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Official seal of Holderness, New Hampshire Location in Grafton County, New Hampshire Location in Grafton County, New Hampshire State New Hampshire Holderness is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.
The populace was 2,108 at the 2010 census. An agricultural and resort area, Holderness is home to the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center and is positioned on Squam Lake.
Holderness is also home to Holderness School, a co-educational college-preparatory boarding school.
The Squam Lakes were a trade route for Abenaki Indians and early European settlers, who traveled the Squam River to the Pemigewasset River, then to the Merrimack River and seacoast.
The governing council accepted, and the town was titled after Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness.
The territory was regranted as New Holderness in 1761 to a group of New England families, and first settled in 1763.
As proprietor of half the town, Samuel Livermore intended to problematic at New Holderness a great estate patterned after those of the English countryside.
By 1790, the town had 329 residents, and in 1816, "New" was dropped from its name. Holderness became a farming and fishing community, except for the "business or flat iron area" positioned on the Squam River, which has falls that drop about 112 feet before meeting the Pemigewasset River.
With water power to operate mills, the southwestern corner of town advanced into an industrialized center, to which the Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad entered in 1849.
Before the age of automobiles, they would depart the train in Ashland and board a steamer, which traveled up the Squam River to rustic fishing camps or hillside hotels beside Squam Lake.
Today, Holderness remains a prominent resort area, where in 1981 the movie On Golden Pond was filmed.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 35.6 square miles (92 km2), of which 30.4 sq mi (79 km2) is territory and 5.2 sq mi (13 km2) is water, comprising 14.73% of the town.
Bounded on the northwest by the Pemigewasset River, Holderness is drained by Owl Brook.
Part of Squam Lake is in the east, and Little Squam Lake is in the center.
Also in the north is the highest point in Holderness, Mount Webster, altitude 2,076 feet (633 m) and part of the Squam Range.
Holderness lies fully inside the Merrimack River watershed. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,930 citizens , 768 homeholds, and 546 families residing in the town.
The ethnic makeup of the town was 97.88% White, 0.47% African American, 0.05% Native American, 0.36% Asian, 0.10% from other competitions, and 1.14% from two or more competitions.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 24.4% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 24.5% from 25 to 44, 31.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $47,895, and the median income for a family was $55,526.
About 2.8% of families and 4.9% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 9.2% of those under age 18 and 4.0% of those age 65 or over.
Holderness is governed in the traditional New England style, with a 5-member board of selectmen as its executive branch, and the traditional Town Meeting as its legislative branch.
United States Enumeration Bureau, American Fact - Finder, 2010 Enumeration figures.
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".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
Town of Holderness official website New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile Squam Lakes Association Squam Lakes Natural Science Center New Hampton Center Harbor Center Harbor 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 East Hebron Enfield Center Etna Glencliff Lyme Center Montcalm Pike Stinson Lake West Lebanon
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