Hooksett

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

Population: 8,757 (1990); 11,721 (2000); 13,439 (2006)

Overview
First known as Chester Woods and Rowe's Corner, this town was called Hooksett for nearly fifty years before being incorporated. The name may have come from a hook-shaped island in the Merrimack or from early fishermen, who called the area Hookline Falls. It was also known as Isle au Hooksett and Isle au Hooksett Falls. Rocky ledges flank the Merrimack River as it passes through, and there were cross-river ferries located here, as well as lumber mills and a brick-making establishment powered by the falls. In 1794, the lottery-funded Hooksett Canal became part of the transportation facilities of the Amoskeag cotton mills in Manchester.

Geography
Region: Merrimack Valley
County: Merrimack
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 9 miles
o Boston, MA: 61 miles
o New York, NY: 242 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 252 miles

Town Hall
Town Clerk
16 Main St.
Hookset, NH 03106
Phone: 485-9534
Fax: 603-485-4423

Municipal Information
Government: Administrator & Council
Planning Board: Appointed
Police Department: Full time
Fire Department: Full time
Nearest Hospital: Elliot; Catholic Medical Center (5 miles)


Election Districts
State House District: 37
State Senate District: 16
Executive Council District: 4
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 2

Schools
Hooksett School District
http://www.hooksett.k12.nh.us/

Fred C. Underhill School
2 Sherwood Drive
Hooksett, NH 03106
phone: 623-7233
Grades: K - 2

Hooksett Memorial School
5 Memorial Dr
Hooksett, NH 03106
phone: 485-9890, 485-9531
fax: 485-8574
Grades: 3 - 5

David R. Cawley Middle School
89 Whitehall Road
Hooksett, NH 03106
phone: 485-9959 / fax: 485-5291
Grades: 6 - 8

Services
Hooksett Police Department
15 Legends Drive
Hooksett, NH 03106
Phone: 624-1560

Hooksett Fire Department
Station 1
1 Riverside St.
Hooksett Village, NH 03106
603 485-9852

Central Station
(Station 2)
15 Legends Dr.
Hooksett, NH 03106
623-7272
623-2776
http://www.hooksettfire.org/

Hooksett Public Library
1701B Hooksett Rd.
Hooksett, NH 03106
Tel: 603/485-6092
Fax: 603/485-6193
Email: hplbooks@hooksett.lib.nh.us
http://www.hooksett.lib.nh.us/

Utilities
Electric: PSNH
Gas: Keyspan
Water Supplier: Hooksett Village Water Precinct
Sanitation: Municipal
Curbside Trash Pickup: Yes
Telephone: Verizon
Cable television service: Yes