Incorporated: 1795
Population: 527
County Name: Coos
(county map)
Town Contact:
Town of Stark
1189 Stark Highway
Stark, NH 03582

Phone: 603-636-2118
Fax: 603-636-6199
Website: www.nhes.state.nh.us/elmi/htmlprofiles/stark

Origin:
First granted in 1774, this town was named Percy, in honor of Hugh Smithson, Earl Percy and first Duke of Northumberland. The town retained this name until 1832, when it was renamed Stark in honor of General John Stark, hero of Bunker Hill and the Battle of Bennington. New Hampshire owes its motto, "Live Freeor Die," to General Stark. Stark, the first to carry the new thirteen-star American flag into battle, wrote those words in July 1809, in commemoration of the Battle of Bennington.

More about Stark:
The 1672 Kauffman Forest can be found in the town of Stark. Pass over the covered bridge at the village center. Devil's slide (part of the Kauffman Forest) faces the village and overlooks it.