Ellsworth
Population: 74 (1990); 87 (2000); 85 (2006)
Overview
At the time of the original 1769 grant, this town was called Trecothick, in honor of Barlow Trecothick, Lord Mayor of London and head of the East India Company. Trecothick was one of the people who worked to set New Hampshire up as a separate province with its own governor. Few settlements were made until after the Revolution, and the town was incorporated in 1802 as Ellsworth, to honor Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth of Connecticut. That year Justice Ellsworth had negotiated a peace treaty with France that resulted in the Louisiana Purchase.
Geography
Region: White Mountains
County: Grafton
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 73 miles
o Boston, MA: 125 miles
o New York, NY: 312 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 195 miles
Town Hall
3 Ellsworth Pond Rd
Ellsworth, NH 03223
Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Appointed
Police Department: Not full time
Fire Department: No full time
Nearest Hospital: Speare Memorial in Plymouth (12 miles)
Election Districts
State House District: 14
State Senate District: 2
Executive Council District: 1
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 2
Utilities
Electric: NH Electric Coop.
Gas: None
Water Supplier: Private wells
Sanitation: Private septic
Curbside Trash Pickup: No
Telephone: Verizon
Cable television service: No
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