Bradford

Web site: http://www.bradfordnh.com/

Population: 1,405 (1990); 1,454 (2000); 1,527 (2006)

Overview
First granted in 1771, the town was named New Bradford, then Bradfordton, most likely because many settlers were from Bradford, Massachusetts. It was incorporated as Bradford in 1787, the year of the Constitutional Convention. Meeting in Exeter, Anti-Federalist members of the New Hampshire delegation were opposed the Constitution. However, political maneuvering postponed the state convention. When reconvened in Concord several months later, under the leadership of moderator Colonel Thomas Stickney, the delegation approved ratification on June 21, 1788. New Hampshire was the ninth and deciding state to ratify, thus making the United States Constitution binding.

Geography
Region: Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee
County: Merrimack
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 38 miles
o Boston, MA:96 miles
o New York, NY: 280 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 225 miles

Town Hall
Town Clerk
Phone: 938-2288 & 938-2094
Fax number: 938-5694

Tax Collector
Phone: 938-2288
Fax number: 938-2094

Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Elected
Police Department: Full time
Fire Department: Not full time
Nearest Hospital: New London in New London (13 miles)

Election Districts
State House District: 34
State Senate District: 8
Executive Council District: 2
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 2


Schools
Kearsarge Regional School District
http://www.kearsarge.k12.nh.us/kearsarge/site/default.asp

Kearsarge Regional Elementary School
163 Old Warner Road
Bradford, NH 03221
Phone: (603) 938-5959
Fax: (603) 938-5096

Kearsarge Area Preschool
134 E Main St
Bradford, NH‎ 03221
(603) 938-2442
http://www.kearsargeareapreschool.org/

Services
Bradford Police Department
Bradford Police Department
72 West Main St
P.O. Box 762
Bradford, NH 03221
Non-Emergency: 603-938-2522
http://www.bradfordnh.com/police/

Bradford Rescue Squad
PO Box 381
Bradford NH 03221

Bradford Fire Department
Bradford NH 03221
(603) 938-2231

Brown Memorial Library
72 W Main St
Bradford, NH 03221
(603) 938-5562
http://www.bradfordnh.com/Brownlibrary/

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