Lee

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

Population: 3,729 (1990); 4,145 (2000); 4,440 (2006)

Overview
Lee was established in 1766 after separating from Durham and was one of the last of 129 towns to receive a charter granted during the governorship of Benning Wentworth. Govenor Wentworth named the town after General Charles Lee, a relative and officer in the English army during the French and Indian War. General Lee fought with George Washington in the French and Indian Wars as well as the American Revolutionary War.

Geography
Region: Seacoast
County: Strafford
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 25 miles
o Boston, MA: 60 miles
o New York, NY: 260 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 290 miles

Town Hall
Lee Town Clerk and Tax Collector
7 Mast Road
Lee, NH 03861
Telephone: 603-659-2964

Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Appointed
Police Department: Full time
Fire Department: Not full time
Nearest Hospital: Wentworth-Douglass (15 miles)

Election Districts
State House District: 72
State Senate District: 21
Executive Council District: 3
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 1

Schools
Oyster River Cooperative School District
http://www.orcsd.org/or/

Services
Lee Fire Department
20 George Bennett Rd
Lee, NH 03861
(603) 659-5411‎
http://www.leefirerescue.com

Lee Police Department
9 Mast Rd
Lee, NH 03824
(603) 740-4337

Lee Library
7 Mast Rd
Lee, NH 03861
(603) 659-2626

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