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Facts about the city

Stoddard is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,232 at the 2010 census.Between 1842 and 1873, the town was home to four glass manufacturers. The glass produced by these works, now known as Stoddard glass, is noted for its deep amber colors and design. Stoddard glass products are highly prized by collectors.

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History

The population was 928 at the 2000 census, with an estimated population of 1,014 in 2006.

This territory was first granted in 1752 to Colonel Sampson Stoddard of Chelmsford, Massachusetts Massachusetts, and others as Mount Monadnock Number 7. The first census taken in Stoddard, in 1790, reported 701 residents. Colonel Stoddard was appointed to survey southwestern New Hampshire by the colonial government, receiving several land grants for the service. Between 1840 and 1873, Stoddard was a center of glass manufacturing, home to four glass factories whose products are prized by collectors today. One of his surveying assistants was Benjamin Pierce (governor) Pierce, father of US President Franklin Pierce.

The official website for the city of Stoddard is http://www.stoddardnh.org.