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Town Offices: Town House Road, Cornish, N.H. 03745
Town Clerk and Tax Collector: Reigh H. Sweetser; 675-5207
Hours: Monday, Thursday and Friday 9 a.m. to noon; Monday and Thursday 4-7 p.m.; last Saturday of each month 9 a.m.-noon
Town Treasurer: William Caterino Jr.
Moderator: Peter Burling
Board of Selectmen: Larry Dingee (chairman), 469-3394; Robert Maslan, 675-5395; William Gallagher, 675-5486; Selectman's office, 675-5611
Hours: Wednesday 9 a.m.-noon, Friday 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Supervisors of Checklist: Ruth G. Rollins, Leland E. Atwood, Robin Monette
Trustees of Trust Funds: Willis Reed, Cynthia Wegner
Highway Agent: Thomas Spaulding, 675-2205
Police Chief: Doug Hackett (administrator); 543-0535 (dispatch)
George H. Stowell Free Library: 543-3644
Fire Chief: Nathan Cass, 469-3545
Planning Board: Peter C. Storrs (chairman); Anne Hier, 675-2394; John Hammond; Connie Kousman; Chester Newbold; Gail McKenzie; Larry Dingee (selectman); Bill Lipfer; Heidi Jaarsma (secretary) (meets the third Thursday at 7 p.m. at the town offices)
Zoning Board: Karim Chichakly (chairman), 469-3693; Keith Beardslee; Caroline Storrs; William S. Balch; Bruce Tracy; Dale Rook; Suzanne Lupren (meets as required)
Conservation Commission: Gar Hier (chairman), 675-6805; Don Snowdon; Mariet Jaarsma; Michael M. Yatsevitch; Nancy Newbold; William Gallagher (selectman); Donna Bleazard; Herrika Poor; Bill Ladd; Ned Swonbery
Finance Committee: Alan Penfold, William Caterino, Fred Sullivan; Suzanne Lupien, Bob Bladen (chairman), Mike Monette
Cornish Recycling Committee: Donna Bleazard, Connie Kousman, Nancy Wightman, Revilo Wightman, Richard Thompson, Leigh Callahan, Barbara Atherton, Janice Orion, Pat Pinkson-Burke, Paul Atherton
Cornish Historical Society: Jim Atkinson (president), 675-6003; Betty Caterino (vice president); Bernice Johnson; Beth Lum; Hannah Schad (meets the second Monday of April, May, June, September and October at 7:30 p.m. at the Meeting House in Cornish Flat)
School Board: Terrie Scott (chairwoman), 542-2945; Curt Wyman, 469-3381; Brent Edgerton, 675-5478; Sandra Gee, 675-2244, Susan Borchert (meets the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m.)
Cornish Elementary School: Scott Kalter, (principal), 675-5891
School Superintendent, SAU 6: 543-4200
Elevation: 840 feet
Distance to Boston: 125 miles
New York City: 219 miles
Montreal: 208 miles
Average annual precipitation: 36 inches
Population:
2000: 1,661
1990: 1,659
Number of families: 466
Average family size: 3.02
Income:
Per capita: $23,165
Median family income: $60,313
Median household income: $53,393
Employment:
Residents working in community: 23.4%
Mean travel time to work: 21.5 minutes
Unemployment rate: 2.0%
Housing Units:
Single-family: 598
Multi-family: 50
Manufactured homes: 73
2001 Equalized tax rate: $30.08*
Full-time police department: No
Full-time fire department: No
Public schools:
Elementary: 1; enrollment, 211
Middle-junior high: none
High school: none
Private or parochial schools: none
Points of interest include the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, the sculptor's old home and grounds, replete with examples of his work. The site is located just off Route 12A, a short distance north of the Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge. It draws 40,000 visitors a year from Memorial Day to late October. The replica of Saint-Gaudens' reputation-making statue of Adm. David Farragut was unveiled during the memorial’s 75th anniversary in 1994.
Corbin Park may be a point of interest, but it's not one you're likely to see up close. It is an exclusive wild-game preserve serving members only. A tall fence around the entire preserve, well over 20,000 acres, keeps the public out.
The 450-foot-long Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge, restored several years ago, is the nation's longest bridge of its type.
The Cornish Colony Gallery and Museum, located about one-half mile south of Cornish town line, on the west side of Route 12A.
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