Walpole is located in Cheshire County, New Hampshire and includes North Walpole and Drewsville. It is an agricultural town and is home to many farms, a small business district and Walpole Academy Museum.  Inns, restaurants, a village green and recreational facilities can be found in Walpole.  The town is also well known for its abundance of lilacs.  

The first bridge to cross the Connecticut River was built in Walpole in 1785.  Walpole is also home to architecturally significant homes and buildings.  The Walpole Academy, built by Aaron Prentiss Howland, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  
Walpole was settled in 1736 and was first named Great Falls and then Bellowstown, after the town’s founder Colonel Benjamin Bellows.  It was then named Walpole in 1761, after Sir Robert Walpole, the 1st Earl of Oxford.

Walpole is comprised of 35.6 square miles of land and 1.1 square miles of water.  According to the 2000 U. S. Census Bureau, Walpole’s population at the time was 3,594 residents, 1,016 families and 1,490 households.  The average family size was 2.9 and the average household size was 2.41.

Walpole Real Estate and Properties:  In 2007, it was estimated that real estate in Walpole was comprised of 1,691 total homes.  This included 1,263 single family homes and 354 multi-family units.

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