Contents
Our site is organized into topical sections:
overviews of jaffrey history
• Pre-settlement
Rowley Canada
• Middle Monadnock
• Masonian Proprieters
• Incorporation
• The Revolution
• The Civil War
• Notable Events
and more...

Jaffrey Places-built environment
• Settlements
Landmarks
• Structures
• Transportation
Cemeteries
• Monuments and Memorials
• Lost Jaffrey (places that are no more)
and more...

Jaffrey Places-natural environment
• Mountains and Hills
• Ponds, Lakes, Rivers and Streams
• The Changing Landscape


Jaffrey Economy and pUBLIC & CIVIC LIFE
• Commerce and Industry
• Farming
• Forestry
• Recreation
• Schools 
Government

• Institutions
and more...


• Settlers
• Community Leaders
• Captains of Industry & Commerce
• Literary Lights & Cultural Icons 
• Famous People
• Infamous People
and more...

• The Centennial
• The Sesqui-Centennial
• The Bicentennial
• The Dean Murder
and more...



affrey is a town situated in Cheshire County in the southwest corner of New Hampshire about 70 miles from Boston. It was first settled in the 1750s and incorporated in 1773. Named for the Portsmouth merchant George Jaffrey—who never visited the town named for him—it is said to be the only Jaffrey in the world. A diverse community of nearly 6,000 people, Jaffrey has a rich and interesting history which is the focus of this website. Our motive in developing it is to bring together multiple historical resources pertaining to Jaffrey and by doing so make the history of our town more accessible to students, researchers, historians, geneologists, property owners, public officials, businesses and institutions—in Jaffrey and further afield.

NOTE: Our site is being designed and tweaked and constantly changing as we work toward having the structure in place. Some content has been added in various catergories, but at this point we're more interested in the design and structure. Keep checking back. Comments about any aspect of the site are welcomed.





JaffreyHistory.org has been created and is managed by the Jaffrey Historic District Commission. Its development is supported by a grant from the NH Division of Historical Resources. The Commission may be reached at: Jaffrey Town Offices, 10 Goodnow Street, Jaffrey, NH 03452. U.S.A.

E-mail: info@jaffreyhistory.org

The Commission welcomes comments, questions, and suggestions and particularly welcomes submissions of appropriate written and photographic material for inclusion on this site.

JaffreyHistory.org was launched on Januuary 8, 2008.
It was last updated on August 27, 2008.

Accessed at least many times since launch.



Resources
Our site has the following resources available for viewing or downloading:
Maps
   • Find Jaffrey on Google Maps
   • Historic (pre-1960)
   • Modern (post-1960)

Images
Photographs
Postcards
• Portraits
• Drawings & Lineart
• Paintings
• Art (with Jaffrey as a subject)
• Ephemeral Images and Miscellaneous
Jaffrey on Google Images

DATABASEs, INdexes & lists
Roads and Streets
• Cemeteries
• National Register historic districts
• Cultural Resources Survey
• Gazetteer
• Images
• Biographies
• Geneological Index
• Jaffrey Timeline
• Jaffrey Bibliography
PUBLICATIONS ABOUT JAFFREY
This section includes books, pamphlets, articles, literature about Jaffrey or having Jaffrey as a setting. The entries are described and may be viewed and downloaded.
Documents
• Jaffrey Town Charter
• Amos Fortune's Will
and more....

Miscellany
Links to Sites in Jaffrey & Further Afield
• Jaffrey Historical Society
Jaffrey Chamber of Commerce
Town of Jaffrey
Historical Society of Cheshire County
New Hampshire Historical Society
NH Division of Historical Resouces
and more...
Information on...
• The grant supporting this site's development
This site's development process
• The many people and groups helping out
• The Jaffrey Historic District Commission