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| Thornton, NH | |
| Community Contact | Town of Thornton Tammie Beaulieu, Town Administrator 16 Merrill Access Road Thornton, NH 03285 |
| Telephone | (603) 726-4232 |
| Fax | (603) 726-2078 |
| mail@thorntonnh.org | |
| Web Site | www.thorntonnh.org/ |
| Municipal Office Hours | Monday through Thursday, 9 am - 4 pm, and Friday, 9 am - 3:30 pm |
| County | Grafton |
| Labor Market Area | Plymouth NH LMA |
| Tourism Region | White Mountains |
| Planning Commission | North Country Council |
| Regional Development | Grafton County Economic Development Council |
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Grafton County District 4 |
| Incorporated: 1763 |
| Origin: This territory was chartered in 1763, and named for Dr. Matthew Thornton. The grant was given to him in return for his service as surgeon in the Pepperell expedition of 1745. Dr. Thornton, whose practice was in Merrimack, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, a justice of the Superior Court, speaker of the House of Representatives, member of the State Senate, delegate to the Continental Congress, and president of the state following the Revolutionary War. No settlements were made under the first grant, and a second was issued in 1768; the first settlements were made in 1770. |
| Villages and Place Names: Goose Hollow, West Thornton |
| Population, Year of the First Census Taken: 385 residents in 1790 |
| Population Trends: Population change for Thornton totaled 1,387 over 50 years, from 460 in 1950 to 1,847 in 2000. The largest decennial percent change was an increase of 60 percent between 1970 and 1980, this was followed by a 58 percent increase over the next decade. The 2007 Census estimate for Thornton was 2,096 residents, which ranked 132nd among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns. |
| Population Density, 2007: 42.5 persons per square mile of land area. Thornton contains 50.3 square miles of land area and 0.4 square miles of inland water area. |
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