thumb|Jolly the Trolley rolls by Town Hall during the July 4th parade in Wolfeboro.

Wolfeboro is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 6,416 at the 2020 census. In August 2007, then French president Nicolas Sarkozy vacationed there.

In May 2014, it was discovered that 82-year-old police commissioner Robert Copeland had been overheard in a cafe two months earlier using a racial epithet to refer to then President Barack Obama. A few days later, he submitted his resignation.

Geography

The main village of Wolfeboro is located at the head of Wolfeboro Bay on Lake Winnipesaukee, at the junction of New Hampshire routes 28 and 109. Wolfeboro Falls is just to the north along Routes 28/109.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which are land and are water, comprising 17.95% of the town.

| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census

As of the 2010 census, there were 6,269 people, 2,839 households, and 1,848 families residing in the town. There were 4,443 housing units, of which 1,604 (36.1%) were vacant. 1,322 of the vacant units were vacation properties or seasonal homes. The racial makeup of the town was 97.6% White, 0.2% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.2% some other race, and 1.0% from two or more races. 1.3% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 2,839 households in the town, 22.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.2% were headed by married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.9% were non-families. 30.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.6% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18, and the average family size was 2.68.

Education

Wolfeboro is served by Kingswood Regional High School, located on Main Street southeast of the center of town. Adjoining the high school is Kingswood Regional Middle School. The two elementary schools located in the community are Carpenter and Crescent Lake. All of the aforementioned schools are part of the Governor Wentworth Regional School District, which includes five additional towns. The town is also home to Brewster Academy, a private preparatory school.

The Wolfeboro Camp School, which converted the Hill School Camp, enrolls 200 students domestic and international.

Health care

Wolfeboro's largest health care facility is Huggins Hospital, a non-profit hospital that serves the communities of Alton, Brookfield, Effingham, Freedom, Madison, Moultonborough, New Durham, Ossipee, Sanbornville, Sandwich, Tamworth, Tuftonboro, Wakefield, Wolfeboro, and other surrounding towns. Huggins is a Critical Access Hospital (CAH). CAHs are hospitals with no more than 25 inpatient beds; Huggins has 25. Huggins has a relationship with the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Air Transport Service (DHART) that can provide trauma victims access to helicopter in as little as 20 minutes, so they can be transported to the Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center.

Historic images

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File:Main Street, Wolfeboro, NH.jpg|View of Main Street in the fall

Image:Wolfeboro Bay from Wolfeboro, NH.jpg| Wolfeboro Bay

Image:Bird's-eye View, Wolfeboro, NH.jpg|Bird's-eye view in 1909

Image:Hobbs Landing, Wolfeboro, NH.jpg|Hobbs Landing

Image:The Kingswood Club, Wolfeboro, NH.jpg|The Kingswood Club

Image:Hotel Elmwood, Wolfeboro, NH.jpg|Hotel Elmwood

Image:South Main Street, Wolfeboro, NH.jpg|South Main Street

Image:Huggins Hospital, Wolfeboro, NH.jpg|Huggins Hospital in 1916

Image:Clark House, Wolfeboro, NH.jpg|Clark House

Image:Pleasant_Valley_Hill_Camp.jpg|Road to Pleasant Valley and the Hill Camp

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Sites of interest

  • Clark House (1778)
  • Monitor Engine Company Firehouse
  • MS Mount Washington
  • New Hampshire Boat Museum
  • Pleasant Valley Schoolhouse ()
  • Wright Museum of WWII History
  • Wolfeboro Public Library Postcard Archive

On the National Register of Historic Places:

  • Brewster Memorial Hall
  • Cotton Mountain Community Church
  • Libby Museum
  • Pickering House

thumb|right|Wright Museum of World War II History

Notable people

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  • John J. Ballentine (1927–2016), member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
  • Jeb Bradley (born 1952), Majority Leader of the New Hampshire Senate; US congressman (2003–2007)
  • Tim Corbin (born 1961), head coach of Vanderbilt Commodores baseball, two-time NCAA champion
  • James Foley (1973–), war correspondent during the Syrian Civil War, he was killed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
  • Robbie Ftorek (born 1952), former NHL coach of four teams
  • J. W. "Bill" Marriott, Jr. (born 1932), chairman of the board of Marriott International
  • Dennis Moran (1982–2013), a.k.a. "Coolio" and/or "Sinned", computer hacker
  • Mitt Romney (born 1947), 70th governor of Massachusetts, U.S. senator from Utah
  • Mike Ryan (1941–2020), catcher with the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, and Pittsburgh Pirates
  • Soong Mei-ling (1898–2003), wife of Republic of China President Chiang Kai-shek
  • Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet (1737–1820), provincial governor of New Hampshire (summer resident)

References

  • Wolfeboro Historical Society
  • Wolfeboro Public Library
  • Wolfeboro Community Profile from the NH Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau