Tamworth, New Hampshire Tamworth, New Hampshire Official seal of Tamworth, New Hampshire Location in Carroll County, New Hampshire Location in Carroll County, New Hampshire State New Hampshire Tamworth is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States.
The populace was 2,856 at the 2010 census. Tamworth includes the villages of Chocorua, South Tamworth, Wonalancet, and Whittier.
The town is home to Hemenway State Forest in the north and White Lake State Park in the southeast.
Granted in 1766 by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth, this town was titled in honor of his close friend, British Admiral Washington Shirley, Viscount Tamworth.
The village of Whittier, like Mount Whittier in Ossipee, is titled for the poet John Greenleaf Whittier.
In 1921, at the turn of the 20th century many citizens travelled to the White Mountains of New Hampshire seeking haven from the noise of the metros/cities and the company of urban life.
Cummings, friends and descendants of Julia Ward Howe and many the rest vacationed in the Tamworth area.
Out of this surrounding, Elizabeth Lane Whittemore started the Tamworth Community Nurse Association (TCNA), dedicated to sustaining the community and vitality of Tamworth and its inhabitants providing skilled nursing care and coordination of available services all with no fee for service. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 60.7 square miles (157 km2), of which 59.7 square miles (155 km2) is territory and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2) is water, comprising 1.59% of the town. Tamworth is drained by the Bearcamp, Chocorua and Wonalancet rivers.
The highest point in Tamworth is the summit of Black Snout Mountain at 2,689 feet (820 m) above sea level, positioned precisely at the southwest corner of the town, inside the Ossipee Mountain range.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,510 citizens , 1,074 homeholds, and 675 families residing in the town.
The ethnic makeup of the town was 98.05% White, 0.16% African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.20% Asian, 0.36% from other competitions, and 1.00% from two or more competitions.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 23.7% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 26.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $35,200, and the median income for a family was $41,121.
About 7.1% of families and 9.5% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 8.2% of those under age 18 and 10.1% of those age 65 or over.
The Carroll County Transit "Blue Loon" Public Route began operating in January 2012 and new, 16-passenger, wheelchair accessible buses are now rolling through the county.
The Carroll County Transit fitness includes an all-day flex-route connector service that originates in Wolfeboro (Bus Route # 2), runs north along Route 28 to West Ossipee and continues north along Route 16, traveling to Conway, and North Conway (Bus Route # 1).
This route joins the region with destinations as far south as Boston and as far north as Berlin, New Hampshire.
William James (1842 1910), psychologist and philosopher (died in the village of Chocorua, positioned inside Tamworth) The 1942 epic Look to the Mountain, by Le - Grand Cannon, Jr., takes place in Tamworth as 19-year-old Whit Livingston and his new wife, 16-year-old Melissa Butler, turn into the first white pioneer family to settle the area. The village of Chocurua in Tamworth is home to the stormwater modeling software business Hydro - CAD, Inc. United States Enumeration Bureau, American Fact - Finder, 2010 Enumeration figures.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001) - Tamworth town, New Hampshire".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
A Handbook of New England.
Town of Tamworth official website New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile Municipalities and communities of Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States
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