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Croydon, NH
Community Contact Town of Croydon
Board of Selectmen
879 NH Route 10
Croydon, NH 03773

Telephone (603) 863-7830
Fax (603) 863-2601
E-mail croydon@nhecwb.com
Web Site not available

Municipal Office Hours Monday and Tuesday, 9 am - 1 pm, Wednesday and Thursday, 9 am - 1 pm and 5 pm - 7 pm

County Sullivan
Labor Market Area Newport NH LMA
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 2
Incorporated: 1763

Origin: Chartered in 1763, Croydon was named for a suburb of London, the location of a palace under which several archbishops of Canterbury were buried. Among the grantees was Captain Stephen Hall, whose grandson Samuel Read Hall (1795-1877) was born in Croydon. Professor Hall established the first teacher training school in the US, authored the first instructional book for teachers, and was reputed to be the first teacher to use a blackboard. He taught at several New England colleges, including Phillips Andover Academy and Holmes-Plymouth Academy, now Plymouth State University.

Villages and Place Names: Croydon Flat, Ryder Corner

Population, Year of the First Census Taken: 537 residents in 1790

Population Trends: Population change for Cornish totaled 315 over 50 years, from 349 in 1950 to 664 in 2000. The largest decennial percent change was a 37 percent increase between 1980 and 1990; the smallest change was a six percent increase between 1990 and 2000. The 2007 Census estimate for Croydon was 717 residents, which ranked 206th among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns.

Population Density, 2007: 20.9 persons per square mile of land area. Croydon contains 36.8 square miles of land area and 0.7 square miles of inland water area.
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