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Rindge, NH
Community Contact Rindge Board of Selectmen
Patricia Lang Barry, Chairman
30 Payson Hill Road, PO Box 163
Rindge, NH 03461

Telephone (603) 899-5181
Fax (603) 899-2101
E-mail jlabonte@town.rindge.nh.us
Web Site www.town.rindge.nh.us

Municipal Office Hours Selectmen: Monday through Thursday, 9 am - 4:30 pm, Friday, 9 am - 1 pm, every other Wednesday meeting, 6 pm; Town Clerk: Monday through Wednesday, 9 am - 1 pm and 2 pm - 4 pm, Thursday, 9 am - 1 pm, 2 pm - 4 pm, and 6 pm - 8 pm, Friday, 9 am - 1 pm; Tax Collector: Monday through Thursday, 9 am - 1 pm and 2 pm - 4 pm, and Friday, 9 am - 1 pm

County Cheshire
Labor Market Area Peterborough NH LMA
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 11
State Representative
Cheshire County District 7
Incorporated: 1768

Origin: This territory was first granted by the Massachusetts government in 1736. The grantees were soldiers from Rowley, Massachusetts, returning from the war in Canada, and the settlement was known as Rowley-Canada. Following establishment of New Hampshire as a separate province, the Masonian Proprietors regranted the territory, and it was renamed Monadnock Number 1, or South Monadnock, in 1749. The town was incorporated as Rindge in 1768, in honor of Captain Daniel Rindge, one of the original grant holders who was related by marriage to Governor Benning Wentworth.

Villages and Place Names: Converseville, Cutter Hill, East Rindge, Jones Corner, Rand, Thomas, West Rindge, Woodmere

Population, Year of the First Census Taken: 1,143 residents in 1790

Population Trends: Population change for Rindge totaled 4,768 over 50 years, from 707 in 1950 to 5,475 in 2000. The largest decennial percent change was a 131 percent increase between 1960 and 1970, coinciding with the establishment of Franklin Pierce College. The 2007 Census estimate for Rindge was 6,540 residents, which ranked 49th among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns.

Population Density, 2007: 170.6 persons per square mile of land area. Rindge contains 37.1 square miles of land area and 2.7 square miles of inland water area.
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