Rumney

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

Population: 1,446 (1990); 1,480 (2000)

Overview
This town was first granted in 1761 to Samuel Olmstead and other settlers from the Connecticut River towns of East Haddam and Colchester. Governor Benning Wentworth named the township for Robert Marsham, second Baron Romney. The original grant specified that all families were to meet terms within five years. Not all grantees were able to comply with the charter, and in 1767 the town was regranted to a new group of settlers, led by Daniel Brainard. The actual town boundaries were established in 1784. Rumney's Stinson Lake was named for David Stinson of Londonderry, who was killed by Indians while hunting in the area in 1752.

Geography
Region: Lakes Region
County: Grafton
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 66 miles
o Boston, MA: 120 miles
o New York, NY: 310 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 200 miles

Town Hall
79 Depot Street
PO Box 275
Rumney, NH 03266
Phone: 786-2237
Fax: 786-2237
email: rumneyclerk@roadrunner.com

Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Elected
Police Department: Not full time
Fire Department: Not full time
Nearest Hospital: Speare Memorial (8 miles)

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

Schools
Russell Elementary School
195 School Street
Rumney, New Hampshire 03266
603.786.9591 fax: 603.786.9626
http://www.russell.sau48.k12.nh.us/

Services
Police Department
77 Depot Street
PO Box 220
Rumney, NH 03266
Business Phone: 786-2149
Dispatch Phone: 786-9712
Fax: 786-2149
EMERGENCY: 911
email: rumneypd@roadrunner.com

Fire Department
59 Depot Street
Rumney, NH 03266
Phone: 786-9924
Fax: 786-9924

Byron Merrill Library
10 Buffalo Road
Rumney, NH 03266
Phone: 786-9520
email: rumneylibrary@roadrunner.com

Utilities
Electric: NH Electric Coop
Gas: None
Water Supplier: Private wells
Sanitation: Private septic
Curbside Trash Pickup: No
Telephone: Verizon
Cable television service: Yes