Goffstown

Web site: http://www.goffstown.com

Population: 14,621 (1990); 16,929 (2000); 17,696 (2006)

Overview
This town started as a part of Massachusetts, and was known as Narragansett Number 4, Piscataquog Village, and then Shovestown before installation of the New Hampshire provincial government. In 1748, the area was granted to new settlers, including Colonel John Goffe. He had fought in the French and Indian Wars, worked for Governor Wentworth as a surveyor, and became judge of probate for Hillsborough County. Goffstown was officially named for Colonel Goffe when it was incorporated in 1761. The town includes the village of Grasmere, named for the English home of poets Wordsworth and Coleridge.

Geography
Region: Merrimack Valley
County: Hillsborough
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 10 miles
o Boston, MA: 62 miles
o New York, NY: 243 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 260 miles


Town Hall
16 Main Street
Goffstown, NH 03045
phone: (603) 497-8990
fax: (603) 497-8993


Municipal Information

Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Elected
Police Department: Full time
Fire Department: Full time
Nearest Hospital: Elliot Catholic Medical Center (10 miles)

Election Districts
State House District: 48
State Senate District: 20
Executive Council District: 5
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 1

Schools
Bartlett Elementary School
689 Mast Road
Goffstown, NH
grades: 1 - 4
phone: (603) 623-8088

Glen Lake School
251 Elm Street
Goffstown, NH
grade: Kindergarten
phone: (603) 497-3550

Goffstown Christian School
67 Henry Bridge Road
Goffstown, NH
grades: 1 - 6
phone: (603) 497-4508

Maple Avenue Elementary School
16 Maple Avenue
Goffstown, NH
grades: 1 - 4
phone: (603) 497-3330

Villa Augustina School
http://www.villaaugustina.org/
208 South Mast Street
Goffstown, NH 03045
Email: info@villaaugustina.org
grades: k - 8
phone: (603) 497-2361

Mountain View Middle School
41 Lauren Lane
Goffstown, NH
grades: 5 - 8
phone: (603) 497-8288

Goffstown Area High School
27 Wallace Road
Goffstown, NH
grades: 9 - 12
phone: (603) 497-4841

Saint Anselm College
http://www.anselm.edu/
100 Saint Anselm Drive
Manchester, NH 03102
phone: (603) 641-7000

Services

Goffstown Fire Department
18 Church St.
Goffstown, NH 03045
emergency phone: #911
phone (business and non-emergency calls):(603) 497-3619
fax:(603) 497-5704

Goffstown Police Department
326 Mast Rd. (Rt. 114)
Goffstown, NH 03045
emergency phone: #911
phone (business and non-emergency calls): (603) 497-4858
phone (Prosecutor): (603) 497-3624
phone (Records Division): (603) 497-2900
fax: (603) 627-9446

Goffstown Public Library
http://www.goffstown.lib.nh.us/index.shtml
2 High St.
Goffstown, NH 03045
(603) 497-2102
goflib@goffstown.lib.nh.us

Utilities
Electric: PSNH
Gas: Keyspan
Water Supplier: Goffstown Village Precinct
Sanitation: Goffstown Sewer Commission
Curbside Trash Pickup: Yes
Telephone: Verizon; Dubarton
Cable television service: Yes