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Bridgewater is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,160 at the 2020 census. == History == The land comprising Bridgewater was originally part of a town known as "New Chester", which was separated into Bridgewater, Bristol, Hill, Danbury, and Wilmot. The town name was chosen because many of the settlers were from Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Bridgewater originally included all of Bridgewater, Hill and Bristol. It was first settled in 1776, by Thomas Crawford. It was incorporated February 12, 1788. In 1874, the Bridgewater station was served by the Montreal railroad. The acclaimed author John Cheever spent many summers here at the home of his father-in-law, Milton Charles Winternitz. == Geography == According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 21.7 square miles (56.2 km2), of which 21.5 square miles (55.7 km2) are land and 0.19 square miles (0.5 km2) are water, comprising 0.97% of the town.