page_title: Eaton, New Hampshire
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Eaton, New Hampshire / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Conway Street in c. 1910, Eaton Center, NH; from an old postcard.
context_page_description: Eaton is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 393 at the 2010 census. Eaton includes the villages of Eaton Center and Snowville.
context_section_description: Eaton was incorporated in 1760 by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth, and named for Governor Theophilus Eaton of Connecticut, a generous contributor to the funds needed to settle Massachusetts in 1630.  He later formed a colony at New Haven, Connecticut, along with Reverend John Davenport and David Yale, great-grandfather of Yale University's founder, Elihu Yale.
  The "Little White Church" is a town landmark.  The village of Snowville is named for the Snow family, who started a sawmill there in 1825. "Waukeela", a summer camp for girls, has been in Eaton for 90 years as of 2011.  It occupies 45 acres (180,000 m²) on Crystal Lake.
caption: Conway Street c. 1910
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