Summer Band concerts on the common, fairs and bazaars, church suppers, a colorful Board of Selectmen, Town Meetings that are often better than Saturday Night Live, good schools, great people and so much conservation land, it could hold a whole community - these are some of the attributes that make Townsend a great place to live, work and raise children. The (usually) slow moving Squannacook river, a premier cold water fishery, meanders its way through Town, and there are many opportunities for recreation, or just to enjoy the peace and beauty of this languid waterway.

Situated at the junction of Routes 119 and 13, with rural New Hampshire bordering us to the North, Lunenburg and Fitchburg to the South, Ashby on the West side, and Groton and Pepperell to the East, Townsend is uniquely placed between the rural and the suburban, and has characateristics of both. A strong independent streak characterizes many of our citizens, and the Town is quite egalitarian. Growth is controlled by well thought out bylaws, standard zoning is 2 or 3 acres minimum per lot (depending on the part of Town), Town water in some locations, no Town sewerage. Good access to Routes 2, 495, 101 and the commuter rail, so you can get to where you need to go. And if that's not enough, there are always the Atwood Cuties....