Towns in our Neighborhood
Lyndeborough
FOUNDED: 1764
CURRENT POPULATION: 1762
POPULATION AT FOUNDING: 1,280 residents in 1790
TOWN ZIP CODES: 03082
DESCRIPTION: Lyndeborough is located near the heart of Hillsborough County. It is a short drive from Manchester and Nashua and is 63 miles from Boston. The town shares its school district with Wilton at the Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative Middle School/High School. A Board of Selectmen governs the town of 31.2 square miles and 1,762 residents (2005 Census). Lyndeborough has a fulltime police department and a volunteer fire department. The headquarters of the Lafayette Artillery Company is located in Lyndeborough. Citizensâ Hall, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is also notably located in Lyndeborough.
HISTORY: Lyndeborough was originally granted by the Massachusetts General Court in 1735 to a group of soldiers from Salem, Massachusetts. The land was called âSalem-Canadaâ after the war against Canada that they had fought in 1690, while serving under Sir William Phips. The land was later re-granted in 1763 to a group of people including a man named Benjamin Lynde. The group of people never lived in the town, however when the town was incorporated in 1764 it was named after Lynde who was serving as the townâs proprietor. In 1833 the Lafayette Artillery Company based out of Peterborough opened its headquarters in Lyndeborough where it has remained as an educational service organization ever since.
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