Sunapee

Web site: http://www.town.sunapee.nh.us/

Population: 2,559 (1990); 3,055 (2000); 3,355 (2006)

Overview
This territory was first settled by Oliver Corey and other soldiers from the French wars, and known as Corey's Town. Oliver Corey was a grantee on the 1768 charter naming the town Saville. Another grantee, John Wendell, became a principal landowner, and the town was renamed Wendell in 1781 upon petition of residents. The name Sunapee was substituted for Wendell by the Legislature in 1850. Town, lake, and mountain share the name Sunapee, which comes from the Algonquin Indian words suna, meaning goose, and apee, meaning lake. The Indians called the area Goose Lake because it was a favorite spot of wild geese.

Geography
Region: Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee
County: Sullivan
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 50 miles
o Boston, MA: 95 miles
o New York, NY: 230 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 235 miles

Town Hall
Town Clerk & Tax Collector
23 Edgemont Rd.
P.O. Box 303
Sunapee, NH 03782
Phone: (603) 763-2449
Fax: (603) 763-4608

Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Elected
Police Department: Full time
Fire Department: Not full time
Nearest Hospital: New London (6 miles)

Election Districts
State House District: 31
State Senate District: 5
Executive Council District: 1
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 2

Schools

Sunapee School District
http://www.sunapee.k12.nh.us/

Sunapee Central Elementary School
22 School Street
Sunapee NH 03782
Phone #: 603-763-5675
Fax #: 603-763-9627

Sunapee Middle High School
10 North Road
Sunapee NH 03782
Phone #: 603-763-5615
Fax #: 603-763-3055

Services
Fire Department
9 Sargent Road
P.O. Box 15
Sunapee, NH 03782-0015
Dispatch: (603) 763-5555
Central Station Phone (Not Manned): (603) 763-5770
Georges Mills Station Phone (Not Manned): (603) 763-5238
Fax: (603) 763-7358

Police Department
9 Sargent Road
P.O. Box 91
Sunapee, NH 03782
(603) 763-5555
(603) 763-4771 FAX

Abbott Library‎
542 Route 11
P.O. Box 314
Sunapee, NH 03782
Ph: (603) 763-5513
Fax: (603) 763-8765

Utilities
Electric: PSNH
Gas: None
Water Supplier: Sunapee/Georges Mills Water Works
Sanitation: Municipal
Curbside Trash Pickup: No
Telephone: Verizon
Cable television service: Yes