Colebrook, New Hampshire

Coordinates: 44°53′40″N 71°29′45″W / 44.89444, -71.49583
Colebrook, New Hampshire
Main Street
Location in Coos County, New Hampshire
Country	United States
State	New Hampshire
County	Coos
Incorporated	1796
Government
- Board of Selectmen	Frank Dumaine Laurence Rappaport Benoit Lamontagne
Area
- Total	41. Coos County (ˈkoʊ-ɒs with two syllables is a County in the U New Hampshire ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The political units and divisions of the United States include The 50 states (four of these being officially styled as Commonwealths) which are typically New Hampshire ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. This is a list of counties in New Hampshire. There are currently 10 counties in the U Coos County (ˈkoʊ-ɒs with two syllables is a County in the U A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to cities, counties, Towns The Board of Selectmen is commonly the executive arm of Town Governments in the New England region of the United States. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 0 sq mi (106. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 2 km²)
- Land	41. To help compare different Orders of magnitude and geographical regions we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km² 0 sq mi (106. 2 km²)
- Water	0. 04 sq mi (0. 1 km²) 0. 07%
Elevation	1,024 ft (312 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	12,321
- Density	56. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 6/sq mi (21. 9/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	Eastern (UTC-4)
ZIP code	03576
Area code(s)	603
FIPS code	33-13780
GNIS feature ID	0871097
Website: www.colebrook-nh.com

Colebrook is a town in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during Daylight saving time ( DST The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−4 is the Time offset used in the Atlantic Standard Time Zone in Canada in winter and the North American Eastern Time Zone during The ZIP code is the system of Postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks North American area code 603 is the state of New Hampshire 's sole Area code. Federal Information Processing Standards ( FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military The Geographic Names Information System ( GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout The New England town is the basic unit of local government in each of the six New England states Coos County (ˈkoʊ-ɒs with two syllables is a County in the U New Hampshire ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The population was 2,321 at the 2000 census. Situated in the Great North Woods Region, it is bounded on the west by the Connecticut River and home to Beaver Brook Falls Natural Area. The Great North Woods Region is located at the northern tip of New Hampshire, U The Connecticut River is the largest River in New England, flowing south from the Connecticut Lakes in northern New Hampshire, along the border Colebrook includes the villages of Kidderville, Upper Kidderville and Factory Village.

Colebrook is part of the Berlin, NH–VT Micropolitan Statistical Area. Berlin is a city along the Androscoggin River in Coos County in northern New Hampshire, United States Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The Berlin Micropolitan Statistical Area is the Core based statistical area centered on the Urban cluster associated with the city Berlin New Hampshire

1 History
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 See also
5 Sites of interest
6 References
7 Further reading
8 External links

History

Bridge Street in c. 1915

First granted in 1762 by New Hampshire's Colonial Governor, Benning Wentworth, the territory was named Dryden, after English poet and playwright, John Dryden. Benning Wentworth (1696&ndash October 14 1770) was the colonial governor of New Hampshire from 1741 to 1766 England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or Drama. John Dryden (– was an influential English poet Literary critic, Translator and playwright who dominated the literary life of Restoration England Due to the inability of its original grantees to settle the remote area, however, it was regranted in 1770 by Colonial Governor John Wentworth, who renamed it Colebrook Town after Sir George Colebrooke, the East India Company's chairman of the board. Sir John Wentworth ( 9 August 1737 &ndash 8 April[[ 820]] was the British colonial governor of New Hampshire at the time of the Sir George Colebrooke 2nd Baronet ( 14 June 1729 - 5 August 1809) of Gatton in Surrey, was an English merchant banker chairman The Honourable East India Company ( HEIC) referred to most commonly as the East India Company, also historically and colloquially as John Company, or Settled that same year, it would be incorporated as Colebrook June 11, 1796, and was for many years the shire town of the Northern Judicial District of Coos County. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Today, it has a district branch of the Lancaster Superior Court. Lancaster is a town in Coos County, New Hampshire, USA, on the Connecticut River named after Lancaster England. In Common law systems a superior court is a Court of general Competence which typically has unlimited Jurisdiction with regard to civil and

The area was noted for excellent farming soil. Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture According to the 1874 Gazetteer, Colebrook was the Potato Capital of New Hampshire, producing over 120,000 bushels per year, most of which were milled into starch. Starch, CAS # 9005-25-8 Chemical formula (C6H10O5n is a Polysaccharide Some were distilled into "potato whiskey. Distillation is a method of separating Mixtures based on differences in their volatilities in a boiling liquid mixture " After the Coos Trail through Dixville Notch was created in 1803, farmers loaded sleds each winter with potash, pearlash, wheat and other produce, including potato whiskey, to exchange in Portland, Maine for molasses, saltfish and other necessities. Route 26 is a multi-state State highway in the New England region of the United States. Dixville Notch is an unincorporated village with a population of approximately 75 in the Dixville township of Coos County New Hampshire, USA. A sled, sledge or sleigh is a Vehicle with runners for sliding instead of wheels for rolling Potash (or carbonate of potash) is an impure form of Potassium carbonate ( K 2 CO3) Carbonate of potash redirects here For one of potassium carbonate's impure forms see Potash. Wheat ( Triticum spp is a worldwide cultivated grass from the Levant area of the Middle East. Portland is the largest city in the US state of Maine and the County seat of Cumberland County. The State of Maine ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean Molasses or Treacle is a thick Syrup by-product from the processing of the Sugarcane or Sugar beet into Sugar. Salt-cured meat or salted meat, for example Ham, Bacon, or kippered herring, is meat or fish preserved or cured by Abundant regional forests helped Colebrook become a lumbering center, with the first sawmill established at Beaver Brook in 1800. Logging is the process in which Trees are cut down for Forest management and Timber. A sawmill is a facility where logs are cut into boards Sawmill process A sawmill's basic operation is much like those of 100 years ago a log enters Between 1868 and 1915, the town was witness to great log drives. Log driving is a means of log transport which makes use of a river's current by letting the current move floating Tree trunks downstream to Sawmills It was

