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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
E-mail 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

Election Districts  
US Congress
District 2
Executive Council
District 1
State Senate
District 2
State Representative
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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