Starting in 1710, Exeter awarded free wood lots in the area to encourage settlement.

The town also had substantial reserves of clay, long used by local residents to make bricks, and in 1840, the first commercial brickyard was established in Epping.

[5] Hedding CMA (Camp Meeting Association) hosted Methodist revivals.

The north-south WN&R line through town was abandoned in 1932, with a short segment remaining in place south to Fremont to serve a lumber yard and barrel manufacturer located there.

A regular freight running from Concord to Portsmouth and return served Epping until 1972, after which a local freight out of Concord served the branch as needed, usually once or twice a week and often not passing beyond Epping where the last concentration of customers was located.

Occasional hi-and-wide freight movements operated over the Portsmouth Branch in the 1970s due to the lack of close clearance points, with several carrying materials destined to the under-construction Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant.

The Boston & Maine abandoned the track from East Manchester to Newfields in 1982, and the rail was removed in Epping between 1983 and 1985.

[7] A chronic quip about "Epping—the center of the universe" remains visible on bumper stickers.

The town also has a traditional center clustered around Main Street and Route 27, an older road connecting Exeter with Hooksett and Manchester.

The highest point in Epping is Kennard Hill at 472 feet (144 m) above sea level, located in the town's northwest corner.

[11] The town center, defined as the Epping census-designated place (CDP), has a total area of 2.7 square miles (7.0 km2), all land.

[8] An annual canoe race down the Lamprey River occurs on the last weekend in April.

The Christmas parade includes a few fire trucks and police cars that go around town with a Santa Claus character and his elves throwing candy to any children who are outside.