Incorporated: 1764
Population: 854
County Name: Coos
(county map)
Town Contact:
Town of Dalton
741 Dalton Road
Dalton, NH 03598

Phone: 603-837-2092
Fax: 603-837-9642
Website: None Available

Origin:
Once a part of Littleton, the town went through several name changes. Starting in 1764 as Chiswick, after the Duke of Devonshire's Castle, in 1770 the name changed to Apthorp, honoring the Apthorp family. Finally in 1784, it was changed to Dalton, for Tristram Dalton, one of New England's foremost colonial merchants.

More about Dalton:
Forest Lake State Park is located in Dalton. The park was one of the 10 original state parks created in 1935.