Washington, NH
Collected Information about Washington, New Hampshire 03280 (Population 895)
Washington Common
Congregational Church (1840), School (1884), Town House (1787)
Two young men in Pepsi uniforms join the four of five of us at the [general store lunch] counter. I learn later that they are in the store to work on the Coke machine. One of them says, "Is there, like, a city of Washington?" This brings hoots from us barflies at the counter. He tries to recover, "I mean, like a center, with stores and stuff." We still think this is very funny. Maybe it's his earnestness; maybe it's us.From Last House on the Road, by Ronald Jager (Chapter 20)"You're in it, buddy," says Bill. "This is it." He jabs his finger toward the floor for emphasis. Behind his hand he tells us that they are from Massachusetts. I think they hear that, and are meant to, but don't mind at all. Clearly they are having a hard time believing that they are in the center of Washington, New Hampshire.
Washington facts
- First U.S. town incorperated under the name of George Washington (December 13, 1776)
- Highest Town Center in New Hampshire (elev 1507 ft)
- Town Hall, built in 1787 is one of the oldest in daily service
- Town covers 50 square miles, and contains 26 lakes and ponds
Washington on the Web
Town of Washington Official Web Site
Washington in the news
- 10/12/2005
- Video: Police Chief Steve Marshall on WMUR.
- 12/23/2004
- Suzanne Lull Receives Presidential Award
- 5/29/2004
- Union Leader: ... town facing real estate pressure
- 03/03/2003
- Stephen O. Muskie "outakes" photo
- 02/07/2001
- AP: Storm's deepest snow measured in Washington, N.H.
- 11/16/2000
- Concord Monitor: Schools get a little something extra
- 10/26/2000
- Washington Elementary Teacher Suzzanne Lull was selected as 2001 NH State Teacher of the Year! Read the NH State Board of EducationMeeting Minutes describing her accomplishments. Hear her answer interview questions at Scholastic Inc.
- 4/9/2000
- Union Leader Article on Washington's Schoolhouse #5
- 1/31/2000
- AP: Candidates never make it to Washington, N.H.
Washington information on NH State Servers
- Pillsbury State Park
- Shedd Free Library
- Washington Elementary Library
- Stratford/Sullivan voter registration
- Washington Municipal Government
- NH Historical Marker: SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH BIRTHPLACE
- State Legislators
- District 2 Executive Councilor
- Office of Energy and Planning: State Data Center: Library
- DES: Ashuelot River Factsheet
- DES: Contoocook and North Branch River Factsheet
- DES: Contoocook and North Branch Rivers Management Plan
- Employment Security: Labor Market Information
- Visit NH: Town of Washington
Washington information on US Government Servers
- U.S. Census: Gazetteer
- U.S. Census: Tiger Map of Washington
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (with Terraserver links)
- EPA: Contoocook River Watershed
- EPA: Upper Connecticut-Mascoma Watershed
- EPA: Middle Connecticut River Watershed
- USPS: New Hampshire District Post Offices
- National Geodetic Survey information for Lovells Mountain benchmark
- Historic USGS Maps Covering Washington (at UNH Dimond Library)
- 2000 Census Demographic Profile
Washington people and places on the web
personal web pages and commercial web sites;
- Clark Robinson Memorial Forest (New England Forestry Foundation)
- Eccardt Fram Photos
- Employment data from Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
- Frequent Fliers Ultralight Club (Hillsborough)
- AirNav.COM: Hawthorne Feather Airpart, Hillsborough
- Highland Lake Associatiobn
- Warren Hurd's AHYUP.COM
- Harpoon Brewery, Winsor, VT
- Idle Times Campground at Highland Lake
- Lindsay Collins, K1JY
- Lempster Wind Farm
- Mirage Alpacas/Miniature Donkeys/C.M.R. Columbia and Natural Colored Sheep
- Virginia G. McKinnon, Pressed Flowers from Riverhaven
- The Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway Trail Club
- Monadnock Greenway Trail at whiteblaze.net
- Nathaniel Hawthorne College (Antrim) Alumni Site
- Pillsbury Park Links
- Pitcher Mountain, Stoddard
- Realtor.COM: search MLS listings for Washington
- Seventh-day Adventist Church and Sabbath Trail
- Christian Schwartz, Font designer, at: identifont, fonts.com.
