HISTORY: The Town of Mont Vernon incorporated itself in 1803 after it split from the Town of Amherst. Many of the town's residents thought the distance to the Amherst Courthouse was too far to travel for town meetings, thus the community members decided to form their own town.
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The Mont Vernon Historical Society is an independent volunteer organization to promote the study of the town's history, and to preserve and display items ...
Feb 5, 2024 · The village that grew up around the church became Amherst in 1760. Twenty-two of the property owning families who payed taxes that year were ...
Smith, Charles James, 1820, "History of the town of Mont Vernon, New Hampshire." (1907). Local History & Genealogy (Town Histories). 59. https://scholars.unh.
Mont Vernon was originally a part of the town of Amherst, New Hampshire. It was chartered in 1728 as Narragansett No. 3, later called Souhegan No. 3. In January ...
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A prominent citizen of Concord, who was born in Amherst in 1801, left in 1822, and died in 1883, was noted for his quaint and original sayings. Whenever the ...
A hundred years ago, Mont Vernon was known for its summer hotels. The Grand Hotel, one-hundred feet square and four stories high, was located on a hill above ...