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Woodstock, NH
Community Contact Town of Woodstock
Sandy Dovholuk, Administrative Assistant
PO Box 156
North Woodstock, NH 03262

Telephone (603) 745-8752
Fax (603) 745-2393
E-mail admin@woodstocknh.org
Web Site www.woodstocknh.org

Municipal Office Hours Monday through Friday, 8 am - 4 pm; Tax Collector: Tuesday, 8 am - 12 noon, Thursday, 3 pm - 6 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

Election Districts  
US Congress
District 2
Executive Council
District 1
State Senate
District 2
State Representative
Grafton County District 4
Incorporated: 1763

Origin: This town was first granted in 1763 as Peeling, after an English town, to Eli Demerit and others. Many of the settlers were from Lebanon, Connecticut, and acquainted with that town's minister, Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, who later founded Dartmouth College. The terms of the charter were not met, and in 1771 Governor John Wentworth regranted the town to Nathaniel Cushman and others. In this grant, the town was named Fairfield, after Fairfield, Connecticut. In 1840, the town was renamed Woodstock by act of legislature, after a historic palace in Woodstock, England.

Villages and Place Names: Fairview, Lost River, North Woodstock

Population, Year of the First Census Taken: 83 residents in 1800

Population Trends: Population change for Woodstock totaled 246 over 50 years, from 894 in 1950 to 1,140 in 2000. The largest decennial percent change was an increase of 16 percent between 1980 and 1990; population declined from 1950 to 1960 and from 1990 to 2000. The 2007 Census estimate for Woodstock was 1,169 residents, which ranked 171st among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns.

Population Density, 2007: 20.5 persons per square mile of land area. Woodstock contains 58.5 square miles of land area and 0.5 square miles of inland water area.
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