Rindge dates to 1768, and 10% of its homes were built before 1940
More historic than 72% of U.S. towns · #83 of 126 in New Hampshire. What drives it
1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 2 buildings. Below: 5 old photos and papers from 1880 on and the census since 1790.
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1815.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Rindge’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Rindge is more historic than 72% of U.S. towns, #83 of 126 in New Hampshire. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Rindge’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 Rindge’s 3.1 sits below most of its state (30% 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 A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.8 points). Two sources give 1768.
Founding year: Wikidata (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 Rindge’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The land in and around Rindge was originally inhabited by ancestors of the Abenaki tribe of Native Americans. Archeological evidence from nearby Swanzey indicates that the region was inhabited as much as 11,000 years ago (coinciding with the end of the last glacial period). As much as half of the Western Abenakis were victims of a wave of epidemics that coincided with the arrival of Europeans in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Later, many of the Western Abenaki present in southwestern New Hampshire chose to relocate to Canada during Colonial times, primarily due to their allegiance with the French during the French and Indian Wars.
Passages that mention Rindge, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of the town of Rindge, New Hampshire, from the date of the Rowley Canada or Massachusetts charter, to the present time, 1736-1874, with a genealogical register of the Rindge families1875 · page 179Read the page →
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same day a new election of a representative from these towns was ordered, and soon after Mr. Hale was chosen to represent the district. In this election the inhabitants of Jaffrey were dissatisfied, and petitioned the town of Rindge to be " excused from paying their part in sending a Representative." This the town of Rindge refused to do, but made ample amends the following year in joining with them in the election of Mr. Smiley to succeed Mr. Hale. Under
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History of the town of Rindge, New Hampshire, from the date of the Rowley Canada or Massachusetts charter, to the present time, 1736-1874, with a genealogical register of the Rindge families1875 · page 740Read the page →
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in Marlboro, Vt. Dana S. Walker md. Arvilla Williams, who d. May 25, 1853; and he md. (2d) Oct. 11, 1855, Mary Perry, dau, of Col, Jason B. Perry, q. v. He is a farmer and carpenter at Rindge Centre, and also proprietor of the stages between the depot and the postoffices at Rindge Centre and East Rindge.
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
By decade
Rindge, decade by decade
4 decades in the archive, from the 1880s to the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
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.
In 1768, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Rindge’s post office opened in 1815, and the first U.S. census counted 1,143 people here in 1790.
How does Rindge rank for history?
Rindge is more historic than 72% of U.S. towns, #83 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 Rindge?
One place: the Second Rindge Meetinghouse, Horsesheds and Cemetery (listed 1979).
How old are the homes in Rindge?
10% of Rindge’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.8 points), against a typical 17% for a New Hampshire town; the median home was built in 1984.
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 (17), the Library of Congress (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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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