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is a town in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,440 at the 2000 census.
Granted in 1749 by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth, the town was named for Sir Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, who was in charge of convoy service between Barbados and the colonies. The land was first settled shortly before the Revolutionary War by settlers from Lee, Somersworth and Rochester. Middleton was situated on the road between Exeter and Wolfeboro, the location of Colonial Governor John Wentworth's summer home, Kingswood. Neglect of the road caused the governor to bill the proprietors for repairs he had to make for safe travel to Kingswood, built in 1771. Middleton was incorporated on March 4, 1778, and originally included Brookfield, which was split off in December of 1794.
Middleton's old Town Hall, located on King's Highway, was built in 1795 as a meetinghouse on Ridge Road. It was moved to its current location in 1812, jacked-up on the new site, and the Town Hall added underneath. The original stucco painting, a wrap-around landscape mural of trees and scenery, was painted by John Avery in 1811 and touched-up in 1841.