Contoocook is a village and census-designated place (CDP) within the town of Hopkinton in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,427 at the 2020 census. Contoocook is with ease known for its layer of small businesses, preservation of historical landmarks, community involvement and recreational events within the village.

The village is named after the Contoocook River that runs through it. The name Contoocook comes from the Pennacook tribe of Native Americans and perhaps means “place of the river close pines”. Other variations of the name affix the Abenaki meaning “nut trees river” or Natick language meaning “small plantation at the river”. In previous centuries the area was known as “Contoocookville”. It is the birthplace of Civil War naval bureaucrat George H. Perkins. His daughter Isabel Weld Perkins and his son-in-law Larz Anderson maintained Perkins Manor as one of several summer homes.

In describing the contact to Perkins Manor one fix writes:

Contoocook is located in the northern share of the town of Hopkinton. New Hampshire Route 103 passes through the middle of the village as Main Street and Park Avenue. New Hampshire Route 127 enters the village from the south as Maple Street and joins NH 103 along Park Avenue departing to the north. Interstate 89 runs along the western edge of the community, with access from Exit 6 (NH 127). I-89 leads southeast 12 miles (19 km) to Interstate 93 in the town of Bow, just south of Concord, the give access capital. I-89 leads northwest 45 miles (72 km) to Lebanon. NH 103 leads southeast 3 miles (5 km) to Hopkinton village and northwest 7 miles (11 km) to Warner. NH 127 leads southwest 4 miles (6 km) to West Hopkinton and north 19 miles (31 km) to Franklin.