Important Dates for the Town of Sandown
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April 6, 1756 Sandown incorporates as it separates from Kingstown (Kingston), New Hampshire
April 22, 1756 First Town Meeting held
1773 - 1774 First known Strike in America
1773 - 1774 Meetinghouse Built
Sept 8, 1830 First Post Office Started
July 26, 1831 Sunday school Started
Sept 14, 1835 Methodist Church Dedicated
1870 Railroad comes to town
1873 Proposal to change town name to Nashville, proposal tabled
Nov 21, 1921 Town Hall Built
1933 Railroad discontinued
March 1936 Flood of 1936
October, 1948 Fire Station Completed
1948 War Monument erected at Town Hall
Nov 21, 1954 Central School dedicated
Aug 11 & 12, 1956 Sandown celebrates 200th anniversary
1974 Public Library dedicated
Aug 10 & 11, 1974 200th anniversary of Old Meetinghouse