Clarksville, New Hampshire

Clarksville, New Hampshire
Town
NH 145, looking north in Clarksville
Location in Coös County, New Hampshire
Coordinates: 45°01′03″N 71°24′50″W / 45.01750°N 71.41389°W / 45.01750; -71.41389
Country	United States
State	New Hampshire
County	Coös
Incorporated	1853
Area ^[1]
• Total	62.4 sq mi (161.5 km²)
• Land	60.3 sq mi (156.3 km²)
• Water	2.0 sq mi (5.2 km²) 3.24%
Elevation	1,980 ft (600 m)
Population (2020)^[2]
• Total	294
• Density	5/sq mi (1.9/km²)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern)
ZIP code	03592
Area code	603
FIPS code	33-13220
GNIS feature ID	0871098

Clarksville is a town in northern Coös County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 294 at the 2020 census.^[2] It is part of the Berlin, NH-VT Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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History

The area was originally known as "Dartmouth College Grant" and was part of a tract granted to Dartmouth College; sections were sold off by the college to raise money. It was purchased by Benjamin Clark of Boston and Joseph Murdock of Norwich, Vermont. The first census taken was in 1830, at which time there were 88 residents. It was incorporated in 1853, and renamed Clarksville in 1872 for the Clark family.

In the late 19th century, major industries included starch and maple sugar.^[3] Logging companies have been the primary employers in town for many years.

Geography

Clarksville is bordered to the north and west by Pittsburg, and to the west by one mile of waterfront on the Connecticut River (across from the village of Beecher Falls, in the town of Canaan, Vermont). The 45th parallel north passes through the town.

New Hampshire Route 145 traverses the western end of the township, running south from Pittsburg village into Stewartstown. Prior to the construction of U.S. Route 3 along the Connecticut River, this was the only road north to Pittsburg.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 62.4 square miles (161.5 km²), of which 60.3 square miles (156.3 km²) are land and 2.0 square miles (5.2 km²) are water, comprising 3.24% of the town.^[1] The highest point in Clarksville is Crystal Mountain, at 3,230 feet (980 m) above sea level, near the town's southern border. Significant water bodies include portions of Lake Francis, Clarksville Pond, Carr Pond and Dead Water Stream. The western two-thirds of Clarksville lies within the Connecticut River watershed and the eastern third in the Androscoggin River watershed.^[4] Clarksville's town hall, elevation 1,980 feet (600 m), is the highest town hall in the state. (The town hall of Washington is located at a lower elevation—1,507 feet (459 m)—but has other village development there, and is therefore the highest town center in the state.)

Adjacent municipalities

Pittsburg (north)
Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant (east)
Dix's Grant (southeast)
Dixville (south)
Stewartstown (southwest)
Canaan, Vermont (west)

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1840	88	—
1850	187	112.5%
1860	249	33.2%
1870	269	8.0%
1880	328	21.9%
1890	325	−0.9%
1900	307	−5.5%
1910	271	−11.7%
1920	410	51.3%
1930	215	−47.6%
1940	225	4.7%
1950	171	−24.0%
1960	179	4.7%
1970	166	−7.3%
1980	262	57.8%
1990	232	−11.5%
2000	294	26.7%
2010	265	−9.9%
2020	294	10.9%
U.S. Decennial Census^[2]^[5]

At the 2000 census^[6] (and again, informally, in 2004), there were 294 people, 118 households and 88 families living in the town. The population density was 4.9 per square mile (1.9/km²). There were 307 housing units at an average density of 5.1 per square mile (2.0/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 95.92% White (i.e., all but 12), none African American, 1.02% Native American, none Asian, none Pacific Islander, none from other races, and 3.06% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 1.70% of the population.

There were 118 households, of which 30.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.9% were married couples living together, 2.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.4% were non-families. 19.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.80.

22.8% of the population were under the age of 18, 4.1% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 38.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 111.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.7 males.

The median household income was $40,179 and the median family income was $44,688. Males had a median income of $32,750 compared with $21,111 for females. The per capita income for the town was $18,090. About 5.4% of families and 3.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under the age of eighteen and 8.7% of those sixty-five or over.

References

^ ^a ^b "2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files – New Hampshire". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Clarksville town, Coos County, New Hampshire: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
^ 1874 NH Gazetteer
^ Foster, Debra H.; Batorfalvy, Tatianna N.; Medalie, Laura (1995). Water Use in New Hampshire: An Activities Guide for Teachers. U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Geological Survey.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

