Wilton

Web site: http://www.ci.wilton.nh.us/

Population: 3,122 (1990); 3,743 (2000); 3,925 (2006)

Overview
Wilton was first charted in 1735 as “Salem-Canada,” when Colonial Governor Jonathan Belcher of Massachusetts granted the land to a group of soldiers from Salem Massachusetts. The land was granted to them because they fought in a war against Canada while serving under Sir William Phips in 1690. New Hampshire Governor Benning Wentworth granted the land for a second time in 1749 as “Number Two.” The town was incorporated in 1762 after residents petitioned Governor Wentworth. In 1765, Wentworth named the town Wilton – most likely after the English sculptor Sir Joseph Wilton. During the 1800s, a number of mills were built along the Souhegan River in Wilton providing prosperity and growth. Today Wilton remains a rural New England town.

Geography
Region: Monadnock
County: Hillsborough
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 22 miles
o Boston, MA: 50 miles
o New York, NY: 205 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 277 miles

Town Hall
Wilton Town Office
Town Clerk and Tax Collector
42 Main St.
Wilton, NH 03086
(603) 654-9451 x1
fax: (603) 654-6663

Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Elected
Police Department: Full time
Fire Department: Not full time
Nearest Hospital: Monadnock Community in Peterborough (16 miles)

Election Districts
State House District: 45
State Senate District: 11
Executive Council District: 5
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 2

Schools
Pine Hill Waldorf School
123 Abbot Hill Rd
Wilton, NH 03086
(603) 654-6003

Florence Rideout Elementary School
18 Tremont St
Wilton, NH 03086
(603) 654-6714
http://www.florencerideout.net/

Wilton/Lyndeborough Cooperative High School
57 School Rd
Wilton, NH 03086
(603) 654-6123
http://www.wlcwarriors.net/

Services
Wilton Police Department
7 Burns Hill Rd
Wilton, NH 03086
(603) 654-9452

Wilton Fire Department
102 Main St
Wilton, NH 03086
(603) 654-6758

Wilton Public Library
7 Forest Rd
Wilton, NH 03086
(603) 654-2581‎
http://wiltonlibrarynh.org/

Utilities
Electric: PSNH
Gas: KeySpan
Water Supplier: Wilton Water Works
Sanitation: Private
Curbside Trash Pickup: No
Telephone: Verizon; Wilton
Cable television service: Yes