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Hinsdale, NH
Community Contact Town of Hinsdale
Jill Collins, Town Administrator
Main Street, PO Box 13
Hinsdale, NH 03451

Telephone (603) 336-5710
Fax (603) 336-5711
E-mail hinsdale.nh@verizon.net
Web Site www.town.hinsdale.nh.us

Municipal Office Hours Selectmen: Monday through Thursday, 8 am - 12 noon and 1 pm - 4 pm, and Friday, 8 am - 12 noon

County Cheshire
Labor Market Area Brattleboro VT-NH LMA, NH Portion
Tourism Region Monadnock
Planning Commission Southwest Region
Regional Development Monadnock Economic Development Corp.

Election Districts  
US Congress
District 2
Executive Council
District 5
State Senate
District 10
State Representative
Cheshire County District 4
Incorporated: 1753

Origin: This area was a portion of the Northfield, Massachusetts grant which included Fort Dummer, an important Connecticut River trading post. The town was chartered in 1753 as Hindsdale, later spelled Hinsdale, named for Colonel Ebenezer Hindsdale, who was from a prominent family in Deerfield, and chaplain of Fort Dummer. He later enlisted as an officer, and established the trading post at Fort Hindsdale, reportedly at his own expense. The original charter included territory west of the Connecticut River which became part of Vermont when that state was established.

Villages and Place Names: Dole Junction, North Hinsdale

Population, Year of the First Census Taken: 522 residents in 1790

Population Trends: Population change for Hinsdale totaled 2,151 over 50 years, from 1,950 in 1950 to 4,101 in 2000. The largest decennial percent change was between 1960 and 1970, when the population increased by 50 percent. The 2007 Census estimate for Hinsdale was 4,194 residents, which ranked 89th among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns.

Population Density, 2007: 206.7 persons per square mile of land area. Hinsdale contains 20.7 square miles of land area and 1.9 square miles of inland water area.
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