Community Profiles - Sanbornton

Settled in 1760's, Sanbornton was named for Daniel Sanborn, the man who first surveyed the area, had the first son born in the town, and called the first Town Meeting. Sanborn also ran a saw mill, providing wood to build the homes for the first settlers; he was also captain in the Militia raised against the crown.

The original township included Tilton and Franklin, but as the population grew in the Franklin area, the Legislature voted in 1828 to divide the town over Sanbornton's strenuous objection.

As manufacturing grew by the rivers there was a further division, resulting in the creation of Tilton in 1869. Sanbornton still remains a quiet rural town, unaffected by industrialization.