Low_and_Burbank's_Grant,_New_Hampshire

Low and Burbank's Grant, New Hampshire

Low and Burbank's Grant, New Hampshire

Township in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States


Low and Burbank's Grant is a township in Coös County, New Hampshire, United States. The grant lies entirely within the White Mountain National Forest. As of the 2020 census, the grant had a population of zero.[2]

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In New Hampshire, locations, grants, townships (which are different from towns), and purchases are unincorporated portions of a county which are not part of any town and have limited self-government (if any, as many are uninhabited).

History

The purchase is named for Clovis Lowe of Jefferson and Barker Burbank of Shelburne, who purchased land from the state in 1832.[3]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the grant has a total area of 26.1 square miles (67.7 km2), of which 0.3 acres (1,335 m2), or 0.002%, are water.[1]

The grant is in the northern White Mountains, on the northern slopes of the Presidential Range and on the Dartmouth Range. Summits in the grant include Mt. Sam Adams—at 5,584 feet (1,702 m) above sea level, the highest point in the grant—and Mt. Madison, elevation 5,367 feet (1,636 m). The northern slopes of the range comprise one of the most densely tracked areas in the White Mountain National Forest. The Randolph Mountain Club and the Appalachian Mountain Club maintain seasonal huts and cabins on the north slopes of these two mountains, at or above 4,000 feet (1,200 m).

Demographics

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As of the 2020 census,[5] there were no people living in the grant.


References

  1. "2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files – New Hampshire". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  2. Julyan, Robert Hixson; Julyan, Mary (1993), Place Names of the White Mountains (Revised ed.), University Press of New England, p. 94, ISBN 978-0-87451-638-8
  3. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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