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| Campton, NH | |
| Community Contact | Campton Board of Selectmen Sharon L. Davis 1307 NH Route 175 Campton, NH 03223 |
| Telephone | (603) 726-3223 |
| Fax | (603) 726-4000 |
| toc@camptonnh.org | |
| Web Site | www.camptonnh.org/ |
| Municipal Office Hours | Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 9 am - 5 pm, and Tuesday, 11 am - 6 pm; Tax Collector: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 9 am - 3:30 pm, and Tuesday, 11 am - 6 pm |
| County | Grafton |
| Labor Market Area | Plymouth NH LMA |
| Tourism Region | White Mountains |
| Planning Commission | North Country Council |
| Regional Development | Grafton County Economic Development Council |
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District 2 |
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District 1 |
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Grafton County District 6 |
| Incorporated: 1761 |
| Origin: First chartered in 1761, the town may have been named for a friend of Governor Benning Wentworth, Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington. Another source indicates that when surveyors came to the area, they built a camp here, and the name Campton comes from that. Conditions of the 1761 charter were not met, and a new charter was issued in 1767. An early settler was John Marsh, whose grandson Sylvester was born in Campton. Sylvester Marsh, a founder of the Chicago meat-packing industry, came up with the idea of building a railway to the summit of Mount Washington. Marsh invented the cog rail mechanism and special brakes so the locomotive could scale the steep terrain, completing the railway in July 1869. |
| Villages and Place Names: Beebe River, Blair, Campton Hollow, Campton Lower Village, Campton Station, Campton Upper Village, West Campton |
| Population, Year of the First Census Taken: 395 residents in 1790 |
| Population Trends: Population change for Campton totaled 1,574 over 50 years, from 1,149 in 1950 to 2,723 in 2000. The largest decennial percent change was a 45 percent increase between 1970 and 1980, followed by a 40 percent increase over the next decade. The 2007 Census estimate for Campton was 2,984 residents, which ranked 107th among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns. |
| Population Density, 2007: 60.8 persons per square mile of land area. Campton contains 51.9 square miles of land area and 0.6 square miles of inland water area. |
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