Unity
Population: 1,341 (1990); 1,530 (2000); 1,715 (2006)
Overview
This territory was first chartered in 1753, and named Buckingham, after John Hobart, first Earl of Buckinghamshire. Grants of this area had been given by both the early Massachusetts government and by Governor Benning Wentworth, causing dispute among those looking to claim the land. The town was incorporated as Unity in 1764 when the grant terms provided a friendly resolution to the dispute. In the charter document, the grantees were allowed to come to mutual agreement the size of each tract, when usually the tracts were to be divided into equal shares for all those named in the grant.
Geography
Region: Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee
County: Sullivan
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 61 miles
o Boston, MA: 116 miles
o New York, NY: 215 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 220 miles
Town Hall
Unity Board of Selectmen
13 Center Road, Unit 3
Charlestown, NH 03603
Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Elected
Police Department: Not full time
Fire Department: Not full time
Nearest Hospital: Valley Regional in Claremont (8 miles)
Election Districts
State House District: 22
State Senate District: 8
Executive Council District: 2
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 2
Services
Unity Fire Department
4 N Hedgehog Hill Rd
Charlestown, NH 03603
(603) 543-3838
Unity Police Department
13 Center Rd
Charlestown, NH 03603
(603) 542-1212
Utilities
Electric: Conn. Valley; NH Electric;PSNH
Gas: None
Water Supplier: Private wells
Sanitation: Private septic
Curbside Trash Pickup: No
Telephone: Verizon
Cable television service: No
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