The first potato planted in the United States was sown in Derry in the town's common field in 1719. The town of Derry was formed in 1827 from the eastern portion of Londonderry and was named, like Londonderry, after the city of Derry in Ireland, the Irish word Doire meaning "oak grove". ![]() The area was first settled by Scots-Irish families in 1719 as part of the town of Londonderry, as were present-day Windham and portions of Manchester, Salem and Hudson. The town also includes the village of East Derry. ![]() The Derry census-designated place, with a 2020 population of 22,879, occupies the central part of the town, extending from Derry's downtown in the west to the town of Hampstead in the east. Derry was also for a time the home of the poet Robert Frost and his family. 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. Although it is a town and not a city, Derry is the most populous community in Rockingham County and the fourth most populous in the state. The population was 34,317 at the 2020 census. Derry is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.
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