Incorporated: 1772
Population: 1,036
County Name: Sullivan
(county map)

Town Contact:
Town of Lempster
PO Box 33
Lempster, NH 03605

Phone: 603-863-3213
Fax: 603-863-8105
Website: None Available

Origin:
This town was originally granted in 1735 by Massachusetts Governor Belcher as Number 9, the ninth in a line of forts established to guard against Indian attacks. It was regranted in 1753 by Governor Benning Wentworth, as Dupplin, after Sir Thomas Hay, Lord Dupplin of Scotland, who had been in charge of the settlement of Nova Scotia. Following the Peace of Paris in 1761, when terms of many grants had not been carried out, the town was regranted as Lempster, named for Sir Thomas Fermor of Lempster, England, who was a Wentworth relation.

More about Lempster:
Lempster has the luxury of being a community of abundant natural resources and small-town flavor while still within commuting distance of Keene and Concord.