During the Gilded Age, a grand hotel was once planned for Colebrook. In American history, the Gilded Age refers to major growth in population in the United States and extravagant displays of wealth and excess of America's upper-class during Called The Metallak after Native American chief Metallak, the imposing Victorian structure was designed by architect John Calvin Stevens, and intended to attract tourists arriving by railroad to escape the summer heat and pollution in big cities. For indigenous peoples in the United States other than Hawaii and Alaska see also Native Americans in the United States. Metallak was the last survivor of a band of Native Americans known as the Cowasuck or more properly the Arosaguntacook. The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of Architectural styles predominantly employed during the Victorian era. John Calvin Stevens (1855-1940 was an American architect who designed residences in two divergent styles the Shingle Style, of which he was an originator in the 1880s and Construction began on Lombard's Hill, but a violent windstorm in April of 1893 destroyed the frame, and investors abandoned the project. Stevens then reused the building's scheme, while reducing its size by two-fifths, to become The Bay of Naples Inn at Naples, Maine, which opened in 1899. Naples is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. It is part of the Portland &ndash South Portland &ndash The State of Maine ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean Although The Metallak itself was never finished, its extensive plans are preserved among the architect's papers at the Maine Historical Society, making the ill-fated Colebrook hotel perhaps the most thoroughly documented design of its type in the White Mountains. The White Mountains are a Mountain range that covers about a quarter of the state of New Hampshire and a small portion of western Maine in the

Geography

Colebrook is the hub of northern Coos County. Roads from Maine, Vermont, and Quebec all converge here. The State of Maine ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk To the north is Stewartstown, east is Dixville and south is Columbia. Stewartstown is a town in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States. Dixville (also known as Little Switzerland) is a township in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States. Columbia is a town in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States. The town is accessible via U.S. Route 3, New Hampshire Route 26 from the east, and SR 145 from Stewartstown. Route 26 is a multi-state State highway in the New England region of the United States. New Hampshire Route 145 (abbreviated NH 145) is a 1312 mile long north–south State highway in Coos County in northern New Hampshire.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 41. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census 0 square miles (106 km²), of which 41. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 0 sq mi (106 km²) is land and 0. 04 sq mi (0. 10 km²) is water, comprising 0. 07% of the town. The highest point in Colebrook is Van Dyck Mountain, elevation 2,760 feet (840 m) above sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Mean sea level (MSL is the average (mean height of the Sea, with reference to a suitable reference surface The town's western view is dominated by Monadnock Mountain, elevation 3,148 ft (960 m), in Lemington, Vermont. This article is about a mountain located in Lemington Vermont Lemington is a town in Essex County, Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Colebrook is drained by Beaver Brook and the Mohawk River, which flows into the Connecticut River. The Mohawk River is a 138 Mile long (222 Km) River in northern New Hampshire in the United States. The town lies almost fully within the Connecticut River watershed, with a tiny portion of the northeast corner of town lying in the Androscoggin River watershed. The Connecticut River is the largest River in New England, flowing south from the Connecticut Lakes in northern New Hampshire, along the border A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, The Androscoggin River is a river in the US states of Maine and New Hampshire, in northern New England. ^[1]

Demographics

Monadnock House in c. 1915

At the first census of 1790 there were 29 residents. As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 2,321 people, 1,035 households, and 607 families residing in the town. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The population density was 56. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 6 people per square mile (21. 9/km²). There were 1,312 housing units at an average density of 32. 0/sq mi (12. 4/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 98. 49% White, 0. 26% Native American, 0. 30% Asian, 0. 17% from other races, and 0. 78% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 39% of the population.

There were 1,035 households out of which 25. 1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46. 2% were married couples living together, 8. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41. 3% were non-families. 34. 0% of all households were made up of individuals and 14. 3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2. 20 and the average family size was 2. 76.

Parsons Street in c. 1915

In the town the population was spread out with 22. 2% under the age of 18, 7. 2% from 18 to 24, 26. 9% from 25 to 44, 27. 2% from 45 to 64, and 16. 5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 96. 0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93. 3 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $32,244, and the median income for a family was $42,260. Males had a median income of $31,833 versus $20,383 for females. The per capita income for the town was $18,390. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 6. 5% of families and 12. 0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 5% of those under age 18 and 20. 2% of those age 65 or over.

Sites of interest

References

^ Foster, Debra H. This list identifies the men who governed the New Hampshire Colony of Great Britain. ; Batorfalvy, Tatianna N. ; and Medalie, Laura (1995). Water Use in New Hampshire: An Activities Guide for Teachers. U. S. Department of the Interior and U. S. Geological Survey.
^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes

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