Durham

Web site: http://www.ci.durham.nh.us/

Population: 11,818 (1990); 12,664 (2000); 13,313 (2006)

Overview
Durham started as a parish of Dover called Oyster River Plantation, first settled in 1669. Durham was incorporated in 1732, probably to honor the first Puritan bishop, Richard Barnes, Bishop of Durham. Durham included what is now Lee until 1766, when that town was incorporated. Benjamin Thompson, descendent of an early settler, bequeathed the family estate, the Warner Farm, to be used for establishment of an agricultural college. The state agricultural school, originally set up in Hanover in 1866, was moved to Durham in 1890, becoming the University of New Hampshire in 1923.

Geography
Region: Seacoast
County: Strafford
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 35 miles
o Boston, MA: 60 miles
o New York, NY: 270 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 250 miles

Town Hall
Durham Town Hall
15 Newmarket Road
Durham, NH 03824

Town Clerk/Tax Collector
15 Newmarket Road
Durham, NH 03824
Telephone (603) 868-5577
Fax (603) 868-8033

Municipal Information
Government: Administrator and council
Planning Board: Appointed
Police Department: Full time
Fire Department: Full time
Nearest Hospital: Wentworth-Douglass in Dover (4 miles)

Election Districts
State House District: 72
State Senate District: 21
Executive Council District: 3
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 1

Schools

Oyster River Cooperative School District
http://www.orcsd.org/

Oyster River High School
55 Coe Dr
Durham, NH 03824
(603) 868-2838‎
(603) 868-2375

Oyster River Middle School
1 Coe Drive
Durham, NH 03824
Telephone: (603) 868-2820
Fax (603) 868-3469
http://www.orcsd.org/orms/

Services
Durham Fire Department
51 College Rd
Durham, NH 03824
Telephone: (603) 868-5531
Email: fire@ci.durham.nh.us

Durham Police Department
Police Department
86 Dover Road
Durham, NH 03824
Telephone: (603) 868-2324
Email: police@ci.durham.nh.us

Durham Public Library
7 Mill Rd # H
Durham, NH 03824
(603) 868-6699‎
http://durhampubliclibrary.org/

Utilities
Electric: PSNH; NH Electric Coop.
Gas: Northern Utilities
Water Supplier: UNH/Durham Water System
Sanitation: Municipal
Curbside Trash Pickup: Yes
Telephone: Verizon
Cable television service: Yes