- Jed Schwartz Productions Inc
- Shedd Free Library
- Paul Vanderwende, Washington Lure & Bait (Antrim)
- Washington Snow Riders Snowmobile Club
Washington Utility Providers
Electric
- Public Service of New Hampshire (electric)
- New Hampshire Electric Coop (Ashuelot area electric)
Telephone
Internet
- Granite State Internet (GSInet)
- TDS Telecom (ConkNet/Monad.net/MCT)
- Sugar River Valley Online (NHVT.NET)
NH Wi-Fi Hotspot finders
Schools
Newspapers
Washington History/Genealogy
- Washington Historical Society (newsletters, graveyard lists)
- Monadnock Stories: Sarah Shedd
- Sherry Gould's Family Home Page
- Washington Vital Records
- Basic History of Washington NH
- Hezekaih Austin at Washington, NH
- Lt. John Safford Washington NH
- Sullivan County Ancestors
- Sullivan County USGenWeb Archives
- Sullivan County, NH Migration Project
- USGenNet Sullivan County
- Sullivan County: New Hampshire Local History
- Joseph CRANE Jr. (1756-1841)
- Ira Alonzo Spaulding (1824-1882)
Sullivan County
Washington information on sites by or about Sullivan county.
- Sullivan County Economic Development Council
- Sullivan County Radio Frequencies
- Named Summits of Sullivan County, NH
- Sullivan County Amateur Radio Emergency Service
- Sullivan County Seriff's Office
- Map of Sullivan County from 1895 U.S. Atlas
Other places called Washington
Regional Information
Weather
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- Snowfall reports on town web site
- NH Weather Stations:
- Citizen Weather Observation Program (CWOP)
- Weather Underground: NH Weather Stations
- Intellicast Weather Radar
- National Weather Service
- WeatherNet: New Hampshire Weather
- WMUR TV (Manchester) Weather
- NOAA (Weather.GOV) NH State Forecasts
- Hancock NH (Very Long Baseline Array Antenna Site) Current conditions (HN column) (metric)
- Web cams;
- New Hampshire Road Conditions
- Photos:
Skiing
- Weather Underground: New Hampshire Ski Conditions
- Ski NH
- Mt Sunapee
- Pats Peak, Henniker
- VisitNH Cross Country Skiing
- Norsk Cross Country Ski Center, New London
- Eastman Lake (Cross Country), Grantham
Foliage
- VisitNH Fall Foliage
- The Weather Channel - Fall Foliage
- The Weather Channel - Northeast Normal Fall Peaks
- Warner Fall Foliage Festival
- Warner Foliage/Weather WebCam!
- Visit New England - New England Fall Foliage and Scenic Drives
Nearby towns and cities
Distances (in miles) calculated using
DeLorme EarthaMaps.
Elevations (in feet) from
United States Geological Survey GNIS/Geonames Server.
2000 Population information from
US 2000 Census.
Town/City | Distance | Population | Elevation |
---|---|---|---|
Town of Windsor | 5 | 117 | 1050 |
Town of Goshen | 10 | 781 | 1297 |
Town of Hillsborough | 12 | 4,650 | 580 |
Town of Bradford | 13 | 1,420 | 970 |
Town of Lempster | 14 | 1,025 | 1416 |
Town of Newport | 15 | 6,249 | 780 |
Town of Unity | 15 | 1,453 | 1467 |
Town of Deering | 16 | 1,766 | 1010 |
Town of Antrim | 17 | 2,382 | 707 |
Town of Newbury | 18 | 1,595 | 1100 |
Town of Sutton | 18 | 1,489 | 756 |
Town of Bennington | 19 | 1,273 | 660 |
Town of Henniker | 19 | 4,122 | 440 |
Town of Warner | 20 | 2,460 | 445 |
Town of Acworth | 21 | 1,763 | 1486 |
Town of Stoddard | 22 | 646 | 1397 |
Town of Hancock | 23 | 1,468 | 965 |
Town of Marlow | 23 | 665 | 1170 |
City of Claremont | 24 | 13,850 | 567 |
Town of Alstead | 29 | 1,763 | 478 |
Town of Peterborough | 29 | 5,679 | 1020 |
Town of Charlestown | 30 | 4,749 | 115 |
Town of New London | 30 | 3,641 | 1326 |
City of Keene | 34 | 23,045 | 480 |
