Overview
This territory was originally granted in 1735 by Massachusetts Governor Belcher as Number 9, the ninth in a line of forts established to guard against Indian attacks. It was regranted in 1753 by Governor Benning Wentworth under the name Dupplin, after Sir Thomas Hay, Lord Dupplin of Scotland, who had been in charge of the settlement of Nova Scotia. The town was granted yet again in 1761 as Lempster, named for Sir Thomas Fermor of Lempster, England, who was a Wentworth relation. Settlers were not able to meet the prescribed terms, so a regrant charter was issued in 1767. By 1770 only eight families had settled there, and a charter extension was requested of and issued by Governor John Wentworth in 1772.
Population: 947 (1990); 971 (2000); 1,094 (2006)
Geography
Region: Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee
County: Sullivan
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 51 miles
o Boston, MA: 117 miles
o New York, NY: 210 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 225 miles
Town Hall
Town Office
Town Clerk and Tax Collector
856 US Route 10
PO Box 33, Lempster, NH 03605
(603) 863-2698
(603) 863-8105
Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Elected
Police Department: Not full time
Fire Department: Not full time
Nearest Hospital: Valley Regional in Claremont (15 miles)
Election Districts
State House District: 22
State Senate District: 8
Executive Council District: 2
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 2
Schools
Newport School District
http://www.newport.k12.nh.us/
Services
Lempster Fire Department
11 Lempster St
Lempster, NH 03605
(603) 863-6375
Lempster Police Department
Route 10
Lempster, NH 03605
(603) 863-7908
Miner Memorial Library
3 2nd NH Tpke
Lempster, NH
(603) 863-0051
Utilities
Electric: PSNH; NH Electric Coop.
Gas: Irving Energy
Water Supplier: Private wells
Sanitation: Private septic
Curbside Trash Pickup: No
Telephone: Verizon
Cable television service: No
This territory was originally granted in 1735 by Massachusetts Governor Belcher as Number 9, the ninth in a line of forts established to guard against Indian attacks. It was regranted in 1753 by Governor Benning Wentworth under the name Dupplin, after Sir Thomas Hay, Lord Dupplin of Scotland, who had been in charge of the settlement of Nova Scotia. The town was granted yet again in 1761 as Lempster, named for Sir Thomas Fermor of Lempster, England, who was a Wentworth relation. Settlers were not able to meet the prescribed terms, so a regrant charter was issued in 1767. By 1770 only eight families had settled there, and a charter extension was requested of and issued by Governor John Wentworth in 1772.
Population: 947 (1990); 971 (2000); 1,094 (2006)
Geography
Region: Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee
County: Sullivan
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 51 miles
o Boston, MA: 117 miles
o New York, NY: 210 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 225 miles
Town Hall
Town Office
Town Clerk and Tax Collector
856 US Route 10
PO Box 33, Lempster, NH 03605
(603) 863-2698
(603) 863-8105
Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Elected
Police Department: Not full time
Fire Department: Not full time
Nearest Hospital: Valley Regional in Claremont (15 miles)
Election Districts
State House District: 22
State Senate District: 8
Executive Council District: 2
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 2
Schools
Newport School District
http://www.newport.k12.nh.us/
Services
Lempster Fire Department
11 Lempster St
Lempster, NH 03605
(603) 863-6375
Lempster Police Department
Route 10
Lempster, NH 03605
(603) 863-7908
Miner Memorial Library
3 2nd NH Tpke
Lempster, NH
(603) 863-0051
Utilities
Electric: PSNH; NH Electric Coop.
Gas: Irving Energy
Water Supplier: Private wells
Sanitation: Private septic
Curbside Trash Pickup: No
Telephone: Verizon
Cable television service: No
