Washington

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

Population: 628 (1990); 895 (2000); 1,060 (2006)

Overview
This territory was first granted in 1735 by the Massachusetts government. It was named Monadnock Number 8, one of the fort towns designated to protect the colonies from Indian attack. In 1752, the Masonian Proprietors issued a new grant to Captain Peter Prescott and others, who called it New Concord. Those settlers forfeited claim, and the territory was granted yet again in 1768 to Reuben Kidder and others, under the name of Camden. In December 1776, residents petitioned the newly established American revolutionary government for incorporation of their town as Washington, in honor of General George Washington.

Geography
Region: Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee
County: Sullivan
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 55 miles
o Boston, MA: 110 miles
o New York, NY: 230 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 235 miles

Town Hall
Town Clerk and Tax Collector
7 Halfmoon Pond Rd
Washington, NH 03280
(603) 495-3667

Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Elected
Police Department: Full time
Fire Department: Not full time
Nearest Hospital: Valley Regional in Claremont (22 miles)

Election Districts
State House District: 20
State Senate District: 8
Executive Council District: 8
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 2


Schools
Washington Elementary School
337 Millen Pond Rd
Washington, NH 03280
(603) 495-3463
http://washingtonelementary.com/

Services

Washington Police Department
5 Halfmoon Pond Rd
Washington, NH 03280
(603) 495-3294

Washington Fire Department
Washington, NH 03280
(603) 495-3030

Shedd Free Library
47 N Main St
Washington, NH 03280
(603) 495-3592

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