Incorporated: 1871
Population: 2,253
County Name: Belknap
(county map)
Town Contact:
Town of Sanbornton
P.O. Box 124
Sanbornton, NH 03269

Phone: 603-286-8303
Fax: 603-286-9544
Website: sanbornton-nh.gov

Origin:
Granted in 1748, this town was named Sanbornton, after John Sanborn, a close friend of Governor Benning Wentworth. It was one of the first towns to be given a charter by the Masonian Proprietors. The town was the site of the colonial army's winter quarters during the Canada Expedition in 1746. Sanbornton includes the villages of North Sanbornton and Gaza, named for the biblical land.

More about Sanbornton:
Sanbornton's rural character shows in rolling fields framed by stone walls, some with grazing cattle and others offering an occasional moose, bear or fox. Agriculture is alive and well as seen by a number of farm stands and an active weekly Farmers Market.