Bristol (New Hampshire)

Grafton County

33-07700

Bristol is a town in the extreme southeast of Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA, a Town to New England- understanding. It is located in the west of the lake area from New Hampshire south of Newfound Lake, the third largest located entirely in New Hampshire lake, at the mouth of Newfound River in the Pemigewasset, between Bridgewater North, New Hampton to the east, Hill to the south and Alexandria in the west. The name refers to Bristol in England.

History

Around 1770, attracted settlers from Massachusetts in the area of ​​today's Bristol. The municipality Bristol was registered in 1819, a year after the establishment of a first Methodist Church. 1820 675 residents have already been counted. Prior to founding the municipality belonged partly to Bridgewater, partly to New Chester, now Hill. Bristol was an industrial site, were produced on paper, leather, wool, flannel, bedsteads and piano stool. The goods produced were transported via the railroad to Franklin.

Administrative and Municipal Facilities

Bristol is managed as a Town, so it has a council and no mayor. The council consists of five members who are elected for three years. The terms of office are staggered so that not all councils are available at once. Legislative Assembly is the Town Meeting, which is held in March each year. Police and firefighters are employed full. The nearest hospital is the fourteen miles distant Speare Memorial in Plymouth. Water supply with water works and sewage treatment plant is in the hands of the city. Recycling takes place on a voluntary basis.

Economy

The largest employer in Bristol is the Newfound Area School District, which is responsible for Alexandria, Bridgewater, Bristol, Danbury, Groton, Hebron and New Hampton, followed by a branch of a German - Japanese joint ventures in the field of sealing, vibration and elastomer technology and the Town of Bristol itself Other companies include shops, a bank, restaurants and a timber trade as well as smaller businesses. In Bristol, the Newfound Regional High School are ( Newfound Regional High S. ), which is responsible for the entire school district, and the Newfound Memorial Middle and Bristol Elementary Schools.

Traffic

Bristol is located at the intersection of State Road NH 104 Danbury by Meredith on Lake Winnipesaukee, the Interstate 93 crosses nine kilometers from the city center, and NH 3A, a leading from Franklin to Plymouth side route of the U.S. 3 The railway line to Franklin was, after flood damage and the planning of a reservoir in the Pemigewasset below Bristol, abandoned before the Second world War. At the junction of I 93 in New Hampton Buses Greyhound Lines. The airfield in Bristol, the Newfound Valley Airport, is suitable with a runway of 579 meters in length only for smaller aircraft.

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