The Fremont post office opened in 1855, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Poplin (1816), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 493 in 17902020 census: 4,739171 years
How historic is Fremont?
B−
More historic than 48% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Fremont post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Fremont’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Fremont is more historic than 48% of U.S. towns, #119 of 126 in New Hampshire. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.
B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Fremont’s overall grade.
New Hampshire towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical New Hampshire town has 9.5 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Fremont’s 4.1 sits below most of its state (34% of New Hampshire towns have fewer) while its 2 historic buildings outnumber those of 60% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.2 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Fremont’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Settled in the 1720s, Fremont was originally part of Exeter. The area was once famous for its heavy growth of high-quality eastern white pine trees, reserved for use as masts of the Royal Navy. But residents began to use the wood for home construction. When in 1734 David Dunbar, surveyor-general, visited the Copyhold Mill to inspect fallen lumber, local citizens assembled, discharged firearms, and convinced Dunbar to leave. Dunbar returned emboldened with 10 men, but was forced to flee to a local tavern after citizens disguised as Indians attacked them. This insurrection became known as the Mast Tree Riot.
Passages that mention Fremont, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire1915 · page 415Read the page →
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Fremont is a station on the Nashua and Rochester Railroad, seventy miles from Worcester. It is twenty-four miles west of Portsmouth, ten west of Exeter and thirty southeast from Concord.
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History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire1915 · page 417Read the page →
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Fremont Public Library. — In the center of the town is the Library building, built by the town in 1894, on the site given by Warren True. The library was opened with 741 volumes owned by the Fremont Library Association, formed in 1866.
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Fremont, 1816 to 2020
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
The Fremont post office opened in 1855, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Fremont rank for history?
Fremont is more historic than 48% of U.S. towns, #119 of 126 in New Hampshire. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Fremont?
One place: the Fremont Meeting House (listed 1993).
How old are the homes in Fremont?
16% of Fremont’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.2 points), against a typical 17% for a New Hampshire town; the median home was built in 1988.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (8), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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