Plaistow Wedding

Plaistow is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA. The population was 7,747 at the 2000 census. The name of the town is pronounced: "plass-tow" ("plas" as in plastic and "tow" as in towel.)

According to the Plaistow website, the town was officially established in 1746 after a boundary dispute between the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the New Hampshire Grants. It is the only town outside the United Kingdom with the name Plaistow. In 1776 the western part of Plaistow became its own town, Atkinson. The present town hall was built in 1895.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 27.6 km (10.6 mi). 27.5 km (10.6 mi) of it is land and 0.09% is water. The highest point in Plaistow is an unnamed summit (384 feet / 117 meters above sea level) near the town's northern end.