Our Community of Wilton, NH
Wilton, New Hampshire was settled in 1739 and became a township, only known as #2 in 1749. Formally incorporated as a township by 1762, it boasted a school house, meeting houses, several mills, and enough homes to house a population of 623 by 1775. Wilton also had a few roads and even log bridges.
Reverend Beede was said to have established the first Sunday school in the nation, in Wilton Center in 1816. The same year, the town opened its first Post Office. Historical buildings, the Town Hall was built in 1885 and the town Library was built in 1908. By the early 1920's, Wilton was a favored tourist destination for artists and others, escaping cities to the south.
Since then, Wilton has gone through a variety of changes, transforming it into the gem of a community it is today.
To learn more about our lovely community, please contact:
The Town of Wilton, NH
PO Box 83, 42 Main Street
Wilton, NH 03086
Phone: 603-654-9451
Fax 603-654-6663
Wilton Gregg Free Public Library
7 Forest Street
P.O. Box 420
Wilton, NH 03086
Phone:603-654-2581
Fax: 603-654-2581
Email: wpl@tellink.net
Wilton Heritage Commission & Historical Society
603-654-2581
Email:
heritage@wiltonlibrarynh.org