Groton

Web site: http://www.town-of-groton.com/

Population: 318 (1990); 456 (2000); 490 (2006)

Overview
This area was named Cockermouth in 1761, after Charles Wyndham, Baron Cockermouth and Earl of Egremont, who succeeded William Pitt as Secretary of State. Few grantees took up their claims, and the land was regranted in 1766. These settlers also did not meet prescribed terms, but in 1772 Governor Wentworth renewed the charter for three years. In 1796, the town voted to change the name to Groton, and successfully petitioned the legislature to legally change the name. The name was suggested by Samuel Blood, for his hometown in Old Groton, which became a Massachusetts town when the boundary between the states was drawn in 1741.

Geography
Region: Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee
County: Grafton
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 77 miles
o Boston, MA: 122 miles
o New York, NY: 303 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 203 miles

Town Hall
Groton Town Clerk
754 N Groton Rd
Hebron, NH 03241
(603) 744-8849

Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Elected
Police Department: Not full time
Fire Department: Not full time
Nearest Hospital: Speare Memorial in Plymouth (13 miles)

Election Districts
State House District: 16
State Senate District: 2
Executive Council District: 1
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 2

Schools
Newfound Area School District
http://www.newfound.k12.nh.us/

Services
Groton Police Department
PO Box 63-2
Hebron, NH 03241
(603) 744-3703

Hebron Fire Department
37 Groton Rd
Hebron, NH 03241
(603) 744-9468

Groton Library
754 N Groton Rd
Hebron, NH 03241
(603) 744-3668

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