Incorporated: 1774
Population: 958
County Name: Cheshire
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Town Contact:
Town of Stoddard
1450 Route 123 North
Stoddard, NH 03464

Phone: 603-446-3326
Fax: 603-446-7770
Website: stoddardnh.org

Origin:
First granted in 1752, this town was originally known as Monadnock Number 7. It briefly held the name Limerick before being incorporated as Stoddard in 1774, in honor of Colonel Sampson Stoddard. Colonel Stoddard was appointed to survey southwestern New Hampshire by the colonial government, receiving several land grants for the service. Between 1840 and 1873, Stoddard was a center of glass manufacturing, home to four glass factories whose products are much prized today.

More about Stoddard:
Stoddard's village center, one of the highest in elevation in the state, contains a fine Gothic revival-style church built in 1835-36 and a soldier's monument. Stoddard is a popular vacation community, with its lakes, Pitcher Mountain lookout tower and Scotch Highland cattle herd, but historically is best known for the glass industry that flourished at South Stoddard and Mill Village between 1842 and 1873.