Weare

Web site: http://www.weare.nh.gov/

Population: 6,193 (1990); 7,776 (2000); 8,925 (2006)

Overview
This territory was first granted by the Massachusetts government in 1735 by petition by Robert Hale for Captain William Raymond's men, who were soldiers in the Canadian wars. It was know as Beverly-Canada, for their home in Beverly, Massachusetts, or Hale's-Town. In 1748, Ichabod Robie, Meshech Weare, and others from Hampton Falls petitioned for township near the Amoskeag, which was granted by the Masonian Proprietors. It was called both Robies-town and Weare's-town. In 1764 it was incorporated as Weare, in honor of Colonel Meshech Weare, who served New Hampshire as its first president from 1776 until 1785.

Geography
Region: Merrimack Valley
County: Hillsborough
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 18 miles
o Boston, MA: 54 miles
o New York, NY: 250 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 258 miles


Town Hall
Town Clerk and Tax Collector
Town of Weare Office Building
15 Flanders Memorial Road
PO Box 190
Weare, NH 03281

Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Appointed
Police Department: Full time
Fire Department: Not full time
Nearest Hospital: Concord Hospital in Concord (17 miles)

Election Districts
State House District: 48
State Senate District: 7
Executive Council District: 2
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 2

Schools

Center Woods Elementary School
14 Center Road
Weare, NH 03281
Telephone: 603-529-4500
Fax: 603-529-0446
http://cwes.weare.k12.nh.us/

Weare Middle School
16 East Road
Weare, NH 03281
Phone: 603-529-7555
Fax: 603-529-0464

John Stark Regional High school
618 North Stark Highway
Weare, NH 03281
http://www.jsrhs.net/

Services
Town of Weare Public Library
10 Paige Memorial Lane
P. O. Box 227
Weare, NH 03281
http://www.weare.nh.gov/library.htm

Weare Fire Department
Safety Complex
144 North Stark Hwy
Weare, NH 03281

Weare Police Department
144 North Stark Highway
Weare, NH 03281
Business Line: 603-529-7755
Dispatch: 603-497-4858
http://www.wearepolice.com/

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