Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant, New Hampshire explained

Official Name:Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant,
New Hampshire
Settlement Type:Township
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:New Hampshire
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Coös
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:50.0
Area Land Km2:49.7
Area Water Km2:0.3
Area Water Percent:0.57
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:0
Population Density Km2:0
Timezone:Eastern
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:Eastern
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Coordinates:44.9928°N -71.1169°W
Elevation Ft:1605
Postal Code Type:ZIP codes
Area Code:603
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:33-007-02420
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:871100

Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant is a township in Coös County, New Hampshire, United States. It was granted by the state legislature to Gilmanton Academy and Atkinson Academy in equal shares in 1809 and contained approximately 19000acres. It was later expanded by annexation of previously ungranted land to the west. The population was zero as of the 2020 census.[2] It is part of the Berlin, NH-VT Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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).

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the grant has a total area of 50sqkm, of which 49.7sqkm are land and 0.3sqkm or 0.57%, is covered by water.[1] The township is drained by the Dead Diamond River and its branches, except for the eastern edge of the township, which is drained by Abbott Brook. Both waterways are tributaries of the Magalloway River and part of the Androscoggin River watershed. The highest point is an unnamed ridge that reaches 2620feet above sea level near the grant's southwestern corner. The township is bordered to the east by the state of Maine.

The grant boundaries shown in 1874 maps differ from those of 1850s maps by showing a parcel of ungranted "state land" on the western edge of this grant (and north of Dix's Grant), and another "Dartmouth College Grant" to the west of that (later annexed to the eastern edge of Clarksville).

Adjacent municipalities

Demographics

As of the 2020 census,[2] there were no people living in the township.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files – New Hampshire . United States Census Bureau . November 12, 2021.
  2. Web site: Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy grant, Coos County, New Hampshire: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171). U.S. Census Bureau. November 12, 2021.