Andover, NH - NH.com

Web site: http://andovernh.us/

Population: 1,883 (1990); 2,109 (2000); 2,229 (2006)

Overview
According to the "Topographical and Historical Sketch of the Town of Andover" published in 1822 by Jacob B. Moore, Andover was originally called New Breton "in honor of those brave men who achieved the capture of Cape Breton" in 1745. Most of the original grantees were out of this expedition. The regimental surgeon, Dr. Anthony Emery, was a college friend of John Phillips, founder of the Phillips Andover Academy in Massachusetts, completed in 1779. The town was incorporated as Andover in that same year. Andover, New Hampshire’s first private school, as referenced in John R. Eastman's History of Andover, NH 1751-1906, was started in 1822 and closed in 1828; another was started in 1848 and became Proctor Academy.

Geography
Region: Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee
County: Merrimack
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 41 miles
o Boston, MA: 93 miles
o New York, NY: 275 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 270 miles

Town Hall
Tax Collector and Town Clerk
31 School Street
Andover, NH 03216
Telephone: 603-735-5332
Fax: 603-735-6975
General Information: andovernh@tds.net

Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Appointed
Police Department: Not full time
Fire Department: Not full time
Nearest Hospital: New London; Franklin Regional (10 miles)

Election Districts
State House District: 35
State Senate District: 2
Executive Council District: 2
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 2

Schools
Andover Elementary/Middle School
20 School Street
Andover NH 03216
http://www.andover.k12.nh.us/
School: (603)735-5494
Nurse: (603)735-5500
FAX: (603)735-6108

Proctor Academy
204 Main Street
PO Box 500
Andover, NH 03216
Main Phone: 603.735.6000
Main Fax: 603.735.5129

Batchelder Library
12 Chase Hill Rd
Andover, NH 03216
(603) 735-5333