Ossipee

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

Population: 3,309 (1990); 4,211 (2000); 4,660 (2006)

Overview
Known as Wigwam Village, and then New Garden, this town bears the name of the Ossipee Indians. It was once the site of an Indian stockade fort, designed to protect the tribe from attacks by the Mohawks from the west. Early in 1725, the Indian stockade was destroyed, and then rebuilt by Captain John Lovewell of Dunstable. Later that year, Captain Lovewell led a small band of men to attack the Indians at Pequawket (now Fryeburg). Captain Lovewell did not survive the fight, but the battle was memorialized in "The Ballad of Lovewell's Fight," and was the subject of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's first published poem, written at the age of 13.

Geography
Region: Lakes Region
County: Carroll
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 65 miles
o Boston, MA: 100 miles
o New York, NY: 310 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 245 miles

Town Hall
55 Main Street
PO Box 67
Center Ossipee, NH 03814
Selectmen:
Tel.: (603) 539-4181
Fax: (603) 539-4183
Town Clerk/Tax Collector:
Tel.: (603) 539-2008

Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Elected
Police Department: Full time
Fire Department: Not full time
Nearest Hospital: Huggins in Wolfeboro (15 miles)

Election Districts
State House District: 6
State Senate District: 3
Executive Council District: 1
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 1

Schools
Governor Wentworth School District
http://www.govwentworth.k12.nh.us/

Ossipee Central School
68 Main St.
Ctr. Ossipee NH 03814
603-539-4589
fax 603-539- 4390

Services

Ossipee Corner Fire Department
105 Old Route 28
Ossipee, NH 03864
(603) 539-2407

Ossipee Police Department
7 Dore St
Center Ossipee, NH 03814
(603) 539-2011

Ossipee Public Library
P.O. Box 638,
74 Main Street
Center Ossipee NH 03814-0638
Tel : 603-539-6390

Utilities
Electric: PSNH; NH Electric; Wolfeboro
Gas: None
Water Supplier: Ossipee Water Department
Sanitation: Municipal
Curbside Trash Pickup: No
Telephone: Verizon
Cable television service: Yes