Lincoln, New Hampshire Lincoln, New Hampshire Official seal of Lincoln, New Hampshire Location in Grafton County, New Hampshire Location in Grafton County, New Hampshire State New Hampshire Lincoln is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.
It is the second-largest town by region in New Hampshire.
The populace was 1,662 at the 2010 census. The town is home to the New Hampshire Highland Games and to a portion of Franconia Notch State Park.
Set in the White Mountains, large portions of the town are inside the White Mountain National Forest.
Lincoln is the locale of the Loon Mountain ski resort and associated recreation-centered development.
The major settlement in town, where 993 citizens resided at the 2010 census, is defined as the Lincoln census-designated place (CDP) and is positioned along New Hampshire Route 112 east of Interstate 93.
The town also includes the village of North Lincoln and the former village sites of Stillwater and Zealand (sometime known as Pullman) in the town's remote easterly and northern sections in the order given, which are now inside the White Mountain National Forest.
Lincoln was titled after Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle, 9th Earl of Lincoln a cousin of the Wentworth governors.
Rocky soil yielded poor farming, but the area's abundant timber, combined with water power to run sawmills on the Pemigewasset River and its East Branch, helped Lincoln precarious into a center for logging.
Henry bought approximately 100,000 acres (400 km2) of virgin timber and established a logging enterprise at what is today the center of Lincoln.
Until he died in 1912, Henry controlled his business town, installing relatives in positions of civic authority. Franconia Paper took over in 1950, producing 150 tons of paper a day until bankruptcy in 1971, at which time new river classification standards discouraged further papermaking in Lincoln. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 130.9 square miles (339.0 km2), of which 130.3 square miles (337.5 km2) is territory and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2) is water, comprising 0.43% of the town. It is the second-largest town in region in New Hampshire, after Pittsburg.
Lincoln is drained by the Pemigewasset River and its East Branch.
Lincoln lies almost fully inside the Merrimack River watershed, with the edge of town in the Connecticut River watershed. Kancamagus Pass, altitude 2,860 feet (870 m), is on the Kancamagus Highway at the easterly boundary.
The highest point in Lincoln is either the summit of Mount Carrigain, at 4,700 ft (1,433 m) above sea level, plus or minus 10 ft (3.0 m), or the summit of Mount Bond at 4,698 ft (1,432 m).
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,271 citizens , 583 homeholds, and 324 families residing in the town.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 19.8% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 27.9% from 45 to 64, and 17.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $28,523, and the median income for a family was $44,063.
About 3.4% of families and 8.0% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 5.3% of those under age 18 and 5.5% of those age 65 or over.
United States Enumeration Bureau, American Fact - Finder, 2010 Enumeration figures.
History of Lincoln, New Hampshire "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001) - Lincoln town, New Hampshire".
Water Use in New Hampshire: An Activities Guide for Teachers.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Lincoln, New Hampshire.
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