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| Surry, NH | |
| Community Contact | Town of Surry Board of Selectmen 1 Village Road, Town Hall Surry, NH 03431 |
| Telephone | (603) 352-3075 |
| Fax | (603) 357-4890 |
| ewinter@ne.rr.com | |
| Web Site | http://home.webryders.net/surry/ |
| Municipal Office Hours | Selectmen: Monday, 7 pm - 9 pm; Town Clerk: Monday, 6 pm - 9 pm; Tax Collector: first and third Thursday of each month, 6:30 pm - 8 pm |
| County | Cheshire |
| Labor Market Area | Keene NH Micro-NECTA |
| Tourism Region | Monadnock |
| Planning Commission | Southwest Region |
| Regional Development | Monadnock Economic Development Corp. |
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US Congress
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District 2 |
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Executive Council
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District 2 |
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State Senate
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District 10 |
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State Representative
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Cheshire County District 1 |
| Incorporated: 1769 |
| Origin: This town was chartered in 1769 from portions of Gilsum and Westmoreland. The portion of Westmoreland added to Surry was known as Westmoreland Leg. Surry was named for Charles Howard, Earl of Surrey, Duke of Norfolk, and hereditary Earl Marshal of England. The county of Surrey in England was known for manufacture of pleasure carriages called surreys, introduced to America in 1872. Surry was one of the towns in the western part of the state that attempted to join the State of Vermont in 1781. Surry is an excellent geological area, containing quantities of quartz bearing veins of gold, silver, copper, and lead. |
| Villages and Place Names: Shaws Corner |
| Population, Year of the First Census Taken: 448 residents in 1790 |
| Population Trends: Population change for Surry totaled 382 over 50 years, from 291 in 1950 to 673 in 2000. The largest decennial percent change was an increase of 40 percent between 1960 and 1970; population declined four percent between 1980 and 1990. The 2007 Census estimate for Surry was 681 residents, which ranked 208th among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns. |
| Population Density, 2007: 47.2 persons per square mile of land area. Surry contains 15.7 square miles of land area and 0.3 square miles of inland water area. |
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