
http://www.nelsonnhrealestate.com Tour Nelson, NH neighborhoods, condominium developments, subdivisions, schools, landmarks, recreational areas, and town offices. Nelson, New Hampshire was granted by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth in 1752 as "Monadnock Number 6". In 1767, it was renamed Packersfield after Thomas Packer, one of the grantees, who was high sheriff of Portsmouth. It kept that name until 1814, when it was renamed in honor of Lord Horatio Nelson, who died on board the British ship Victory in the war against Napoleon. Nelson lies on the line between the Connecticut and Merrimack river watersheds. In its early years, Nelson was primarily an agricultural community, and today is largely a residential and vacation retreat. Quiet Nelson village contains a fine 1841 village church in Greek and Gothic revival style alongside several attractive homes. Munsonville, on the shores of Granite Lake, is mostly made up of summer homes today, but was once a busy industrial site, making use of abundant water power to produce cotton cloth and chairs.
