Lancaster, New Hampshire Lancaster, New Hampshire Official seal of Lancaster, New Hampshire Motto: "The friendly town in the friendly state" Location in Coos County, New Hampshire Location in Coos County, New Hampshire State New Hampshire Lancaster is a town in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States, on the Connecticut River titled after Lancaster, England.
As of the 2010 census, the town populace was 3,507, the second biggest in the county after Berlin. It is the governmental center of county of Coos County and gateway to the Great North Woods Region.
Lancaster, which includes the villages of Grange and South Lancaster, is home to Weeks State Park and the Lancaster Fair.
The town is part of the Berlin, NH VT Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The major settlement in town, where 1,725 citizens resided at the 2010 census, is defined as the Lancaster census-designated place (CDP) and is positioned at the junctions of U.S.
Lancaster is the site of the "Porc - Fest" summer camp gathering of the Free State Project. Granted as Upper Coos in 1763 by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth to Captain David Page of Petersham, Massachusetts, the town was settled in 1764 by his son, David Page, Jr.
Reverend Joshua Weeks, a grantee of the town, was among the group of explorers who titled the mountain peaks of the Presidential Range.
With fertile meadows beside the Connecticut River, Lancaster was in 1874 the twelfth most productive agricultural town in the state.
Lancaster House in 1908 According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 50.7 square miles (131 km2), of which 49.8 square miles (129 km2) is territory and 0.9 square miles (2.3 km2) is water, comprising 1.73% of the town. The town center, or census-designated place, has a total region of 2.1 sq mi (5.4 km2), of which 2.0 sq mi (5.2 km2) is territory and the remainder (1.44%) is water.
Lancaster is drained by the Israel River, and is fully inside the Connecticut River watershed. The town also includes Martin Meadow Pond.
Climate data for Lancaster, New Hampshire As of the census of 2010, there were 3,507 citizens , 1,399 homeholds, and 880 families residing in the town.
There were 1,687 housing units at an average density of 33.9 units/sq mi (13.1 units/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town was 96.8% White, 0.3% African American, 0.7% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.03% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 0.4% some other race, and 1.1% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,399 homeholds, out of which 29.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 48.4% were headed by married couples living together, 10.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 37.1% were non-families.
29.4% of all homeholds were made up of individuals, and 13.1% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.35, and the average family size was 2.85. In the town, the populace was spread out with 21.9% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 20.2% from 25 to 44, 31.2% from 45 to 64, and 19.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median age was 45.4 years.
The per capita income for the town was $28,245.
13.0% of the populace and 10.4% of families were below the poverty line, including 12.7% of citizens under the age of 18 and 19.2% age 65 or older. As of the census of 2010, there were 1,725 citizens , 705 homeholds, and 422 families residing in the chief village, or census-designated place, of Lancaster.
There were 816 housing units at an average density of 408.0 units/sq mi (156.9 units/km ).
There were 705 homeholds, out of which 30.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 42.4% were headed by married couples living together, 13.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 40.1% were non-families.
32.1% of all homeholds were made up of individuals, and 14.6% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.30, and the average family size was 2.83. In the CDP, the populace was spread out with 23.7% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 21.5% from 25 to 44, 29.6% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median age was 42.7 years.
The per capita income for the town was $23,340.
18.5% of the populace and 17.7% of families were below the poverty line, including 19.2% of citizens under the age of 18 and 29.7% age 65 or older. Lancaster is at the intersection of U.S.
Route 3 and is the northern end of New Hampshire Route 135, which leads to Dalton and points beyond.
As of January 2006, Lancaster is also served by The Tri-Town Bus, a enhance transit route connecting with Whitefield and Littleton.
Chester Bradley Jordan, 48th governor of New Hampshire Williams, US senator and congressman; 21st governor of New Hampshire a b United States Enumeration Bureau, American Fact - Finder, 2010 Enumeration figures.
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Sinclair Weeks at Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lancaster, New Hampshire.
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