Lebanon Chartered as a Town
- Date Range
- July 4, 1761 – July 4, 1761
- Title
- Lebanon Chartered as a Town
- What occurred
- The colonial governor Benning Wentworth chartered Lebanon as a town on July 4, 1761. It was named after Lebanon, Connecticut, as many early settlers had come from there. One of whom was Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, who came in 1770 and would go on to found Dartmouth College. Its location at the convergence of the Connecticut River and the Mascoma River made it a good destination for the transport of resources as well as a good energy resource for running mills, and it was 1 of 16 towns that would be chartered along the Connecticut River
- Location
- 51 North Park St, Lebanon, NH 03766
- Image Citation
- http://geographicallyyourswelcome.blogspot.com/2012/06/lebanon-new-hampshire.html
- Student name(s)
- Ben Tichner