Dalton

Web site: http://www.greatnorthwoods.org/dalton/

Population: 827 (1990); 927 (2000); 909 (2006)

Overview
This territory, first granted in 1764 under the name Chiswick, originally encompassed Lisbon, Littleton, and Dalton. In 1770, a portion of the grant was renamed Apthorp, after relatives of the Wentworths. At that time, the grantees were bought out by Colonel Moses Little, commander of the 24th Massachusetts Bay Regiment and relative of the Apthorp family. In 1784, the grant was divided into two towns, Littleton, named for the Colonel, and Dalton, which bears the name of the Colonel's great-grandson, Tristram Dalton, a prominent colonial merchant and classmate of Governor John Wentworth at Harvard.

Geography
Region: Great North Woods
County: Coos
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 121 miles
o Boston, MA: 174 miles
o New York, NY: 382 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 120 miles

Town Hall
Dalton Board of Selectmen
Telephone: (603) 837-2092
Fax: (603) 837-9642

Tax Collector
837-9802

Town Clerk
837-2092

Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Appointed
Police Department: Not full time
Fire Department: Not full time
Nearest Hospital: Weeks Memorial (10 miles)

Election Districts
State House District: 2
State Senate District: 1
Executive Council District: 1
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 2

Services
Dalton Fire Department
Non Emergency - 837-3100

Dalton Public Library
Route 135
Whitefield, NH 03598
(603) 837-2751

Dalton Police Department
Non Emergency - 837-2703

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