Orford

Web site: http://orfordnh.us/

Population: 1,008 (1990); 1,091 (2000); 1,068 (2006)

Overview
This town was chartered in 1761 to Jonathan Moulton and several members of his family. Governor Benning Wentworth gave it the name of Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, known as the first Prime Minister of England, though that title was not used at the time. One of the town's first setters, many of who had come from Connecticut, was General Israel Morey. His son Samuel was a prolific inventor who determined a way to separate hydrogen from oxygen in water, using the knowledge to develop the first marine steam engine, testing the first steamboat on the river at Orford.

Geography
Region: Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee
County: Grafton
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 87 miles
o Boston, MA: 140 miles
o New York, NY: 325 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 275 miles

Town Hall
Orford Town Offices
2529 Gov. Meldrim Thomson Scenic Highway (Rt. 25A)
P.O. Box F
Orford, NH 03777

Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Elected
Police Department: Full time
Fire Department: Not full time
Nearest Hospital: Dartmouth-Hitchcock; Alice Peck Day in Lebanon (18 miles)

Election Districts
State House District: 14
State Senate District: 2
Executive Council District: 1
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 2


Schools
Rivendell Interstate School District
http://www.rivendellschool.org/

Rivendell Academy
2972 Route 25A
Orford, NH 03777
Telephone: (603) 353-4321
Fax: (603) 353-4414

Services
Orford Police Department
2529 Route 25A
Orford, NH 03777
(603) 353-4252

Orford Volunteer Fire Department
35 S Main
Orford, NH 03777
(603) 353-4629

Orford Free Library
NH Route 25A
Orford, NH 03777
(603) 353-9166

Orford Social Library
573 Main St
Orford, NH 03777
(603) 353-9756

Utilities

Electric: Conn. Valley; NH Elec. Coop
Gas: None
Water Supplier: Orford Water Supply Co.
Sanitation: Private septic
Curbside Trash Pickup: No
Telephone: Verizon
Cable television service: Yes