External links

New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile

Places adjacent to Clarksville, New Hampshire

Pittsburg

Canaan, Vermont

Clarksville

Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant

Stewartstown

Stewartstown and Dixville

Dix's Grant

v t e Municipalities and communities of Coös County, New Hampshire, United States
County seat: Lancaster
City	Berlin	Map of New Hampshire highlighting Coos County
Towns	Carroll Clarksville Colebrook Columbia Dalton Dummer Errol Gorham Jefferson Lancaster Milan Northumberland Pittsburg Randolph Shelburne Stark Stewartstown Stratford Whitefield
Townships	Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant Bean's Grant Bean's Purchase Cambridge Chandler's Purchase Crawford's Purchase Cutt's Grant Dix's Grant Dixville Erving's Location Green's Grant Hadley's Purchase Kilkenny Low and Burbank's Grant Martin's Location Millsfield Odell Pinkham's Grant Sargent's Purchase Second College Grant Success Thompson and Meserve's Purchase Wentworth Location
CDPs	Colebrook Gorham Groveton Lancaster West Stewartstown Whitefield
Other communities	Beatties Bretton Woods Cascade Dixville Notch North Stratford Paris Tinkerville Twin Mountain
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Connecticut River watershed

Tributaries

Connecticut	Blackledge River Coginchaug River Connecticut River Duck River Eightmile River Falls River Farmington River Hockanum River Hubbard River Jeremy River Lieutenant River Mattabesset River Nepaug River Pameacha Creek Park River Pequabuck River Salmon River Scantic River
Massachusetts	Burnshirt River Chapel Brook Chicopee River Connecticut River Cranberry River Deerfield River East Brookfield River Farmington River Fall River Five Mile River Green River Hubbard River Manhan River Mill River (Northampton) Mill River (Springfield) Millers River Mirey Brook North Branch Millers River North Branch Westfield River North River Otter River Quaboag River Scantic River Seven Mile River Tarbell Brook Ware River Westfield River
New Hampshire	Ammonoosuc River Ashuelot River Blow-me-down Brook The Branch Cold River Connecticut River East Branch Mohawk River Gale River Great Brook Halls Stream Ham Branch Indian River Indian Stream Israel River Johns River Knox River Little River Little Sugar River Mascoma River Millers River Mink Brook Mirey Brook Mohawk River Nash Stream North Branch Gale River North Branch Millers River North Branch Sugar River North Branch Upper Ammonoosuc River Oliverian Brook Otter Brook Partridge Brook Perry Stream Phillips Brook Simms Stream South Branch Ashuelot River South Branch Gale River South Branch Israel River South Branch Sugar River Stocker Brook Sugar River Tarbell Brook Upper Ammonoosuc River West Branch Mohawk River West Branch Upper Ammonoosuc River Wild Ammonoosuc River Zealand River
Vermont	Black River Connecticut River Deerfield River Fall River Green River Halls Stream Leach Creek Moose River Nulhegan River Ompompanoosuc River Ottauquechee River Passumpsic River Rock River Saxtons River Utley Brook Waits River Wells River West River Whetstone Brook White River Williams River Winhall River

Lakes

Connecticut	Barkhamsted Reservoir Lake Beseck Lake Hayward Lake Pocotopaug
Massachusetts	Brooks Pond Browning Pond Lake Monomonac Quabbin Reservoir Lake Wyola
New Hampshire	Ashuelot Pond Back Lake Canaan Street Lake Cedar Pond Christine Lake Comerford Reservoir Connecticut Lakes Crystal Lake Dublin Pond Eastman Pond Echo Lake Lake Francis (Murphy Dam) Goose Pond Grafton Pond Granite Lake Lakes of the Clouds Little Sunapee Lake Mascoma Lake McIndoes Reservoir Lake Monomonac Moore Reservoir Pearly Lake Silver Lake Spofford Lake Lake Sunapee Surry Mountain Lake Lake Tarleton
Vermont	Ball Mountain Lake Comerford Reservoir Harriman Reservoir Harvey's Lake McIndoes Reservoir Moore Reservoir North Hartland Lake Lake Rescue Townshend Lake

Towns

Connecticut	Chester Cromwell Deep River East Haddam East Hampton East Hartford East Windsor Enfield Essex Glastonbury Haddam Hartford Higganum Lyme Middletown Moodus Old Lyme Old Saybrook Portland Rocky Hill South Windsor Suffield Thompsonville Wethersfield Windsor Windsor Locks
Massachusetts	Agawam Chicopee Deerfield Easthampton Gill Greenfield Hadley Hatfield Holyoke Longmeadow Millers Falls Montague Northampton Northfield South Hadley Springfield Sunderland Turners Falls West Springfield Whately
New Hampshire	Bath Charlestown Chesterfield Claremont Clarksville Colebrook Columbia Cornish Dalton Groveton Hanover Haverhill Hinsdale Lancaster Lebanon Littleton Lyme Monroe Northumberland Orford Piermont Pittsburg Plainfield Stewartstown Stratford Walpole West Lebanon Westmoreland Woodsville
Quebec	East Hereford
Vermont	Ascutney Barnet Beecher Falls Bellows Falls Bloomfield Bradford Brattleboro Brunswick Canaan Concord Dummerston Fairlee Gilman Guildhall Hartford Hartland Lemington Lunenburg Maidstone Newbury Norwich Putney Rockingham Ryegate Springfield Thetford Vernon Waterford Weathersfield Wells River Westminster White River Junction Wilder Windsor

Crossings

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