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The Statistics and Gazetteer of New-Hampshire, Seventh
Edition, Compiled by Alonzo J. Fogg. Concord, N.H.: D.L.
in town, two of which are graded.
Average length of schools for the
year, eleven weeks.
Hotel. Winslow House.
First Settlement. This town was
originally called Kearsarge, and
was granted to Joseph Minot, Mat-
thew Thornton and others, in 1775.
It received its present name from
Dr. Wilmot, an Englishman, who,
at one time, was considered a pop-
ular author. It was incorporated
June 18, 1807.
Boundaries. North-east by Dan-
bury and Hill, east by Andover,
south by Warner and Sutton,
south-west by New-London, and
north-west by Springfield. Area
of improved land, 15,775 acres.
Instances. Thirty miles north-
■west from Concord.
Railroad. The Northern Rail-
road passes through the eastern
corner of the town. It is two and
one-half miles to Potter Place sta-
tion, in Andover.
WILTON.
Hillsborough County. The
surface is generally uneven, but
not mountainous. The soil is
strong and of an excellent quality,
producing fine crops of grain and
hay. The Hillsborough county
farm is located here, which proves
that the town contains soil of a su-
perior grade. Clay of a good qual-
ity is found in abundance.
River and Village. Souhegan is
the principal river. Its main
branch enters Wilton near the
south-west corner, and flows in
a north-east course, till it forms
a junction with several streams
running from Temple and Lynde-
borough. Thence it flows through
the north part, and furnishes
some valuable water power at |
East Wilton, where there has
grown up, within a few years, a
large manufacturing village. Here
are three woolen manufactories,
large tannery, fancy boxes, and
portable desk factory, furniture
shop, boot and shoe factory, large
lumber and grist mill, besides
shops for the manufacture of wood-
en ware and toys, custom boots
and shoes, clothing &c. For the
past three years, East Wilton has
met with several financial revers-
es, caused by flood, fire, and mis-
management in some of its manu-
factories. About three years ago,
a flood on the Souhegan carried
away a mill, valued at $40,000;
a year later, the Wilton Manufac-
turing Co. lost their mill by fire;
and the Newell Manufacturing
Co., are not in operation at pres-
ent, (August 1873). New mills are
being erected on the site of those
burnt, the financial affairs of the
other mill are being adjusted, and
before another year, the manufac-
turing facilities of this village,
will be far ahead of what they
were prior to the flood and fire.
With these explanations, we shall
give the manufactories of TViltor
as they were rendered in the cen
sus of 1870; and no doubt withi»
one year from date, their manufac-
tured productions will exceed that
of 1870 by more than $ 100,00c.
There are in this village from fifteen
to twenty stores of all kinds, two
hotels, a bank, two churches, large
school house, post office, telegranu
and express office, one lawyts*,
three physicians, two dentists, and
about one hundred and fifty dwell-
ing houses. At West Wilton, there
are two stores, one hotel, school
house, post office, knob factory
and a number of dwelling houses. |
