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| Rye, NH | |
| Community Contact | Town of Rye Alan Gould, Town Administrator 10 Central Road Rye, NH 03870 |
| Telephone | (603) 964-5523 |
| Fax | (603) 964-1516 |
| nancyw@town.rye.nh.us | |
| Web Site | www.town.rye.nh.us/ |
| Municipal Office Hours | Monday through Thursday, 8 am - 4:30 pm, and Friday, 8 am - 12 noon |
| County | Rockingham |
| Labor Market Area | Portsmouth NH-ME Metro-NECTA, NH Portion |
| Tourism Region | Seacoast |
| Planning Commission | Rockingham |
| Regional Development | Coastal Economic Development Corp. |
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US Congress
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District 1 |
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Executive Council
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District 3 |
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State Senate
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District 24 |
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State Representative
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Rockingham County District 18 |
| Incorporated: 1726 |
| Origin: Rye was the site of the first settlement in New Hampshire, established by David Thompson in 1623 at Odiorne's Point, which he called Pannaway. This township was originally part of Portsmouth called Sandy Beach, and it was incorporated as a parish of New Castle in 1693 when that town separated form Portsmouth. In 1726 it was separated from New Castle, and incorporated as Rye, after the borough of Rye, a flourishing English Channel town. Rye's eight-mile length of coastline is dotted with old names such as Wallis Sands, Jenness Beach, Locke's Neck, Ragged Neck, Rye Harbor, and Odiorne Point. In 1876, the thriving village of Gosport on Star Island in the Isles of Shoals was annexed to the town. Rye is the only New Hampshire town with Atlantic islands, having annexed four of the Isles of Shoals; the remaining five islands belong to Maine. |
| Villages and Place Names: Jenness Beach, Odiorne Point, Foyes Corner, Langs Corner, Rye Beach, Rye Harbor, Rye North Beach, Wallis Sands, West Rye, Foss Beach |
| Population, Year of the First Census Taken: 958 residents in 1790 |
| Population Trends: Population change for Rye totaled 3,215 over 50 years, from 1,982 in 1950 to 5,197 in 2000. The largest decennial percent change was 64 percent increase between 1950 and 1960; the smallest, a decline of one percent between 1980 and 1990. The 2007 Census estimate for Rye was 5,174 residents, which ranked 62nd among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns. |
| Population Density, 2007: 410.4 persons per square mile of land area. Rye contains 12.6 square miles of land area and 0.5 square miles of inland water area. |
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