Official Name: | Poocham, New Hampshire |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | New Hampshire#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Poocham |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | New Hampshire |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Cheshire |
Subdivision Type3: | Town |
Subdivision Name3: | Westmoreland |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 676 |
Coordinates: | 42.9506°N -72.4772°W |
Area Code: | 603 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 869299 |
Poocham is an unincorporated community in the town of Westmoreland in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States, near the larger communities of Keene, New Hampshire and Brattleboro, Vermont.
Poocham's oldest houses date from around 1800. By reputation, the name Poocham comes from an Abenaki Indian word meaning "gathering place". The community is almost entirely composed of homes and farms, but a small fluorite mine (called William Wise Mine[1]) and growing vineyard (called Poocham Hill Winery[2] [3] [4]) are also present.