This territory was first settled by Oliver Corey and other soldiers from the French wars, and known as Corey's Town. Oliver Corey was a grantee on the 1768 charter naming the town Saville. Another grantee, John Wendell, became a principal landowner, and the town was renamed Wendell in 1781 upon petition of residents. The name Sunapee was substituted for Wendell by the Legislature in 1850. Town, lake, and mountain share the name Sunapee, which comes from the Algonquin Indian words suna, meaning goose, and apee, meaning lake. The Indians called the area Goose Lake because it was a favorite spot of wild geese.

Community Contact	Town of Sunapee Donna Nashawaty, Town Manager PO Box 717 Sunapee, NH 03782
Telephone	(603) 763-2212
Fax	(603) 763-4925
E-mail	donna@town.sunapee.nh.us
Web Site	www.town.sunapee.nh.us

Population Trends: Population change for Sunapee totaled 1,961 over 50 years, from 1,108 in 1950 to 3,069 in 2000. The largest decennial percent change was an increase of 67 percent between 1970 and 1980; the smallest, five percent between 1950 and 1960. The 2006 Census estimate for Sunapee was 3,355 residents, which ranked 104th among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns.

Population Density, 2006: 159.3 persons per square mile of land area. Sunapee contains 21.1 square miles of land area and 4.1 square miles of inland water area.

PROPERTY TAXES (NH Dept. of Revenue Adminstration)
2006 Total Tax Rate (per $1000 of value)	$11.66
2006 Equalization Ratio	86.2
2006 Full Value Tax Rate (per $1000 of value)	$10.10

2006 Percent of Local Assessed Value by Property Type
Residential Land and Buildings	95.8%
Commercial Land and Buildings	3.0%
Public Utilities, Current Use, and Other	1.2%