitisHevesi, Dennis. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/education/26mccollum.html "Robert W. McCollum, Dean of Dartmouth Medical School, Dies at 85"], The New York Times, September 25, 2010. Accessed September 26, 2010.
  • Robert Morris (1932–2011), cryptographer, computer scientist
  • Jodi Picoult (b. 1966), author (My Sister's Keeper, The Pact, and Nineteen Minutes)
  • Mary Roach (b. 1959), non-fiction author

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