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Churches and Schools. At Hop-
kinton, Congregational, Rev. J. K.
Young, pastor; members, 120;
church value, $8,000; Baptist,
Rev. A. Snyder, pastor; members,
75; value, $ 7,500; St. Andrews,
Episcopal, supplied by St. Paul’s
School; communicants 40; value,
$ 3,000. Contoocook; Methodist,
Rev. D. Howard, pastor; mem-
bers, 22; value, $3,000; Freewill
Baptist, Rev, J. D. Osgood, pastor;
members, 80; value, $ 3,000; Swe-
denborgian, Rev. Charles Hardon,
pastor; members, 32; value, $2,
000. There are 21 schools in town;
average length for the year, eight-
een weeks; total amount annual-
ly appropriated for school purpos-
es, $ 2,499.84.
IAterary Institutions. Contoo-
cook Academy, Charles Hardon,
Principal.
New-Hampshire Philomathic and
Antiquarian Society. This society
was established November 19,
1873. Its rooms are located in
Contoocook. This society is the
outgrowth of the Philomathic Club
formed in 1859, by three young
men then residing in this village.
There is now a museum of some
2,000 or 3,000 specimens of antiq-
uities and other curiosities. The
society desires and solicits the ac-
quaintance and co-operation of all
persons of antiquarian or scientific
p ursuits throughout the State. The
Rev. Silas Ketchum, of Bristol, is
the Corresponding Secretary.
libraries. Hopkinton Public
Library, 750 volumes. Contoo-
cook Social Library, 650 volumes.
Hotel. Contoocook House.
Early Settlements. Hopkinton
was granted by Massachusetts
to John Jones and others, January
16, 1735, and was called “Number |
Five,” afterwards “ New-IIopkin-
ton.” The settlements were com-
menced in 1740, by emigrants from
Hopkinton, Mass. Among the
first settlers were the Kim-
ball’s and Putney’s. Henry Mil-
ler and others received a new
grant of this town in 1756, which
was the occasion of long and bit-
ter disputes in regard to titles.
January 11, 1775, the population
was 1,085, and, with the exception
of Amherst, was the most populous
town in central New-IIampshire.
First Ministers. Rev. James
Scales, Congregational, ordained
in 1757, dismissed in 1770. Mr.
Scales Avas ordained in Putney’s
Fort, on Putney’s Hill. Rev. Eli-
jah Fletcher, ordained in 1773,
died in 1789. Rev. Jacob Cram,
ordained in 1789, dismissed in 1794.
Rev. Ethan Smith, settled in 1800,
dismissed in 1817.
Boundaries. North by Warner
and BoscaAven, east by Concord,
south by Bow, Dunbarton and
Weare, and Avest by Henniker.
Area, 26,967 acres; improved land,
17,590.
Distances. Eight miles west of
Concord.
Railroads. Concord and Clare-
mont Railroad runs through the
northeast corner of the town. The
station is at Contoocook. The
Contoocook Valley Railroad has
its terminus at Contoocook, and
forms a junction with the Concord
and Claremont Railroad.
innsoA.
Hillsborough County. The
surface of this toAvn, back from the
Merrimack, is uneATen, and the soil
is more suitably adapted to pas-
turage, and the growth of Avood
and timber, than to tillage. On |
