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Bath, NH
Community Contact Town of Bath
Pam Murphy, Administrative Assistant
PO Box 88
Bath, NH 03740

Telephone (603) 747-2454
Fax (603) 747-0497
E-mail not available
Web Site not available

Municipal Office Hours Monday through Thursday, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, and Friday, 8:30 am - 12 noon

County Grafton
Labor Market Area Haverhill NH LMA
Tourism Region White Mountains
Planning Commission North Country Council
Regional Development Grafton County Economic Development Council

Election Districts  
US Congress
District 2
Executive Council
District 1
State Senate
District 2
State Representative
Grafton County District 3
Incorporated: 1761

Origin: The Bath town charter, granted in 1761, set aside land in equal shares for 68 families, with a church and a school. The town was named for a prominent English statesman, William Pulteney, first Earl of Bath, who served as Secretary of War and was known as one of the best orators in Parliament. Bath was one of the 16 towns involved in a protracted border dispute with the independent state of Vermont, before it was admitted to the Union in 1791. The town has three covered bridges crossing the Ammonoosuc River that were built in the early 1800's.

Villages and Place Names: Nutter, Pettyboro, Swiftwater, Upper Village, West Bath

Population, Year of the First Census Taken: 493 residents in 1790

Population Trends: Population change for Bath totaled just 189 over 50 years, from 706 in 1950 to 895 in 2000. The largest decennial percent change occurred between 1970 and 1980, when the population increased by 25 percent, a numeric increase of 154. The 2007 Census estimate for Bath was 967 residents, which ranked 188th among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns.

Population Density, 2007: 25.2 persons per square mile of land area. Bath contains 38.2 square miles of land area and 0.4 square miles of inland water area.
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