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Eaton, NH
Community Contact Eaton Board of Selectmen
David Maudsley, Secretary
Town Hall PO Box 88
Eaton, NH 03832

Telephone (603) 447-2840
Fax (603) 447-2560
E-mail eatonth@roadrunner.com
Web Site www.eatonnh.org

Municipal Office Hours Selectmen: Tuesday, 9 am - 3 pm & 7 pm - 9 pm, Wednesday and Thursday, 9 am - 3 pm; Town Clerk/Tax Collector: Monday, 9 am - 11 am, and Tuesday, 7 pm - 9 pm

County Carroll
Labor Market Area Conway NH-ME LMA, NH Portion
Tourism Region Lakes
Planning Commission North Country Council
Regional Development Mount Washington Valley Economic Council

Election Districts  
US Congress
District 1
Executive Council
District 1
State Senate
District 3
State Representative
Carroll County District 2
Incorporated: 1766

Origin: This town was chartered in 1766 to Clement March and other as Eaton. The name was in honor of Governor Theophilus Eaton of Connecticut (1590-1658). A prosperous London merchant, he was a generous contributor to the funds needed to settle Massachusetts in 1630. He later came to America and founded a colony at New Haven, Connecticut, along with John Davenport and David Yale, great-grandfather of the founder of Yale University, and served as Connecticut's governor for 19 years. Eaton includes the village of Snowville, named for the Snow family who started a sawmill there in 1825.

Villages and Place Names: Eaton Center, Snowville

Population, Year of the First Census Taken: 253 residents in 1790

Population Trends: Population change for Eaton totaled 156 over 50 years, from 221 in 1950 to 377 in 2000. The largest decennial percent change, 46 percent between 1960 and 1970, resulted in a numeric increase of 70, close to half the total numeric change. The 2007 Census estimate for Eaton was 419 residents, which ranked 217th among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns.

Population Density, 2007: 17.4 persons per square mile of land area. Eaton contains 24.4 square miles of land area and 1.2 square miles of inland water area.
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