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Cornish, NH
Community Contact Town of Cornish
Board of Selectmen
488 Town House Road
Cornish, NH 03745

Telephone (603) 675-5611
Fax (603) 675-5605
E-mail townbos@comcast.net
Web Site www.cornishnh.net

Municipal Office Hours Selectmen/Assessing: Monday through Friday, 8 am - 4 pm; Town Clerk: Monday through Thursday, 4:30 pm - 7 pm; Tax Collector: Thursday, 4:30 pm - 7 pm

County Sullivan
Labor Market Area Lebanon NH-VT Micro-NECTA, NH Portion
Tourism Region Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee
Planning Commission Upper Valley/Lake Sunapee
Regional Development Capital Regional Development Council

Election Districts  
US Congress
District 2
Executive Council
District 1
State Senate
District 5
State Representative
Sullivan County District 1
Incorporated: 1765

Origin: Established in 1763, the town was once known as Mast Camp, because it was the shipping point for the tall masts floated down the river by the English for use by the Royal Navy. Cornish was named for Sir Samuel Cornish, a distinguished admiral of the Royal Navy. Cornish is known as a summer resort for artists and writers, with residents including Maxfield Parrish and Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Saint-Gaudens' home and studio were named a national historic site in 1964. Cornish also is the site of four covered bridges all on the National Register of Historic Places, including the Cornish-Windsor Bridge, which is the longest two-span covered bridge in the world.

Villages and Place Names: Ballock, Cornish Center, Cornish City, Cornish Flat, Cornish Mills, South Cornish, Squag City

Population, Year of the First Census Taken: 982 residents in 1790

Population Trends: Population change for Cornish totaled 678 over 50 years, from 989 in 1950 to 1,667 in 2000. The largest decennial percent change was an 18 percent increase between 1980 and 1990; the smallest change was a two percent increase between 1990 and 2000. The 2007 Census estimate for Cornish was 1,767 residents, which ranked 150th among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns.

Population Density, 2007: 40.6 persons per square mile of land area. Cornish contains 42.0 square miles of land area and 0.6 square miles of inland water area.
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