Dix's Grant, New Hampshire should not be confused with Dixville, New Hampshire.
Official Name: | Dix's 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: | 52.0 |
Area Land Km2: | 51.9 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.1 |
Area Water Percent: | 0.21 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 0 |
Timezone: | Eastern |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | Eastern |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 44.9128°N -71.1919°W |
Elevation Ft: | 2120 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Area Code: | 603 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 33-007-18340 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 871113 |
Dix's Grant is a township in Coös County, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2020 census, the grant had a population of zero.[2] 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).
Dix's Grant will fall within the path of totality during the solar eclipse of April 8, 2024.[3]
Dix's Grant was originally part of adjacent Dixville, which was granted by the legislature to Timothy Dix Jr. in 1805 and contained about 29340acres; the price was $4,500. The eastern portion of the original grant (north of Wentworth Location) became present-day Dix's Grant.[4]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the grant has a total area of 52sqkm, 0.11sqkm of which is covered by water.[1] The township is drained by the Swift Diamond River and its tributary, Fourmile Brook. The Swift Diamond is an east-flowing tributary of the Dead Diamond River and part of the Androscoggin River watershed. The grant's highest point is 3279feet above sea level, along the ridge of Crystal Mountain.
Crystal Mountain is a mountain ridge in Dix's Grant. The mountain has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) bordering on subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc).
As of the 2010 census,[5] there was one person living in the grant.