Chandler's Purchase, New Hampshire

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Chandler's Purchase is a township located in Coös County, New Hampshire, United States. The purchase lies entirely within the White Mountain National Forest. As of the 2020 census, the purchase had a population of zero.<ref name="Census 2020"/> It is the smallest township by area in Coos County.

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).

History

Chandler's Purchase is named for Jeremiah Chandler of Conway, who purchased about Template:Convert from commissioner James Willey in 1835 for $300.Template:Citation needed

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the purchase has a total area of Template:Convert, all land, other than by streams such as the Ammonoosuc River, which flows through the purchase. The highest point is the summit of Mount Eisenhower, at Template:Convert above sea level.

Two roads cross the purchase. Base Station Road leads east to the Marshfield Base Station of the Mount Washington Cog Railway in neighboring Thompson and Meserve's Purchase and west to Bretton Woods. The hiker parking lot for the Jewell Trail and the Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail, both of which afford access to the summit of Mount Washington, is along the road in Chandler's Purchase. The second road in the purchase, Jefferson Notch Road, is a dirt road which leads north from Base Station Road over Jefferson Notch to the Israel River valley in the town of Jefferson.

Adjacent municipalities

• Low and Burbank's Grant (north)
• Thompson and Meserve's Purchase (northeast)
• Sargent's Purchase (east)
• Cutt's Grant (southeast)
• Bean's Grant (west)
• Crawford's Purchase (northwest)

Demographics

Template:US Census population As of the 2020 census,<ref name="Census 2020"/> there were no people living in the purchase.