Rye

Web site: http://www.town.rye.nh.us/

Population: 4,612 (1990); 5,182 (2000); 5,214 (2006)

Overview
Rye was the site of the first settlement in New Hampshire, established by David Thompson in 1623 at Odiorne's Point, which he called Pannaway. This township was originally part of Portsmouth called Sandy Beach, and it was incorporated as a parish of New Castle in 1693 when that town separated form Portsmouth. In 1726 it was separated from New Castle, and incorporated as Rye, after the borough of Rye, a flourishing English Channel town. Rye's eight-mile length of coastline is dotted with old names such as Wallis Sands, Jenness Beach, Locke's Neck, Ragged Neck, Rye Harbor, and Odiorne Point. In 1876, the thriving village of Gosport on Star Island in the Isles of Shoals was annexed to the town. Rye is the only New Hampshire town with Atlantic islands, having annexed four of the Isles of Shoals; the remaining five islands belong to Maine.

Geography
Region: Seacoast
County: Rockingham
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH:45 miles
o Boston, MA:50 miles
o New York, NY:320 miles
o Montreal, Quebec:250 miles

Town Hall
Rye Town Clerk's Office
10 Central Rd
Rye, NH 03870
(603) 964-8562


Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Elected
Police Department: Full time
Fire Department: Full time
Nearest Hospital: Portsmouth Regional (5 miles)

Election Districts
State House District: 88
State Senate District: 24
Executive Council District: 3
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 1

Schools
Rye School District
http://www.sau50.org/rye_district_profile.html

Rye Elementary School
461 Sagamore Road
Rye, NH 03870
Tel: 603-436-4731
Fax: 603-431-6702
http://sau50.org/rye/res/index.html

Rye Junior High School
501 Washington Road
Rye, NH 03870
Tel: 603-964-5591
Fax: 603-964-3881

Services
Rye Fire Department
555 Washington Rd # 1
Rye, NH 03870
(603) 964-6411

Rye Police Department
555 Washington Rd # 2
Rye, NH 03870
(603) 964-5522‎
http://ryepolice.us/

Rye Public Library
581 Washington Rd
Rye, NH 03870
(603) 964-8401‎
http://ryepubliclibrary.org/

Utilities
Electric: PSNH
Gas: None
Water Supplier: Rye Water District
Sanitation: Private septic
Curbside Trash Pickup: No
Telephone: Verizon
Cable television service: Yes