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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 19,000 acres (77 km 2). It was later expanded by annexation of previously ungranted land to the west.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 11.4 square miles (29.4 km 2), of which 11.2 square miles (28.9 km 2) are land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km 2) are water, comprising 1.61% of the town. [2] The highest point in Atkinson is Hog Hill, north of the town center, at 430 feet (130 m) above sea level.
New Hampshire is a state located in the Northeastern United States. It is divided into 234 municipalities, including 221 towns and 13 cities. New Hampshire is organized along the New England town model, where the state is nearly completely incorporated and divided into towns, 13 of which are designated as "cities". For each town/city, the table ...
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). Category:Townships in New Hampshire (25 listed, including 9 Grants, 4 Locations and 6 Purchases)
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The Amherst Village Historic District encompasses the historic village center of Amherst, New Hampshire. Centered on the town's common, which was established about 1755, Amherst Village is one of the best examples of a late-18th to early-19th century New England village center. It is roughly bounded on the north by Foundry Street and on the ...
Hill-Woodman-Ffrost House (Three Chimneys Inn - ffrost Sawyer Tavern), ca. 1649, one of the oldest houses in New Hampshire. Prominent buildings in the district include Durham's town hall (a c. 1825 brick building) and town office building (a c. 1860 vernacular house), and the Durham Community Church, built in 1848–49, which is the focal point of the Main Street section of the district.
The most prominent building is probably the Wentworth Castle, which is on the hillside above the Wentworth Hall resort hotel complex. Completed in 1891, it was designed by New York architect William Bates. The district also includes Jackson's 1901 library building, old (1897) town hall, and a community church built in 1846–47. [2]