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Town Offices: Route 25A, Orfordville, N.H. 03777; 353-4889
Town Clerk: Louise Mack, 353-4404
Hours: Tuesday, 2-7 p.m. Wednesday, 6-8 p.m., Thursday, 8-11 a.m.
Web site: www.nhuv.org/Orford/index.htm
Board of Selectmen: David Bischoff (chairman), 353-4889; Gerald Pease, 353-4889; Quentin Mack (meets Wednesdays at 7:30 in the town offices)
Email: Orfordselectmen@joimail.com
Administrative Assistant: Mary Greene, 353-4889 (fax to same number)
Selectmen Office Hours: Monday and Tuesday, 9 a.m.-noon and 1-5 p.m., Wednesday 1-7:30 p.m. with selectmen's meeting following
Tax Collector: Louise Mack, 353-4831
Moderator: Peter Thomson
Treasurer: Carl Cassel
Town Auditor: Ploozik & Sanderson, Inc., 603-225-6996; Joseph Arcolio, 353-9504
Emergency Management Director: Mark Simmons, 353-4517
Emergency: 911
Police Chief: Michael LaChapelle, 353-4252 or 353-4347
Fire Chief: Arthur Dennis, 353-4502
Planning Board: Paul Dalton (chairman), 353-9844; Sam Hanford; Jonathan Sands; David Coker; Guy Hebb; Elizabeth Bischoff; Andrew Schwaegler; David Bischoff; Ann Green (meets the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m.)
Animal Control Officer: Roy Daisey
Road Agent: Charles Waterbury, 353-9366 (garage)
Orfordville Free Library: Laurel Fulford (librarian) 353-9166
Hours: Tuesday and Friday 3:30-7:30 p.m., Saturday 9-11:30 a.m., Sunday, 2-5 p.m.
Orfordville Free Library Trustees: Susan Kling (chairwoman), Carol Boynton (treasurer), Christie Manning
Orford Social Library: 353-9756
Hours: Monday 4-8 p.m., Wednesday 10 a.m.-noon, Thursday 5-7 p.m., Friday, 2-5 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.-noon
Orford Social Library Trustees: Ruth Brown, Judy Cross, Ann Davis, Jean Dyke, Julia Fiefield, Ellen Gluek, Julie Peters, Jude Parker
Health Office: Selectmen, 353-4889
Rivendell School Board, Orford: Sally Tomlinson, Jonathan Sands, Carol Sobetzer (meets second and fourth Thursdays of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Rivendell Academy)
Rivendell Interstate School District: 353-2170
Elevation: 419 feet
Distance to Boston: 140 miles
New York City: 325 miles
Montreal: 275 miles
Average precipitation: 38 inches per year
Population:
2000: 1,091
1990: 1,008
Number of families: 309
Average family size: 2.84
Income:
Per capita: $24,196
Median family income: $50,577
Median household income: $46,250
Employment:
Residents working in community: 27.7%
Mean travel time to work: 23 minutes
Unemployment rate: 0.6%
Housing Units:
Single-family: 442
Multi-family: 54
Manufactured homes: 83
2001 Equalized tax rate: $25.31
Full-time police department: Yes
Full-time fire department: No
Public schools:
Elementary: 1; enrollment: 116
Middle school: none
High school: 1; enrollment: 112
Private/parochial schools: none
Mount Cube, off Route 25A, is a popular mountain for hiking. It is just over 2,900 feet high and is accessed by the Appalachian Trail.
The Ridge, on Route 10, is a group of seven stately federal homes dating from 1773 to 1839.
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