Atkinson

Web site: http://www.town-atkinsonnh.com/

Population: 5,188 (1990); 6,178 (2000); 6,601 (2006)

Overview
Atkinson was named in 1767 for Colonel Theodore Atkinson, whose farm once covered nearly all of the several hundred acres set aside from Plaistow that became the town. Colonel Atkinson was a brother-in-law to Governor Benning Wentworth, served as secretary of the colony until the Revolution, and was one of the Masonian Proprietors who parceled out New Hampshire lands to over 30,000 settlers. Colonel Atkinson bequested funds to establish Atkinson Academy, incorporated in 1787. In 1809, the state granted 13,000 acres of land in Coos County to the Academy, an unincorporated place now known as Atkinson & Gilmanton Academy Grant.

Geography
Region: Seacoast
County: Rockingham
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 19 miles
o Boston, MA: 32 miles
o New York, NY: 220 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 320 miles

Town Hall
Atkinson Town Clerk
Atkinson Town Hall
21 Academy Ave
Atkinson, NH 03811
(603) 362-4920

Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Appointed
Police Department: Full time
Fire Department: No full time
Nearest Hospital: Parkland Medical Center (7 miles)

Election Districts
State House District: 78
State Senate District: 22
Executive Council District: 3
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 2

Schools
Timberlane Regional School District
http://www.timberlane.net/

Atkinson Academy
17 Academy Ave
Atkinson, NH 03811
(603) 362-5521
http://www.atkinsonacademy.com/

Services
Atkinson Fire Department
1 Academy Ave
Atkinson, NH 03811
(603) 362-9295
(603) 362-5311

Atkinson Police Department
27 Academy Ave
Atkinson, NH 03811
(603) 362-4001‎
http://atkinsonpolice.us/

Kimball Public Library
3 Academy Ave
Atkinson, NH 03811
(603) 362-5234‎
http://kimballlibrary.com/

Utilities
Electric: Exeter & Hampton; PSNH
Gas: Northern Utilities
Water Supplier: Walnut Ridge Water Co.
Sanitation: Private septic
Curbside Trash Pickup: Yes
Telephone: Verizon
Cable television service: Yes