Ashland, New Hampshire Ashland, New Hampshire Location in Grafton County, New Hampshire Location in Grafton County, New Hampshire State New Hampshire Ashland is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.
The populace was 2,076 at the 2010 census. Located near the geographical center of the state, Ashland is home to Scribner-Fellows State Forest.
The chief village of the town, where 1,244 citizens resided at the 2010 census, is defined as the Ashland census-designated place (CDP), and is positioned at the junction of U.S.
Route 3 and New Hampshire Route 25 with NH Route 132.
Ashland was once the southwestern corner of Holderness, chartered in 1751 by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth.
But hostilities amid the French and Indian War delayed settlement, and in 1761, it was regranted as New Holderness (although "New" would be dropped in 1816).
Settled in 1763, the town was dominantly agricultural except for Holderness Village on the Squam River, with falls that drop about 112 feet (34 m) before meeting the Pemigewasset River.
The interests of the industrialized settlement increasingly diverged from those of the farming community, however, and in 1868 Holderness Village was set off as Ashland, titled for Ashland, the Kentucky estate of Henry Clay.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 11.5 square miles (29.8 km2), of which 11.0 square miles (28.5 km2) is territory and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2) is water, comprising 4.62% of the town. Bounded on the west by the Pemigewasset River, Ashland is drained by the Squam River and Owl Brook.
Ashland lies fully inside the Merrimack River watershed. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,955 citizens , 853 homeholds, and 515 families residing in the town.
The ethnic makeup of the town was 97.44% White, 0.36% African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.72% Asian, 0.26% from other competitions, and 0.97% from two or more competitions.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 23.4% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 30.0% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $33,345, and the median income for a family was $38,487.
About 7.5% of families and 10.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 10.0% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over.
Ashland Train Depot (c.
Cheney, US senator and the 43rd governor of New Hampshire a b United States Enumeration Bureau, American Fact - Finder, 2010 Enumeration figures.
History of Ashland, New Hampshire "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001) - Ashland town, New Hampshire".
Water Use in New Hampshire: An Activities Guide for Teachers.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Ashland (New Hampshire).
Town of Ashland official website Ashland Town Library New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile Municipalities and communities of Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States Alexandria Ashland Bath Benton Bethlehem Bridgewater Bristol Campton Canaan Dorchester Easton Ellsworth Enfield Franconia Grafton Groton Hanover Haverhill Hebron Holderness Landaff Lincoln Lisbon Littleton Lyman Lyme Monroe Orange Orford Piermont Plymouth Rumney Sugar Hill Thornton Warren Waterville Valley Wentworth Woodstock Ashland Bethlehem Bristol Canaan Enfield Hanover Lincoln Lisbon Littleton Mountain Lakes North Haverhill North Woodstock Plymouth Woodsville
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