Incorporated: 1771
Population: 1,979
County Name: Cheshire
(county map)
Town Contact:
Town of Dublin
PO Box 277
Dublin, NH 03444

Phone: 603-563-8544
Fax: 603-563-9221
Website: www.townofdublin.org

Origin:
First granted in 1749 as Monadnock, and incorporated in 1771 as Dublin. The town was originally settled as North Monadnock, or Number 3, one of a group of eight towns in the region settled by Scots colonists. The name was taken from Dublin, Ireland.

More about Dublin:
Dublin, one of highest towns in the state (elevation 1,439 feet), is on the dividing line between the Connecticut and Merrimack river watersheds.

The people here were aware early of their town's special scenic beauty, dominated by Mount Monadnock and Dublin Lake. Summer tourists started arriving in the 1840s; many members of New England's literary, intellectual and artistic society came to Dublin. In the late 19th century, an outstanding art colony gathered around Abbott H. Thayer, George de Forest Brush, Joseph Lindon Smith and others.

Dublin was once a farming community where women and girls engaged in palm-leaf braiding. Today, Dublin is site of some of the most beautiful and elaborate estates in the region, and home of Yankee Magazine and the Old Farmer's Almanac.