Atkinson is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.

The community was incorporated September 3,[4][5] 1767,[6] and was named after Colonel Theodore Atkinson,[4] a local landowner.

[7] Atkinson Academy, the second-oldest co-educational school in the country,[8] was founded as a boys' school in 1787 by Reverend Stephen Peabody, General Nathaniel Peabody and Doctor William Cogswell; it began admitting girls in 1791.

The Kimball House Museum occupies a structure that was built in 1772 by the Reverend Stephen Peabody.

Joseph A. Kimball, a summer resident, purchased the building from the Maddocks family in order to create a library for the town.

[10] Atkinson is in southeastern New Hampshire, in the southwestern part of Rockingham County.

[2] The highest point in Atkinson is Hog Hill, north of the town center, at 430 feet (130 m) above sea level.

The district serves the communities of Atkinson, Danville, Plaistow and Sandown.