Tilton, New Hampshire
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 View of Tilton, 1906 |
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| Location in New Hampshire | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1869 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | New Hampshire | ||
| County : | Belknap County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 28 ′ N , 71 ° 35 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 3,567 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 123.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 31.1 km 2 (approx. 12 mi 2 ) of which 28.8 km 2 (approx. 11 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 152 m | ||
| Postal code : | 03276 | ||
| Area code : | +1 603 | ||
| FIPS : | 0873739 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 3300177060 | ||
| Website : | www.tiltonnh.org | ||
Tilton is a place in the US state of New Hampshire . It is located on the Winnipesaukee River in Belknap County . According to the 2010 population census, it had 3,567 inhabitants. The village of Lochmere also belongs to Tilton .
history
In 1748 the land was given to owners for the first time after interested parties had sent a petition to King George II . The first settlement arose at Union Bridge, in the Lochmere Section, or today's Laconia Road. Sergeant John Sanborn built the first permanent house there in 1765; it stood about 1,200 feet north of Tilton on the road from the village to Sanbornton Square. A first grist mill may have been built in 1766.
Since 1763 a bridge crossed the Winnipesaukee, which was part of the connecting road from Canterbury to Sanbornton. The first sawmill was built in 1775 at the latest with Old Morrison or Darling Privilege , and in 1789 the first shop. It stood where the Town Hall is today. A school with 76 students was founded in 1845, but it burned down in the 1860s. It was a Methodist school called New Hampshire Conference Seminary . From 1852 onwards, girls were also admitted and the students were prepared for service in the church. It was moved across the river to the place where the village's school is still located today. In the 1880s, the brick building was replaced by Knowles Hall. Until 1903, when the school was named Tilton Seminary , it was run as a girls' college ; since 1923 the school has been called Tilton School .
The residents of the Sanbornton Bridge, built in 1762, tried to become a town of their own from 1850, i.e. to gain self-government. But activities fizzled out, even when a meeting in 1860 decided to divide the city. Another corresponding meeting took place in 1869. On May 18, 150 of the delegates voted for a division, 105 against. Governor Onslow Stearns agreed on June 30, 1869. A town of its own was created under the name Tilton.
The town was named after Nathaniel Tilton, who ran an iron foundry and the first hotel, Dexter House . He had gone to California during the gold rush and returned rich. His great-grandson Charles E. Tilton, the city's richest citizen, had started the initiative. Tilton Hall, the former country house built in 1861, now houses the Lucian Hunt Library . The Helene Grant Daly Art Center was created from the remise , which was renovated in 1980 . Charles Tilton had a memorial to his ancestors erected 50 m above the Winnipesaukee River, as well as a mausoleum in which he was buried in 1901. He had plans to incorporate neighboring Northfield, but the residents there successfully fought against it. Tilton had the Town Hall built, the streets paved, two bridges built, and numerous statues installed, some of which are still standing today.
So he had a statue erected in memory of Chief Squantum , who in 1620 had been on friendly terms with the settlers on Plymouth Rock. The statue was one of about 20 works from the JL Mott Iron Works company in New York. "Squantum" has been restored and is now on the corner of Main Street and Park Street in Vest Pocket Park.
Personalities
- Jonathan Page (* 1976), racing cyclist
literature
- Bonnie Randall, Carol Stone, Dennis Evans: Around Tilton , Arcadia Publishing Company 2012.
Web links
- Town of Tilton New Hampshire , site of the place
- Hall Memorial Library
- Tilton at New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information
Remarks
- ↑ American FactFinder , 2010 Census figures.
- ^ Tilton-Northfield Historical Walking Tour , Northfield / Tilton Economic Development Corp.