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Colebrook, NH

Colebrook, New Hampshire
Town
Main Street
Main Street
Official seal of Colebrook, New Hampshire
Seal
Location in Coos County, New Hampshire
Location in Coos County, New Hampshire
Coordinates: 44°53′40″N 71°29′45″W / 44.89444°N 71.49583°W / 44.89444; -71.49583Coordinates: 44°53′40″N 71°29′45″W / 44.89444°N 71.49583°W / 44.89444; -71.49583
Country United States
State New Hampshire
County Coos
Incorporated 1796
Government
 • Board of Selectmen Suzanne Collins
Raymond Gorman
Greg Placy
 • Town Manager Becky Merrow
Area
 • Total 40.9 sq mi (105.9 km2)
 • Land 40.7 sq mi (105.4 km2)
 • Water 0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2)  0.50%
Elevation 1,024 ft (312 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 2,301
 • Density 56/sq mi (22/km2)
Time zone Eastern (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) Eastern (UTC-4)
ZIP code 03576
Area code(s) 603
FIPS code 33-13780
GNIS feature ID 0871097
Website www.colebrook-nh.com

Colebrook is a town in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,301 at the 2010 census. Situated in the Great North Woods Region, it is bounded on the west by the Connecticut River and home to Beaver Brook Falls Natural Area.

The main village of the town, where 1,394 people resided at the 2010 census, is defined as the Colebrook census-designated place (CDP), and is located at the junction of U.S. Route 3 with New Hampshire Route 26. The town also includes the villages of Kidderville, Upper Kidderville, and Factory Village.

Colebrook is part of the Berlin, NH−VT Micropolitan Statistical Area.

First granted in 1762 by New Hampshire's Colonial Governor, Benning Wentworth, the territory was named Dryden, after English poet and playwright, John Dryden. Due to the inability of its original grantees to settle the remote area, however, it was regranted in 1770 by Colonial Governor John Wentworth, who renamed it Colebrook Town after Sir George Colebrooke, the East India Company's chairman of the board. It was settled that same year by a single family by the name of Rosebrook, but the family was driven out by the Revolutionary War, and further settlement did not occur until after the war's end. The 1790 census recorded a population of 29, and the town was incorporated as Colebrook on June 11, 1796. For many years, it was the shire town of the Northern Judicial District of Coos County. Today, it has a district branch of the Lancaster Superior Court.


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