Granted in 1766 by colonial Governor Benning Wentworth, this town was named in honor of his close friend, British Admiral Washington Shirley, Viscount Tamworth.

The admiral's daughter, Selina Shirley, was instrumental in the founding of Dartmouth College.

Arthur Treadwell Walden's Chinook Kennels raised sled dogs for Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd's Antarctic expeditions and the Army's search-and-rescue units.

Barnstormers is hailed as the oldest continuously running professional theater in the state.

At the turn of the 20th century, many people traveled to the White Mountains of New Hampshire seeking haven from the noise of the cities and the business of urban life.

Cummings, friends and descendants of Julia Ward Howe and many others vacationed in the Tamworth area.

Additionally, a fixed-route connector operates twice a day between West Ossipee and Laconia (Route #3).

Five New Hampshire State Routes cross Tamworth: The 1942 epic Look to the Mountain, by LeGrand Cannon, Jr., takes place in Tamworth as 19-year-old Whit Livingston and his new wife, 16-year-old Melissa Butler, become the first white pioneer family to settle the area.

[11] The village of Chocorua in Tamworth is home to the stormwater modeling software company HydroCAD, Inc.[12]