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Wolfeboro is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 6,416 at the 2020 census. A resort Place situated in contradiction of Lake Winnipesaukee, Wolfeboro includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.

The town was granted by colonial Governor Benning Wentworth in 1759 to four pubertal men of Portsmouth, and named “Wolfeborough” in rave review of English General James Wolfe, who had been victorious at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759 during the French and Indian War. In 1763, 2,300 acres (930 ha) were further to the 60 acres (24 ha) reserved for the governor. Colonial Governor John Wentworth, Benning Wentworth’s nephew, established an estate on the site, known as Kingswood. Built in 1771 in contradiction of what is now called Lake Wentworth, this was the first summer country land in northern New England. Settled in 1768, the town was incorporated in 1770.

Over the years Wolfeboro, whose town proverb is “The Oldest Summer Resort in America”, became a popular summer colony, particularly for families from Boston and southern New Hampshire. Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco, Kurt Vonnegut, Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon have spent grow old in Wolfeboro. In August 2007, then French president Nicolas Sarkozy vacationed there.