City of Concord | 35 | 37,925 | 346 |
Regional information
- Dartmouth Region Information (visit-nh)
- Dartmouth & Sunapee (New England What Where When)
- New London Area Chamber of Commerce
- Lake Sunapee Business Association
- Sunapee Area Events
- Monadnock Area Events
- Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Comission
Inns/Restaurants
- Maplehurst Inn, Antrim
- Appleseed Restaurant, Bradford
- Candlelite Inn, Bradford
- Rosewood Country Inn, Bradford
- Thistle and Shamrock Inn & Restaurant, Bradford
- The Hancock Inn, Hancock
- Nonni's Restaurant, Hillsborough
- Stone Bridge Farm B&B, Hillsborough
- High Tide Takeout, Hillsboro
- Tooky Mills Pub, Hillsboro
- Stone Wall Farm Bed & Breakfast, Hillsborough Upper Falls
- Country Spirit Restaurant & Tavern, Henniker
- Daniel's Restaurant & Pub, Henniker
- Henniker House B&B
- Colby Hill Inn, Henniker
- Yahoo.COM Yellow Pages Restaurant list for Washington with distances
- Dining In New Hampshire:
Entertainment
- Andy's Summer Playhouse, Milford
- Antrim Players
- Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music, East Sullivan
- Capitol Center Theater, Concord
- Claremont Opera House
- Colonial Theatre, Keene
- Flying Goose Brew Pub, New London
- Monadnock Music, Peterborough
- New London Barn Playhouse Schedule, ticket info
- Newport Opera House
- Peterborough Players
- Peterborough Folk Music Society
- Redfern Arts Center, Keene State College
Radio
Crafts
- Lovewell Art and Antiques
- Mirage Alpacas
- Washington Historical Society Gift Shop
- Gibson Pewter, Hillsborough Center
- The Gallery at Well Sweep, Hillsborough
- Hillsborough Area Artisans
- Ray Farrell, Copper & Tin Works, Deering
- The Fiber Studio, Henniker
- League of New Hampshire Craftsmen
- Artisan's Workshop, New London
- Wild Pottery, Wilmont
- Peterboro Basket Co.
Places
- Withington Auctions, Hillsborough
- Covered Bridges:
- Covered Bridges of Bradford/Warner/Contoocook/Henniker
- NH Covered Bridges
- Rowell's Bridge, Hopkinton
- Railroad Bridge, Hopkinton
- Daltone Bridge, Warner
- Bement Bridge, Bradford
- Corbin Bridge, Newport
- Pier Bridge, Newport
- Wright's Bridge, Newport
- Henniker Bridge, Henniker
- Franklin Pierce Homestead, Hillsborough / Hillsborough Historical Society
- Manahan-Phelps-McCulloch Collection of the Hillsborough Historical Society more
- Henniker Historical Society
- Warner Historical Society
- Muster Field Farm Museum, Sutton
- Nunsuch Dairy, Sutton
- Mt Kearsarge Indian Museum, Warner
- The Fort At No. 4, Charlestown
- Flying Yankee Train Restoration
- The Fells Historic Site at the John Hay National Wildlife Refuge, Newbury
- Historic Markers: Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee
- Cornish Colony Gallery and Museum, Cornish
- Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish
- Enfield Shaker Museum, Enfield
- Northern Railtrail, Grafton County, NH
- American Precision Museum, Windsor, VT
- New Hampshire Covered Bridges
- New Hampshire Historical Markers
- Connecticut River Historic Sites Database & Connecticut River Heritage Trails
- Sunapee Lake Region Activities
- Museum of New Hampshire History, Concord
- Historic Maps of New Hampshire (includes Antrim, Claremont, Henniker, Hillsboro)
- Sunapee Cruises
- Hillsboro: Natural Wonders, Environment, Sports and Swimming
- Hillsboro: Caroline A. Fox Research and Demonstration Forest
- Sunapee/Monadnock Area Byways
- Hillsborough Bypass photos
- Sleeper Hill Farm Hillsboro: Horseback riding
- Granite Rose Morgans, Bradford
- Northern Rail Trail in Merrimack County