Eaton

Web site: http://www.eatonnh.org

Population: 362 (1990); 375 (2000); 420 (2006)

Overview
This town was chartered in 1766 to Clement March and other as Eaton. The name was in honor of Governor Theophilus Eaton of Connecticut (1590-1658). A prosperous London merchant, he was a generous contributor to the funds needed to settle Massachusetts in 1630. He later came to America and founded a colony at New Haven, Connecticut, along with John Davenport and David Yale, great-grandfather of the founder of Yale University, and served as Connecticut's governor for 19 years. Eaton includes the village of Snowville, named for the Snow family who started a sawmill there in 1825.

Geography
Region: Lakes Region
County: Carroll
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 75 miles
o Boston, MA: 135 miles
o New York, NY: 310 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 200 miles

Town Hall
Town Clerk and Tax Collector
PO Box 118
Eaton Center, NH 03832

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

Election Districts
State House District: 5
State Senate District: 3
Executive Council District: 1
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 1

Schools
Conway School District
http://www.kennett.k12.nh.us/

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