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Ellsworth, NH
Community Contact Town of Ellsworth
Board of Selectmen
3 Ellsworth Pond Rd
Ellsworth , NH 03223

Telephone (603) 726-3551
Fax (603) 726-8994
E-mail not available
Web Site not available

Municipal Office Hours Selectmen: second Tuesday of each month by appointment; Town Clerk: Thursday, 8:30 am - 10:30 am

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: 1802

Origin: At the time of the original 1769 grant, this town was called Trecothick, in honor of Barlow Trecothick, Lord Mayor of London and head of the East India Company. Trecothick was one of the people who worked to set New Hampshire up as a separate province with its own governor. Few settlements were made until after the Revolution, and the town was incorporated in 1802 as Ellsworth, to honor Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth of Connecticut. That year Justice Ellsworth had negotiated a peace treaty with France that resulted in the Louisiana Purchase.

Villages and Place Names: unknown

Population, Year of the First Census Taken: 47 residents in 1800

Population Trends: With less than 100 residents, Ellsworth remains the second-smallest community in New Hampshire. While two decades had a decennial percent change of over 300 percent, numeric change was very small, totaling 63 over 50 years, from 24 in 1950 to 87 in 2000. The 2007 Census estimate for Ellsworth was 84 residents, ranking next to last among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns.

Population Density, 2007: 4.1 persons per square mile of land area, the third lowest among the cities and towns. Ellsworth contains 21.4 square miles of land area and 0.1 square miles of inland water area.
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