[citation needed] Station #4 of the Derry Fire Department is located in the village.

[2] Derry's Upper Village area was settled in 1719 by Scots-Irish Presbyterians seeking to escape persecution in their homeland, and is the town's oldest settlement.

The village's growth was spurred by the Choate and MacGregor families in its early years, but affiliated with the church.

[3] The village flourished as a somewhat independent entity in the 19th century, with its own post office and shops (one of which, dating to 1850, still stands on the north side of East Derry Road).

[3] The village center includes the Taylor Library, the 1875 town hall (now a historical society property), and a number of fine Federal period houses from the early 19th century.