Rollinsford, New Hampshire
| Rollinsford, New Hampshire | |
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| Town | |
 Location within Strafford County, New Hampshire |
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| Coordinates: 43°14′10″N 70°49′08″W / 43.23611°N 70.81889°WCoordinates: 43°14′10″N 70°49′08″W / 43.23611°N 70.81889°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Hampshire |
| County | Strafford |
| Settled | 1630s |
| Incorporated | 1849 |
| Government | |
| • Board of selectmen | Suzanne Huard, Chair Michael Rollo Jodi Lavoie-Carnes |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.5 sq mi (19.5 km2) |
| • Land | 7.3 sq mi (18.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.6 km2) |
| Elevation | 70 ft (21 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,527 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 03805, 03869 |
| Area code(s) | 603 |
| FIPS code | 33-65540 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0873709 |
| Website | www |
Rollinsford is a town in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,527 at the 2010 census. Rollinsford includes Salmon Falls Village.
The area was once within the domain of the Newichawannock Indians, an Abenaki sub-tribe which took its name from the Newichawannock River, meaning "river with many falls," now the Salmon Falls River. Their village was located at what is today Salmon Falls Village. They fished at the falls, stretching nets across the river to catch migrating salmon and other species swimming upriver to spawn. But war and disease, probably smallpox brought from abroad, decimated the native population.
Subsequently, settled by about 1630, the land was part of Dover, one of the original townships of New Hampshire. The area was first called Sligo, likely after the county Sligo in Ireland, and the name survives on a town road. An historical marker on Sligo Road reads, "Near this place lived David Hamilton of Westburn born in the parish of Cambuslang, Scotland in October 1620; captured by Oliver Cromwell at the Battle of Worcester, England, September 3 1651; Brought to America as a prisoner in chains on the "John and Sarah" in the same year; settled near here and married Annah Jaxson of Lanark, Scotland. Killed by Indians on September 28, 1691." Hamilton's descendants still reside in this area of New Hampshire.
In 1729 the area was established as a parish called "Summersworth", meaning summer town, because the ministers preached here during the summer. In 1754, it was set off and incorporated as a town by colonial Governor Benning Wentworth, although thereafter spelled "Somersworth" due to a clerical error. Since the first settlers' arrival, small communities had developed near various sawmills and gristmills along the Salmon Falls River, but the center of "Summersworth" was located at Rollinsford Junction.
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