Sutton

Web site: http://www.sutton-nh.gov/

Population: 1,457 (1990); 1,544 (2000); 1,821 (2006)

Overview
This territory was granted in 1748 to Obadiah Parry and others from Haverhill, Massachusetts, who had petitioned the Masonian Proprietors for a land grant. For a while the settlement was known as Parry's Town. Because it was located in Indian country near Mount Kearsarge, many settlers forfeited their claims, even with an extension granted in 1773. In 1783 residents petitioned for incorporation and town privileges under the name Sutton, which was granted in 1784. Sutton was at one time home to a religious sect known as the Osgoodites.

Geography
Region: Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee
County: Merrimack
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 50 miles
o Boston, MA: 102 miles
o New York, NY: 283 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 240 miles


Town Hall
Town Clerk and Tax Collector
PO Box 487
Sutton, NH 03260
Tel:(603) 927-4416
Fax: (603) 927-4631


Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Appointed
Police Department: Full time
Fire Department: Not full time
Nearest Hospital: New London (7 miles)

Election Districts
State House District: 34
State Senate District: 5
Executive Council District: 2
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 2

Schools

Kearsarge Regional School District
http://www.kearsarge.k12.nh.us/kearsarge/site/default.asp

Sutton Central School
RFD 1 Box 159, Newbury Road
Sutton Mills, NH 03221
Phone: (603) 927-4215
Fax: (603) 927-4055

Services
Sutton Free Library
Main Street
Sutton Mills, NH 03221
(603) 927-4927

Sutton Police Department
1 North Rd
North Sutton, NH 03260
(603) 927-4422

Utilities
Electric: PSNH
Gas: None
Water Supplier: Private wells
Sanitation: Private septic
Curbside Trash Pickup: No
Telephone: Verizon; Merrimack Co.
Cable television service: Yes