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The Canaan Street Historic District encompasses the historic original town center of Canaan, New Hampshire. It is a basically linear district, running along Canaan Street roughly from Prospect Hill Road in the north to Moss Flower Lane in the south. The town flourished first as a stagecoach stop, and then as a resort colony in the late 19th ...
Canaan is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,794 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] It is the location of Mascoma State Forest .
The Canaan Meetinghouse is a historic meeting house on Canaan Street in Canaan, New Hampshire.Built in 1794, with some subsequent alterations, it is a good example of a Federal period meeting house, serving as a center of town civic and religious activity for many years.
Charted in 1834 by Samuel Noyes and other Canaan citizens, it was the first-known, upper-level co-ed school in the US open to African Americans. The school opened in 1835, but months later, outraged opponents used a team of oxen to drag the Academy building down Canaan Street and forced the Black pupils out of town.
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The Canaan CDP is bordered to the south and east by the Indian River, and to the north by Reagan Road, Blain Road, and Canaan Street. The CDP extends to the west, beyond Follansbee Road. [3] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Canaan CDP has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km 2), all of it recorded as land. [4]
Canaan: Town Grafton Town meeting 3,794 53.2 1761 Canaan, Canaan Center, Canaan Street, North Canaan, West Canaan Walpole: Town Cheshire Town meeting 3,633 35.2 1752
September 2, 1993 (Northwestern side of Pound Rd. 300 ft (91 m) north of the junction of Ten Rod Rd. Farmington: The pound was built in 1823 by the town, replacing an earlier wooden structure built in 1802, and is one of a few well-preserved pounds in southeastern New Hampshire.