Thornton

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

Population: 1,505 (1990); 1,843 (2000); 2,074 (2006)

Overview
Thornton was chartered in 1763, and named for Dr. Matthew Thornton. The grant was given to him in return for his service as surgeon in the Pepperell expedition of 1745. Dr. Thornton, whose practice was in Merrimack, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, a justice of the Superior Court, speaker of the House of Representatives, member of the State Senate, delegate to the Continental Congress, and president of the state following the Revolutionary War. No settlements were made under the first grant, and a second was issued in 1768; the first settlements were made in 1770.

Geography
Region: White Mountains
County: Grafton
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 70 miles
o Boston, MA: 123 miles
o New York, NY: 310 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 190 miles

Town Hall
16 Merrill Access Road
Thornton, NH 03285
(603) 726-4232

Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Appointed
Police Department: Full time
Fire Department: Full time
Nearest Hospital: Speare Memorial in Plymouth (14 miles)

Election Districts
State House District: 12
State Senate District: 2
Executive Council District: 1
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 2

Schools
Thornton Central School
1886 NH Route 175
Thornton, NH 03223
Phone 603-726-8904
Fax 603-726-3801

Services
Campton - Thornton Fire Department
186 NH Rte 49
Campton, NH 03223-1258
(603)726-3300

Thornton Police Department
16 Merrill Access Road.
Thornton, NH 03285
Office 603-726-3871
Fax: 603-726-7632
http://thorntonnhpd.org/

Thornton Public Library
1886 NH Route 175
Thornton, NH 03285
(603) 726-8981‎
(603) 726-4877

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