This is a transcription of the Rindge, NH description from New Hampshire As It Is by Edwin A. Charlton; Part II: A Gazetteer of New Hampshire by George Ticknor, Tracy and Sanford Publishers, Claremont, N. H., 1855.
RINDGE
RINDGE, Cheshire county. Bounded north by Jaffrey and Sharon, east by New Ipswich, south by Winchendon, Massachusetts, and west by Fitzwilliam. Area, 23,838 acres. Distance from Concord, 50 miles, south-west; from Keene, 20, south-east. The surface is very rocky, but the soil is in most parts deep and rich. There are 13 ponds, the largest of which are called Manomonack, Emerson, Perley, Long, Grassy, and Bullet. The three first discharge their waters by Miller’s River; the three last are drained into the Contoocook River. These ponds abound with fish, and are a favorite resort of anglers. There is a small ridge of land here, from which the waters issuing from one side flow into the Merrimack, and those on the other side into the Connecticut.
Rindge was originally granted by Massachusetts, and was called Rowley, Canada, or Monadnock Number One. It received its present name from one of its proprietors at the time of its incorporation, August 11, 1768. It was settled, in 1752, by Jonathan Stanley, George Hewitt, and Abel Platts. Rev. Seth Dean was ordained over the Congregational church in 1765.
Population, 1274.
Number of polls, 300.
Inventory, $515,413.
Value of lands, $322,542.
Stock in trade, $15,124.
Money at interest, $49,650.
Number of sheep, 415.
Do. neat stock, 1164.
Do. horses, 194.