About Dalton

You will find Dalton, NH in the picturesque area of the Great Northern Woods.

Incorporated: 1784

Origin:
This territory, first granted in 1764 under the name Chiswick, originally
encompassed Lisbon, Littleton, and Dalton.

In 1770, a portion of the grant was renamed Apthorp, after relatives of the
Wentworths. At that time, the grantees were bought out by Colonel Moses
Little, commander of the 24th Massachusetts Bay Regiment and relative of
the Apthorp family.

In 1784, the grant was divided into two towns, Littleton, named for the
Colonel, and Dalton, which bears the name of the Colonel's great-grandson,
Tristram Dalton, a prominent colonial merchant and classmate of Governor
John Wentworth at Harvard.

More information: Dalton Historical Society website .