Hanover

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

Population: 9,212 (1990); 10,850 (2000); 11,151 (2006)

Overview
Granted in 1761, the town was named for Hanover Parish, the home parish of settlers from Lisbon, Connecticut. In 1769, Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, received a charter for a college to educate Native Americans, an expansion of the Charity School he had established in Connecticut. The college was named for William Legge, Second Earl of Dartmouth, a supporter of the Reverend's efforts. In 1771, Governor John Wentworth, upon petition from Reverend Wheelock, chartered 300 acres between Hanover and Lebanon for Dartmouth College. The land chartered to the college was for a time known as Dresden, one of 16 towns involved in a border dispute with Vermont. Today, the name Dresden is that of the local school district, a bi-state district including towns from both sides of the Connecticut River.

Geography
Region: Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee
County: Grafton
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 73 miles
o Boston, MA: 125 miles
o New York, NY: 300 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 198 miles

Town Hall
Town of Hanover
PO Box 483
Hanover, NH 03755
603-643-0742
townmgr@hanovernh.org

Town Clerk and Tax Collector
Municipal Building
41 South Main St.
Hanover, NH
603 643-0704

Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Appointed
Police Department: Full time
Fire Department: Full time
Nearest Hospital: Dartmouth-Hitchcock; Alice Peck Day in Lebanon (5 miles)

Election Districts
State House District: 17
State Senate District: 5
Executive Council District: 1
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 2

Schools

Bernice A. Ray School
26 Reservoir Rd.
Hanover, NH 03755
(603) 643-6655
fax (603) 643-0658
http://www.rayschool.org/

Hanover High School
41 Lebanon Street
Hanover, NH 03755
(603) 643-3431 (voice)
(603) 643-0661 (fax)
http://www.rayschool.org/

Frances C. Richmond Middle School
63 Lyme Road
Hanover, NH 03755
(603) 643-6040

Services
Etna Library
130 Etna Road
Etna, NH
603 643-3116
http://www.hanovernh.org/etnalibrary

Howe Library
13 South Street
Hanover, NH
603-643-4120
howe.library@thehowe.org
http://www.thehowe.org/

Fire Departments

Main Station
48 Lyme Road
Hanover, NH 03755
643-3424
firedept@HanoverNH.org
http://www.hanovernh.org/fire

Etna Station
Center of Etna Village
Etna, NH 03750
643-3424
firedept@HanoverNH.org
http://www.hanovernh.org/fire

Hanover Police Department
Public Safety Building
46 Lyme Road
Hanover, NH, 03755
603 643-2222 (non-emergency)
http://www.hanovernh.org/police

Utilities
Electric: Granite; Conn. Valley; NH Electric
Gas: None
Water Supplier: Hanover Water Works
Sanitation: Municipal
Curbside Trash Pickup: No
Telephone: Verizon
Cable television service: Yes