Incorporated: 1772
Population: 1,660
County Name: Merrimack
(county map)
Town Contact:
Town of Newbury
PO Box 296
Newbury, NH 03255

Phone: 603-763-4940
Fax: 603-763-5298
Website: newburynh.org/Home/

Origin:
Situated at the south end of Lake Sunapee, this town has gone through numerous name changes. It started in 1753 as Dantzic, after the Baltic seaport. The first provincial grant in 1754 named the town Hereford, in honor of Edward Devereaux, Viscount Hereford. Governor John Wentworth renewed the grant in 1772 under the name Fishersfield, for his brother-in-law John Fisher. The town finally incorporated as Newbury in 1837, as suggested by settlers originally from Newbury, Massachusetts. Newbury is home to Mount Sunapee, portions of Lake Sunapee, and the village of Blodgett's Landing.

More about Newbury:
Newbury has long been a popular summer vacation spot, and the population triples in the summer. Stop in at the new Bell Cove Caboose, a caboose renovated as a small interpretive center along Route 103. You might also want to stop off at Sunapee State Beach or at Mount Sunapee Resort, a popular ski and winter sports area. From the top of Mount Sunapee you can look westward into Vermont or look north toward the fabled Franconia Range, and on a clear day, view Mount Washington in the Presidential Range.

The Fells Historic Site at the John Hay National Wildlife Refuge is part of 876 protected acres of a forest country estate. This site along Route 103A includes perennial and woodland gardens, hiking trails and abundant wildlife. Year-round recreational opportunities abound in the Lake Sunapee area, including boating, biking, swimming, snowmobiling, downhill and cross-country skiing and maple-sugaring. Local residents take pride in Lake Sunapee for its exceptional water quality and beauty. Protection efforts have enabled Lake Sunapee to consistently be named one of the cleanest lakes in the state.