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Effingham, New Hampshire

Effingham, New Hampshire
Town
Effingham Falls in 1915
Effingham Falls in 1915
Location in Carroll County, New Hampshire
Location in Carroll County, New Hampshire
Coordinates: 43°45′40″N 70°59′47″W / 43.76111°N 70.99639°W / 43.76111; -70.99639Coordinates: 43°45′40″N 70°59′47″W / 43.76111°N 70.99639°W / 43.76111; -70.99639
Country United States
State New Hampshire
County Carroll
Incorporated 1778
Government
 • Board of Selectmen Lawrence Edwards
Henry Spencer
Leonard Espie
 • Town Administrator Claudia Lamphier
Area
 • Total 39.6 sq mi (102.6 km2)
 • Land 38.4 sq mi (99.5 km2)
 • Water 1.2 sq mi (3.1 km2)  2.98%
Elevation 597 ft (182 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 1,465
 • Density 37/sq mi (14/km2)
Time zone Eastern (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) Eastern (UTC-4)
ZIP code 03882
Area code(s) 603
FIPS code 33-23620
GNIS feature ID 0873588
Website www.effinghamnh.net

Effingham is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. At the 2010 census, the town population was 1,465. Effingham includes the villages of Effingham Falls, Effingham (Lord's Hill), Center Effingham (Drake's Corner), and South Effingham. Pine River State Forest is in the south.

The town was settled by members of the Leavitt family of Hampton, led by Captain John Leavitt, a soldier whose father, Moses, was a prosperous Hampton tavern keeper. From them the settlement first took the name Leavitt's Town. In 1749, the land was granted by Governor Benning Wentworth, and he renamed it Effingham for the Howard family, who were Earls of Effingham and who were related to the Wentworths by marriage. The town was incorporated in 1778. North Effingham would be set off in 1831 and incorporated as Freedom. By 1859, when the population was 1,252, Effingham Falls had developed into a small mill town, with a woolen factory, five sawmills, three gristmills, and a carriage factory.

Effingham was home to the first normal school in New Hampshire, established in 1830 on the second floor of the Effingham Union Academy Building, erected in 1819. James W. Bradbury, later a Maine senator, took charge of the school only on condition that it should be for the "instruction and training of teachers." The idea was his own and, at that time, entirely novel.

Normal School in 1910

Post Office in 1908


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