Whitefield, New Hampshire Whitefield, New Hampshire Location in Coos County, New Hampshire Location in Coos County, New Hampshire Whitefield is a town in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States, in the White Mountains Region.
The populace was 2,306 at the 2010 census. Situated on the northern edge of the White Mountains, Whitefield is home to the Mount Washington Regional Airport and the White Mountains Regional High School.
The central village in the town, where 1,142 citizens resided at the 2010 census, is defined as the Whitefield census-designated place (CDP) and is positioned at the junction of U.S.
Route 3, New Hampshire Route 116 and NH Route 142.
The last town to be granted under the English provincial government, Whitefield was chartered on July 4, 1774, exactly two years before adoption of the Declaration of Independence.
With the entrance of the barns in the 19th century, tourists identified the town and its cool, clean mountain air.
At the 2014 Town Meeting, voters chose to build a pre-fab building to be positioned outside of the town center. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 34.7 square miles (90 km2), of which 34.2 sq mi (89 km2) is territory and 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km2), or 1.24%, is water.
Whitefield is drained by Bog Brook and the Johns River, which runs through the center of town.
Forest Lake, the biggest lake in town, straddles the Whitefield/Dalton town line and is positioned southwest of the town center.
Burns Lake is near Forest Lake, off Route 116 closer to the town center.
Mirror Lake is a small water body close to Route 3 north of the center of town.
The central village of Whitefield, a census-designated place, has a total region of 1.3 sq mi (3.4 km2).
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,038 citizens , 819 homeholds, and 547 families residing in the town.
The ethnic makeup of the town was 98.09% White, 0.20% African American, 0.34% Native American, 0.34% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.29% from other competitions, and 0.74% from two or more competitions.
There were 819 homeholds out of which 32.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 53.2% were married couples living together, 9.4% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 33.2% were non-families.
27.1% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 24.3% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $34,583, and the median income for a family was $41,528.
Out of the total citizens living in poverty, 9.8% are under the age of 18 and 13.5% are 65 or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,089 citizens , 433 homeholds, and 272 families residing in the central village of Whitefield, a census-designated place.
The ethnic makeup of the town was 98.26% White, 0.37% African American, 0.18% Native American, 0.09% Asian, and 1.10% from two or more competitions.
There were 433 homeholds out of which 32.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 48.3% were married couples living together, 10.2% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 37.0% were non-families.
31.2% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 17.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the CDP, the populace was spread out with 24.2% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 19.5% from 45 to 64, and 21.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold is $31,071, and the median income for a family was $38,750.
Out of the total citizens living in poverty, 11.7% are under the age of 18 and 17.9% are 65 or older.
Whitefield is at the intersections of New Hampshire Route 116 and U.S.
Route 3 and is also served by New Hampshire Route 142, which leads to Dalton and points beyond.
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