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Welcome to the New Pittsfield Town
Website!
The Website Committee would love
to hear your comments and suggestions about the new
site. To leave us a comment,
click here or use the link on the top-right side of
any page.
Pittsfield is a small rural community of about 4,500
residents, located in Merrimack County, nestled in the
Suncook Valley. Pittsfield is known for it's beautiful
landscape, farm land, country setting and the well-known
Hot Air
Balloon Festival
 that takes place every August.
The downtown area of Pittsfield offers a high school,
elementary school, library, grocery stores, banks,
restaurants, auto repair shops, gas station, doctor's
office, dentist office, post office, drug store, a
hardware store, and other small businesses that make
Pittsfield a great place to live and work. Everything in
the downtown area is within walking distance.
Use the links on the left to find town government and
department information as well as local news and events.
If
you are new to the area, or considering moving to
Pittsfield, see our Resources
for New Residents.
Upcoming Public
Meetings and Town Events
A Little Bit of
History...
Founded in
1768 by John Cram, initially Pittsfield was a collection of
farms with several small centers of activity: The Lower
City, Upper City, South Pittsfield, Knowltons Corners and
the Berry District. Each of these places had a
number of homes and some combination of stores,
churches, schools and mills. Within a few decades,
the "Lower City" along the Suncook River became the
dominant political, social and industrial center of
activity in Pittsfield. The town of Pittsfield New
Hampshire was incorporated on March 22, 1782 and its
first meeting house erected in 1789....
More Pittsfield NH History
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