Crawford's Purchase, New Hampshire
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Crawford's Purchase is a township located in Coos County
, New Hampshire
, United States
. It was granted by Commissioner Willey to Thomas Abbott, Nathaniel Abbott and Ethan Allen Crawford in 1834 for $8,000 and contained about 15712 acres (63.6 km²). As of the 2010 census, the purchase had a total population of 0.
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).
, the purchase has a total area of 8.2 square miles (21.2 km²). None of it is covered by water, except for streams such as the Ammonoosuc River
, which flows through the southern part of the purchase. The highest point is 2890 feet (880.9 m) above sea level
, at the northern corner of the purchase boundary.
Coos County, New Hampshire
-National protected areas:*Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge *Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge *White Mountain National Forest -Demographics:...
, New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
, United States
United States
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. It was granted by Commissioner Willey to Thomas Abbott, Nathaniel Abbott and Ethan Allen Crawford in 1834 for $8,000 and contained about 15712 acres (63.6 km²). As of the 2010 census, the purchase had a total population of 0.
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 BureauUnited States Census Bureau
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, the purchase has a total area of 8.2 square miles (21.2 km²). None of it is covered by water, except for streams such as the Ammonoosuc River
Ammonoosuc River
The Ammonoosuc River is a river, 55 mi long, in northwestern New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Connecticut River, which flows to Long Island Sound. "Ammonoosuc" is Abnaki for "small, narrow fishing place"....
, which flows through the southern part of the purchase. The highest point is 2890 feet (880.9 m) above sea level
Sea level
Mean sea level is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface ; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation...
, at the northern corner of the purchase boundary.