East Andover is an unincorporated village in the town of Andover

Andover, New Hampshire

Andover is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,371 at the 2010 census. Andover includes the villages of Cilleyville, Potter Place, and East Andover, in addition to the town center...

 in Merrimack County, New Hampshire

Merrimack County, New Hampshire

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 136,225 people, 51,843 households, and 35,460 families residing in the county. The population density was 146 people per square mile . There were 56,244 housing units at an average density of 60 per square mile...

.

The village is located on the east shore of Highland Lake, along New Hampshire Route 11

New Hampshire Route 11

New Hampshire Route 11 is a long east–west state highway in New Hampshire, running westward along the southern shore of Lake Winnipesaukee. Its eastern terminus is at the Maine state line in the city of Rochester, where it continues north as Maine State Route 11. U.S. Route 202, which runs...

 in the eastern portion of Andover. Route 11 runs east to Franklin

Franklin, New Hampshire

The median income for a household in the city was $34,613, and the median income for a family was $41,698. Males had a median income of $32,318 versus $25,062 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,155...

 and New Hampshire's Lakes Region

Lakes Region (New Hampshire)

The Lakes Region of New Hampshire is the mid-state region surrounding Lake Winnipesaukee, Winnisquam Lake, Squam Lake, and Newfound Lake.The area is a popular tourist destination in the summer time, with the activity peaking during the annual Motorcycle Week and races at Loudon's New Hampshire...

, and runs west to the rest of Andover and the Lake Sunapee

Lake Sunapee

Lake Sunapee is located within Sullivan County and Merrimack County in western New Hampshire, the United States. It is the fifth-largest lake located entirely in New Hampshire....

 region. The village was a station along the former Northern Railroad connecting Concord

Concord, New Hampshire

The city of Concord is the capital of the state of New Hampshire in the United States. It is also the county seat of Merrimack County. As of the 2010 census, its population was 42,695....

 to the southeast with White River Junction, Vermont

White River Junction, Vermont

White River Junction is an unincorporated village and census-designated place in the town of Hartford in Windsor County, Vermont, United States...

 to the northwest. The railroad grade is now the route of the Northern Rail Trail

Northern Rail Trail (New Hampshire)

The Northern Rail Trail is a multi-use rail trail in western New Hampshire, currently in length from Lebanon to Grafton. Another section runs from Franklin to Andover, and construction on the Andover-Grafton section was underway in 2010. It uses the right of way of Boston & Maine's former Northern...

, currently extending from Franklin in the east to Lebanon

Lebanon, New Hampshire

As of the census of 2000, there were 12,568 people, 5,500 households, and 3,178 families residing in the city. The population density was 311.4 people per square mile . There were 5,707 housing units at an average density of 141.4 per square mile...

 in the west.

East Andover has a separate ZIP code

ZIP Code

ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...

(03231) from the rest of the town of Andover.