Find your place in New Hampshire
Browse the state's 234 cities and towns by regional planning commission. Select a numbered marker or region name to jump to its communities, then open a town guide for official local resources.
Explore NH by region
Nine regional planning commissions help communities plan for growth, land use, and local priorities. Choose a region to see its towns and cities.
1. North Country Council2. Lakes Region Planning Commission3. Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission4. Southwest Region Planning Commission5. Central NH Regional Planning Commission6. Southern NH Planning Commission7. Nashua Regional Planning Commission8. Rockingham Planning Commission9. Strafford Regional Planning Commission
Markers show example regional centers, not exact boundary lines. View New Hampshire's official planning-region map ↗
North Country Council
50 New Hampshire communities · Example center: Berlin
- AlbanyCarroll County
- BartlettCarroll County
- BathGrafton County
- BentonGrafton County
- BerlinCoos County
- BethlehemGrafton County
- CamptonGrafton County
- CarrollCoos County
- ChathamCarroll County
- ClarksvilleCoos County
- ColebrookCoos County
- ColumbiaCoos County
- ConwayCarroll County
- DaltonCoos County
- DummerCoos County
- EastonGrafton County
- EatonCarroll County
- EllsworthGrafton County
- ErrolCoos County
- FranconiaGrafton County
- GorhamCoos County
- GrotonGrafton County
- Hart's LocationCarroll County
- HaverhillGrafton County
- JacksonCarroll County
- JeffersonCoos County
- LancasterCoos County
- LandaffGrafton County
- LincolnGrafton County
- LisbonGrafton County
- LittletonGrafton County
- LymanGrafton County
- MadisonCarroll County
- MilanCoos County
- MonroeGrafton County
- NorthumberlandCoos County
- PittsburgCoos County
- RandolphCoos County
- RumneyGrafton County
- ShelburneCoos County
- StarkCoos County
- StewartstownCoos County
- StratfordCoos County
- Sugar HillGrafton County
- ThorntonGrafton County
- WarrenGrafton County
- Waterville ValleyGrafton County
- WentworthGrafton County
- WhitefieldCoos County
- WoodstockGrafton County
Lakes Region Planning Commission
31 New Hampshire communities · Example center: Laconia
- AlexandriaGrafton County
- AltonBelknap County
- AndoverMerrimack County
- AshlandGrafton County
- BarnsteadBelknap County
- BelmontBelknap County
- BridgewaterGrafton County
- BristolGrafton County
- Center HarborBelknap County
- DanburyMerrimack County
- EffinghamCarroll County
- FranklinMerrimack County
- FreedomCarroll County
- GilfordBelknap County
- GilmantonBelknap County
- HebronGrafton County
- HillMerrimack County
- HoldernessGrafton County
- LaconiaBelknap County
- MeredithBelknap County
- MoultonboroughCarroll County
- New HamptonBelknap County
- NorthfieldMerrimack County
- OssipeeCarroll County
- PlymouthGrafton County
- SanborntonBelknap County
- SandwichCarroll County
- TamworthCarroll County
- TiltonBelknap County
- TuftonboroCarroll County
- WolfeboroCarroll County
Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission
27 New Hampshire communities · Example center: Lebanon
- AcworthSullivan County
- CanaanGrafton County
- CharlestownSullivan County
- ClaremontSullivan County
- CornishSullivan County
- CroydonSullivan County
- DorchesterGrafton County
- EnfieldGrafton County
- GoshenSullivan County
- GraftonGrafton County
- GranthamSullivan County
- HanoverGrafton County
- LebanonGrafton County
- LempsterSullivan County
- LymeGrafton County
- New LondonMerrimack County
- NewburyMerrimack County
- NewportSullivan County
- OrangeGrafton County
- OrfordGrafton County
- PiermontGrafton County
- PlainfieldSullivan County
- SpringfieldSullivan County
- SunapeeSullivan County
- UnitySullivan County
- WashingtonSullivan County
- WilmotMerrimack County
Southwest Region Planning Commission
34 New Hampshire communities · Example center: Keene
- AlsteadCheshire County
- AntrimHillsborough County
- BenningtonHillsborough County
