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TOWN STATISTICS

Population estimate (2006): 1,715
Median age (2000): 42.6

Educational attainment, adults 25 years and older (2000):
High school graduate or higher: 78.6%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 13.1%

Median family income: $47,045

Enrollment in town schools:
Elementary: 109

Total tax rate per $1,000 of assessed value (2007): $15.04

PLACES OF INTEREST

The Quaker Meeting House: Built in 1820, this structure marks the period when West Unity was known as Quaker City. The Quakers, who built this single-story structure sheathed in unpainted clapboards, had previously been obliged to attend meetings in Weare, N.H. The interior was divided into two sections to separate men and women, according to Quaker beliefs. The building is still used for Quaker meetings.
Revolutionary War Soldier's Grave: Located on the Old East Unity Road on John Stark Highway, this woodlot near Potato Hill is the final burial place for an anonymous Revolutionary War soldier who is said to have come from the Portsmouth area.
Other sites of interest include the Springhouse Ruin in East Unity, the remnants of the bath site and 60-room Unitoga Springs House, which burned in 1892; and the West Unity Community Church, built in 1846 and the only religious structure in Unity still serving its original purpose.

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Unity Town Hall. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

Unity, N.H.

Mailing Address: 13 Center Road, Unit 1, Unity, N.H. 03603
Town Hall: 543-3084
Town Clerk and Tax Collector: Rosemary Heino, 542-9665
Hours: Monday and Tuesday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday 8 a.m. to noon
Selectmen: Willard Hathaway, chairman, 863-4324; Edward Gregory; Jason LeMere (meet Mondays at 4 p.m.)
Secretary: Tammy Dowd, 543-3102
Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Historical Society: Tyyne Cox, Roberta Callum, Audrey Shepard
Treasurer: Mary Hall
Moderator: Fred Bellimer
Library Trustees: Martha Morse, Marguerite Hall, Barbara Noli
Planning Board: Susan Lawrence, Bardon Flanders, Teresa Monteith, Ethel Jarvis (meets first Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Town Hall)
Trustees of the Trust Funds: Sally Teague, Marguerite Hall, Linda Warner
Road Foreman: Harold Booth, 542-5667
Deputy Treasurer: Dorothy McClay
Health Officer and Building Inspector: Lyle Guynup
Landfill Attendants: Vanessa Keith, Clarence Gee, Donna Sweetser; 543-1072
Supervisors of the Checklist: Donna Sweetser, Susan Schroeter, Roberta Booth
Conservation Commission: Barty Flanders, Jennifer Wright, Ernest Bridge, Stanley Rastallis
Forester: Peter Rhoades
Ballot Clerks: Tyyne Cox, Marguerite Hall, Mary Ellen Bellimer, Cheri LeMere
Sexton: Fred Bellimer
Emergency: 911
Police Officer and Dog Officer: dispatch, 542-7040
Fire Chief: Bruce Baker, 543-3838
Fire Warden: George Dunn
Librarian: Mary Ellen Bellimer, 543-3253
Library Hours: Monday and Tuesday noon to 5 p.m.; Wednesday 1 to 6 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Town Counsel: Dan Smith
Auditor: The Mercier Group
Civil Defense Director: Jason LeMere
School Superintendent: Jacqueline Guillette, 543-4200
School Board: Chris Eaton, Shawn Randall, Prudence LaVenture
Old Home Day Committee: Cheri LeMere, chairwoman
Unity Elementary School Principal: Mike Cirre, 542-5888

Published July 20, 2008