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Marlborough, NH
Community Contact Marlborough Board of Selectmen
Sandra LaPlante, Administrative Assistant
PO Box 487
Marlborough, NH 03455-0487

Telephone (603) 876-3751
Fax (603) 876-3313
E-mail selectmen@marlboroughnh.org
Web Site www.marlboroughnh.org

Municipal Office Hours Monday, 9 am - 4:30 pm and 7 pm - 9 pm, Tuesday, Thursday, 9 am - 4:30 pm, Wednesday, 9 am - 12 noon, and Friday, 9 am - 2 pm

County Cheshire
Labor Market Area Keene NH Micro-NECTA
Tourism Region Monadnock
Planning Commission Southwest Region
Regional Development Monadnock Economic Development Corp.

Election Districts  
US Congress
District 2
Executive Council
District 2
State Senate
District 10
State Representative
Cheshire County District 6
Incorporated: 1776

Origin: This territory was first granted in 1752 by the Masonian Proprietors as Monadnock Number 5. On some early maps, the town was called Oxford, and was referenced as New Marlborough in early state documents. Many of the settlers were from Marlborough, Massachusetts, which had been named for John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, in the late 1600s. The town was incorporated as Marlborough in 1776. At one time there was a thriving granite quarrying industry in Marlborough.

Villages and Place Names: Webb

Population, Year of the First Census Taken: 786 residents in 1790

Population Trends: Population change for Marlborough totaled 452 over 50 years, from 1,561 in 1950 to 2,013 in 2000. The largest decennial percent change was a 10 percent increase between 1970 and 1980; the four other decades had increases of five percent or less. The 2007 Census estimate for Marlborough was 2,085 residents, which ranked 135th among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns.

Population Density, 2007: 102.3 persons per square mile of land area. Marlborough contains 20.4 square miles of land area and 0.2 square miles of inland water area.
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