Surry

Web site: http://home.webryders.net/surry/

Population: 667 (1990); 673 (2000); 677 (2006)

Overview
Surry was chartered in 1769 from portions of Gilsum and Westmoreland. The portion of Westmoreland added to Surry was known as Westmoreland Leg. Surry was named for Charles Howard, Earl of Surrey, Duke of Norfolk, and hereditary Earl Marshal of England. The county of Surrey in England was known for manufacture of pleasure carriages called surreys, introduced to America in 1872. Surry was one of the towns in the western part of the state that attempted to join the State of Vermont in 1781. Surry is an excellent geological area, containing quantities of quartz bearing veins of gold, silver, copper, and lead.

Geography
Region: Monadnock
County: Cheshire
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 60 miles
o Boston, MA: 91 miles
o New York, NY: 212 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 233 miles

Town Hall
1 Village Rd
Surry, NH 03431
(603) 352-3075

Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Elected
Police Department: Not full time
Fire Department: Not full time
Nearest Hospital: Cheshire Medical Center (7 miles)

Election Districts
State House District: 24
State Senate District: 10
Executive Council District: 2
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 2

Schools
Monadnock Regional School Districtt
http://www.mrsd.org/LinkM.htm

Services

Surry Fire Department
http://home.webryders.net/surry/firedept.html

Surry Police Department
(603) 355-2000

Reed Free Library
8 Village Rd
Surry, NH 03431
(603) 352-1761

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