- ChesterfieldCheshire County
- DublinCheshire County
- FitzwilliamCheshire County
- GilsumCheshire County
- GreenfieldHillsborough County
- GreenvilleHillsborough County
- HancockHillsborough County
- HarrisvilleCheshire County
- HinsdaleCheshire County
- JaffreyCheshire County
- KeeneCheshire County
- LangdonSullivan County
- MarlboroughCheshire County
- MarlowCheshire County
- NelsonCheshire County
- New IpswichHillsborough County
- PeterboroughHillsborough County
- RichmondCheshire County
- RindgeCheshire County
- RoxburyCheshire County
- SharonHillsborough County
- StoddardCheshire County
- SullivanCheshire County
- SurryCheshire County
- SwanzeyCheshire County
- TempleHillsborough County
- TroyCheshire County
- WalpoleCheshire County
- WestmorelandCheshire County
- WinchesterCheshire County
- WindsorHillsborough County
Central NH Regional Planning Commission
20 New Hampshire communities · Example center: Concord
- AllenstownMerrimack County
- BoscawenMerrimack County
- BowMerrimack County
- BradfordMerrimack County
- CanterburyMerrimack County
- ChichesterMerrimack County
- ConcordMerrimack County
- DeeringHillsborough County
- DunbartonMerrimack County
- EpsomMerrimack County
- HennikerMerrimack County
- HillsboroughHillsborough County
- HopkintonMerrimack County
- LoudonMerrimack County
- PembrokeMerrimack County
- PittsfieldMerrimack County
- SalisburyMerrimack County
- SuttonMerrimack County
- WarnerMerrimack County
- WebsterMerrimack County
Southern NH Planning Commission
14 New Hampshire communities · Example center: Manchester
- AuburnRockingham County
- BedfordHillsborough County
- CandiaRockingham County
- ChesterRockingham County
- DeerfieldRockingham County
- DerryRockingham County
- FrancestownHillsborough County
- GoffstownHillsborough County
- HooksettMerrimack County
- LondonderryRockingham County
- ManchesterHillsborough County
- New BostonHillsborough County
- WeareHillsborough County
- WindhamRockingham County
Nashua Regional Planning Commission
13 New Hampshire communities · Example center: Nashua
- AmherstHillsborough County
- BrooklineHillsborough County
- HollisHillsborough County
- HudsonHillsborough County
- LitchfieldHillsborough County
- LyndeboroughHillsborough County
- MasonHillsborough County
- MerrimackHillsborough County
- MilfordHillsborough County
- Mont VernonHillsborough County
- NashuaHillsborough County
- PelhamHillsborough County
- WiltonHillsborough County
Rockingham Planning Commission
27 New Hampshire communities · Example center: Exeter
- AtkinsonRockingham County
- BrentwoodRockingham County
- DanvilleRockingham County
- East KingstonRockingham County
- EppingRockingham County
- ExeterRockingham County
- FremontRockingham County
- GreenlandRockingham County
- HampsteadRockingham County
- HamptonRockingham County
- Hampton FallsRockingham County
- KensingtonRockingham County
- KingstonRockingham County
- New CastleRockingham County
- NewfieldsRockingham County
- NewingtonRockingham County
- NewtonRockingham County
- North HamptonRockingham County
- PlaistowRockingham County
- PortsmouthRockingham County
- RaymondRockingham County
- RyeRockingham County
- SalemRockingham County
- SandownRockingham County
- SeabrookRockingham County
- South HamptonRockingham County
- StrathamRockingham County
Strafford Regional Planning Commission
18 New Hampshire communities · Example center: Dover
- BarringtonStrafford County
- BrookfieldCarroll County
- DoverStrafford County
- DurhamStrafford County
- FarmingtonStrafford County
- LeeStrafford County
- MadburyStrafford County
- MiddletonStrafford County
- MiltonStrafford County
- New DurhamStrafford County
- NewmarketRockingham County
- NorthwoodRockingham County
- NottinghamRockingham County
- RochesterStrafford County
- RollinsfordStrafford County
- SomersworthStrafford County
- StraffordStrafford County
- WakefieldCarroll County
Municipal names, counties, and planning regions: New Hampshire Office of Planning and Development.