Tuftonboro

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

Population: 1,842 (1990); 2,148 (2000); 2,407 (2006)

Overview
Tuftonboro was owned by just one man, John Tufton Mason, for whom the town was named. Mason was heir to the Masonian Claim, the undivided lands of northern New Hampshire, which he sold to a group of Portsmouth merchants in 1746. These merchants were thereafter known as the Masonian Proprietors. They disposed of the land via grants to prospective settlers prior to the Revolution. The Tuftonboro grant was issued in 1750 by the Proprietors, and the town was incorporated in 1795. Between 1799 and 1863, six Winnipesaukee islands were annexed to Tuftonboro.

Geography
Region: Lakes Region
County: Carroll
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 60 miles
o Boston, MA: 115 miles
o New York, NY: 320 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 235 miles

Town Hall
Town Clerk
240 Middle Road [Route 109A]
Center Tuftonboro, NH 03816
(603) 569 - 4539, Extension 11
Email: townclerk@tuftonboro.org

Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Appointed
Police Department: Full time
Fire Department: Not full time
Nearest Hospital: Huggins in Wolfeboro (8 miles)

Election Districts
State House District: 7
State Senate District: 3
Executive Council District: 1
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 1

Schools
Governor Wentworth School District
http://www.govwentworth.k12.nh.us/

Tuftonboro Central School
205 Middle Road (Route 109A)
Center Tuftonboro, NH 038
603-569-2050
http://www.govwentworth.k12.nh.us/schoolfolders/schoolframe.html

Services
Fire Department
Dispatch (603) 539 - 2262
Mirror Lake Station (603) 569 - 3381

Tuftonboro Free Library
221 Middle Rd
Ctr Tuftonboro, NH 03816
(603) 569-4256
http://tuftonborolibrary.org

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