Chesterfield

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

Population: 3,112 (1990); 3,542 (2000); 3,925 (2006)

Overview
Established in 1735 while New Hampshire was still under governance of Massachusetts, this town was the site of Fort Number 1 in the line of protective trading forts bordering the Connecticut River. After New Hampshire became an independent province under Governor Benning Wentworth, the town was incorporated in 1752 as Chesterfield, after Philip Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield. The Earl served as Secretary of State and joined William Pitt in opposing what they considered England's unfair treatment of the American Colonies. Chesterfield was the birthplace of Harlan Fiske Stone, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1941 to 1946.

Geography
Region: Monadnock
County: Cheshire
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 65 miles
o Boston, MA: 96 miles
o New York, NY: 193 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 234 miles

Town Hall
Chesterfield Town Clerk and Tax Collector
504 Route 63
Chesterfield, NH 03443
(603) 363-8071

Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Appointed
Police Department: Full time
Fire Department: Not full time
Nearest Hospital: Cheshire Medical Center in Keene (12 miles)

Election Districts
State House District: 26
State Senate District: 10
Executive Council District: 2
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 2

Schools
Chesterfield School District
http://www.sau29.k12.nh.us/

Chesterfield School
535 Old Chesterfield Road
PO Box 205
Chesterfield NH 03443
Telephone: 603-363-8301
Fax: 603-363-8406

Services
Chesterfield Fire Department
PO Box 95
Chesterfield, NH 03443
(603) 352-1100

Chesterfield Police Department
502 Route 63
Chesterfield, NH 03443
(603) 363-4233

Chesterfield Library
524 Rt. 63
Chesterfield, NH 03443
Phone: (603) 363-4621
Fax: (603) 363-4958
chesterfieldlib@ptcnh.net
http://www.chesterfieldlibrary.org/

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