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Thompson and Meserve's Purchase, New Hampshire

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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).
387:, the purchase has a total area of 18.5 square miles (48.0 km), of which 0.3 acres (1,239 m), or 0.003%, are water. The west side of the purchase is drained by the headwaters of the 94: 922: 1111: 1360: 17: 391:, including its tributaries Clay Brook and Jefferson Brook, while the northwest corner of the purchase is drained by streams that flow north to the 1365: 781: 1312: 1176: 806: 801: 73: 915: 670: 260: 722: 699: 900: 1136: 1131: 877: 831: 759: 368:
on the slope of Chandler Ridge, just north of the summit of Mount Washington. To the east of the Presidential peaks lies the
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Thompson and Meserve's Purchase was sold by Commissioner Willey to Samuel W. Thompson of
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Thompson and Meserve's Purchase is notable for encompassing the northern slope of
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Places adjacent to Thompson and Meserve's Purchase, New Hampshire
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crosses the purchase, close to the crest of the Presidential Range.
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watershed. The east side of the purchase is drained by the
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The purchase is situated just north of the summit of
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Township in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States
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State of New Hampshire Manual for the General Court
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United States Census Bureau 653: 846: 838: 343: 66:passes through the township. 7: 385:United States Census Bureau 10: 1387: 1371:Townships in New Hampshire 934:Coös County, New Hampshire 327: 318:Mount Washington Auto Road 192:3,179 ft (969 m) 64:Mount Washington Auto Road 1326: 1273: 1230: 1102: 994: 980: 964: 945: 795: 721:Stark, Robert L. (1965). 639: 624: 609: 594: 579: 564: 549: 534: 519: 504: 489: 474: 459: 444: 437: 432: 427: 424: 336:and George P. Meserve of 269: 259: 247: 226: 209: 201: 196: 188: 180: 172: 164: 159: 147: 135: 125: 90: 71: 55: 46: 37: 1177:Low and Burbank's Grant 807:Low and Burbank's Grant 802:Low and Burbank's Grant 62:A large portion of the 988: 338:Jackson, New Hampshire 986: 640:U.S. Decennial Census 420:Historical population 340:, in 1835 for $ 500. 228: • Summer ( 110:44.30028°N 71.28972°W 1339:United States portal 1332:New Hampshire portal 1207:Second College Grant 702:. 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Thompson and Meserve's Purchase
Township
A large portion of the Mount Washington Auto Road passes through the township.
Mount Washington Auto Road
Location in Coös County, New Hampshire
Coös County
New Hampshire
44°18′1″N 71°17′23″W / 44.30028°N 71.28972°W / 44.30028; -71.28972
Country
State
New Hampshire
County
Coös
Time zone
UTC-5
Eastern
DST
UTC-4
Eastern
Area code
603
FIPS code
GNIS
township
Coös County
New Hampshire
White Mountain National Forest
2020 census
Mount Washington
Mount Washington Auto Road

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