Atkinson New Hampshire is a very popular Southern New Hampshire town.

I love driving through Atkinson along Rte 121, especially during the fall,  the road is embraced by trees and when the colors change…Wow is it ever pretty!  Atkinson is a just a pretty little New England town with a lot of character.

Atkinson’s location makes it very desirable for commuters.   Boston is an hour away, Maine 45 minutes northeast, 35 minutes east you’ll find fine ocean beaches or travel an hour or two north you’ll be in NH ski country.   Plus just a few minutes away is the town of  Plaistow,  which offers  many fine dining options and shopping.

Atkinson is located in Rockingham County and the community was originally named after Col. Theodore Atkinson, a landowner whose farm once covered a good portion of the town.  Atkinson contains 11.2 square miles of land area and 0.2 square miles of inland water area known as Big Island Pond.  The population, at the time of the 2007 census, was 6,572

Atkinson has some very nice  conservation trails and shares part of Big Island Pond a popular 500+/-acre lake with the towns of Hampstead and Derry NH.

Atkinson is also home to a little gem known as The Atkinson Resort & Country Club and a challenging 18 hole championship Golf Course all nestled in the charming countryside. In the wintertime residents use the golf course for cross county skiing.

Atkinson historically has had a strong re-sale value mainly due to its great location.

Pretty well everything is within easy reach including local town politics, which sad to say has amused many people.

There is an active and some say very negative blog that covers town politics called The Atkinson reporter.  I am a avid reader of The Atkinson Reporter and while that blog  can give you an insiders (some say slanted)  perspective on the local behind the scenes activity, I say please don’t let it taint you.  Atkinson from a real estate perspective has a lot of offer and it’s residents, many of which are proud to call Atkinson home, have a lot of community spirit.  One thing is for sure, if you get involved in town politics…you’ll never be bored.

There are currently 63 homes and condominiums on the market in Atkinson ranging in price from $186,000 to 1.4 million.

A look at the last 15 months of Atkinson real estate activity and the Atkinson absorption rate as of Dec 2008 will give you an idea what the real estate market is doing.  Please search our New Hampshire real estate blog for many articles related to the town of Atkinson.

If I didn’t live in Hampstead I would definitely love living in Atkinson … so if you’re considering a move to Atkinson give me a call I’d love to help you out.

NH Real Estate Professionals Jay and Monika McGillicuddy