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Marlow, NH
Community Contact Town of Marlow
Jacqui Fay, Executive Administrator
PO Box 184, Town Office
Marlow, NH 03456-0184

Telephone (603) 446-2245
Fax (603) 446-3806
E-mail townofmarlow@netryders.com
Web Site www.marlow-nh.org/

Municipal Office Hours Selectmen: Monday, 7 pm - 9 pm; Town Clerk: Wednesday, 4:30 pm - 7 pm and Thursday, 10 am - 12:30 pm; Tax Collector: Tuesday, 5 pm - 7 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 8
State Representative
Cheshire County District 2
Incorporated: 1761

Origin: This territory was first chartered in 1753 as Addison, after Joseph Addison, Secretary of State for England, who signed the appointment papers making John Wentworth Lieutenant Governor of New Hampshire under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts in 1717. As a result of the French and Indian War, few original grantees settled there under the terms of the charter. The town was regranted in 1761 as Marlow, and the charter renewed in 1772. In some references, the name was in honor of Christopher Marlowe, the famed author and playwright; others indicate it was taken from the English town of the same name. Marlow was one of the towns that joined Vermont during the boundary dispute, but returned to New Hampshire in 1781.

Villages and Place Names: unknown

Population, Year of the First Census Taken: 313 residents in 1790

Population Trends: Population change for Marlow totaled 420 over 50 years, from 330 in 1950 to 750 in 2000. The largest decennial percent change was a 39 percent increase between 1970 and 1980; the second largest was a 20 percent increase between 1980 and 1990. The 2007 Census estimate for Marlow was 790 residents, which ranked 201st among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns.

Population Density, 2007: 29.6 persons per square mile of land area. Marlow contains 26.0 square miles of land area and 0.4 square miles of inland water area.
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