Incorporated: 1799
Population: 2,294
County Name: Grafton
(county map)
Town Contact:
Town of Bethlehem
PO Box 189
Bethlehem, NH 03574

Phone: 603-869-3351
Fax: 603-869-2280
Website: Not Available

Origin:
First established in 1774 as Lloyd's Hills, the town was incorporated on December 27, 1799, as Bethlehem. The name was selected on the last Christmas Day in the century. Bethlehem was the last of the provincial land grants in the state. The town is home to Mount Agassiz, named for Jean Louis Rudolph Agassiz, explorer and naturalist.

More about Bethlehem:
Every year, people from all over the world send their Christmas cards to the Post Office in Bethlehem to have them postmarked with a special stamp. In the year 2000, Bethlehem's post office handled 56,000 Christmas cards from people wishing to have Bethlehem's stamp and cancellation on their envelopes.