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Town Office: 765-4411
Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursday 8 a.m.-7 p.m., Friday 8 a.m.-noon
Town Clerk: Shelby A. Coburn, 765-4411
Selectmen: Roderick Maclay (chairman), 765-4566; Stephen Willbanks, 765-4530; Kay Campbell, 765-4412 (meet at the town office every first and third Wednesday at 7 p.m., every second and fourth Wednesday at 8 a.m.)
School Directors: Willaim Williams (chairman); Thomas Diamond, 765-4700; Joshua Kahan; Therese Linehan; Kerry Claffey (meets at the Newton School by warned meeting every month at 7 p.m.)
Planning Commission: James Condict, Eric Thorp, Stephen Marx, Sherm Wilson, Guy Denechaud, Miriam Newman, Russell Ward, Gretchen Fairweather, Karl Johnston (meets at the town office the third Monday of every month at 7:30 p.m.)
Zoning Board of Adjustment: David Lamb, Jane Brown, Brian Johnson, Terrance Garrison (meets when necessary)
Zoning Administrator, Sewage Officer: Tom Clark, 765-4398
Road Foreman: John Mackinnon, 765-4550 at the town garage, or 649-9012
Listers: Rupert Johnston, Sean Lewis, Alan Davis
Town Agent, Grand Juror: Monty Tilles, 765-4778
Constables: Edwin Eastman, 765-4083; Gile Kendall
Dog officer: Edwin Eastman
Fire chief: D. Kris Brown, 765-4232
Morrill Memorial and Harris Library: Maureen Wilson, librarian, 765-4037.
Hours: Monday 1 p.m.-8 p.m., Thursday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.-noon. During summer also Wednesday 2-5 p.m.
Fire warden and civil defense director: Kevin Cole, 765-4570
Strafford News: published monthly; P.O. Box 58, Strafford 05072; 765-4354
Editorial board: Kate Linehan, Deborah Reese, Marge Stewart
Year incorporated or chartered: 1761
Land area: 44 square miles
Percent private and public conserved lands: 10.4
Population:
2000: 1,045
1990: 902
Number of families: 297
Average family size: 2.97
Income:
Per capita: $22,267
Median family income: $52,596
Median household income: $46,711
Employment:
Residents working in community: 30.2%
Unemployment rate: 1.9%
Top five industries in which residents work:
1. Educational services
2. Retail trade
3. Construction
4. Other professional, related services
5. Agriculture, forestry, fisheries
Housing Units:
Owner occupied: 352
Renter occupied: 68
Vacant: 122
2001 Equalized tax rate: $2.22*
Full-time police department: No
Full-time fire department: No
Public schools:
Elementary/middle (k-8): 1; enrollment, 153
High school: none
Those seeking to explore Vermont and Strafford history should visit the Justin Morrill Homestead, located on the Justin Morrill Highway (the road that connects the town's two villages) just before Strafford village. An exhibit on Morrill's life and accomplishments -- he was a 19th-century U.S. representative and senator -- is in the estate’s carriage house. The Justin Morrill Homestead is open Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Memorial Day weekend to Columbus Day weekend. There is a $2 admission charge for those over 14. For information, call (802) 765-4397.
While you're in the vicinity, take a walk to the upper village. Across the common, perched on a knoll, is the much admired Strafford Town House, considered by many to be one of the most beautiful of New England's many meetinghouses.
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