Columbia

Web site: http://www.columbianh.org/

Population: 661 (1990); 750 (2000); 814 (2006)

Overview
Columbia was first chartered in 1762, and named Preston for Richard Graham, Viscount Preston of Scotland. The original grantees were a group of members of the Society of Friends from Long Island. The town was regranted in 1770 due to grantees failing to meet the prescribed terms, and renamed Cockburntown, after Sir James Cockburn of Scotland, as was so incorporated in 1797. It kept that name until 1811, when Governor John Langdon renamed the town Columbia in the spirit of patriotism preceding the War of 1812.

Geography
Region: Great North Woods
County: Coos
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 150 miles
o Boston, MA: 204 miles
o New York, NY: 385 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 115 miles

Town Hall
Town Clerk, Tax Collector
PO Box 157
Colebrook, NH 03576
Telephone: (603) 237-5255
Fax: (603) 237-8270
E-mail towncolumbia@verizon.net

Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Appointed
Police Department: Not full time
Fire Department: Not full time
Nearest Hospital: Upper Connecticut Valley (4 miles)

Election Districts
State House District: 1
State Senate District: 1
Executive Council District: 1
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 2

Utilities
Electric: PSNH; NH Electric Coop.
Gas: None
Water Supplier: Private wells
Sanitation: Private septic
Curbside Trash Pickup: No
Telephone: Verizon
Cable television service: Yes