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​Ashland Information


Ashland History:

Ashland was originally part of the Town of Holderness. The township of Holderness was granted by the royal governor to a group of proprietors in 1751. But because of the French and Indian Wars, the proprietors were unable to settle  the township in the time required by the grant. So the township was regranted  under the name of New Holderness in 1761. (The "New" was dropped from the name  in 1816.) Factories spurred the growth of a village along the river. In  1849, the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad connected the village to national markets. Commerce flourished in the village, as stores were established  to serve the mill workers. The village developed its own institutions. The  interest of the industrial and commercial villagers diverged from those of the  farmers in the rest of the town. So, in 1868, the southwest corner of Holderness  was incorporated as the new town of Ashland.

Visit the Town of Ashland's website for more local information:
http://ashland.nh.gov


Town Reports:
​Town Reports from 2012 to present are available on the Town of Ashland’s website:
​ashlandnh.org/forms-and-documents/#Town%20Reports

Historical Newspapers at the Ashland Town Library
Plymouth Record:
1888-1897, 1899-1910, 1912-1915, 1917-1919, 1923 & 1924, 1926-1928, 1930-1934
Ashland Item:
1891-1893, 1896-1899
Newspapers are available for use inside the library. Because of the fragile paper and bindings of the old newspapers, we are unable to put them in the photocopier.


Ashland Genealogy Society
Bob Hicks PO Box 116 Ashland, NH 03217  rbhicks.geo@yahoo.com
Records are kept at the Ashland Town Library for use inside the library. Contact the Genealogy Society for assistance.


Ashland Historical Society
David Ruell PO Box 175, Ashland, NH 03217 davidruell@gmail.com 

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Ashland Town Library      41 Main Street      P.O. Box 660      Ashland, NH 03217      603-968-7928 ashlandtownlibrary@gmail.com
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