Editing Cornish, New Hampshire (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|110.4|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|108.7|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|1.7|sqkm|order=flip}} are water, comprising 1.54% of the town.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/> The [[Connecticut River]] forms the western boundary of the town, which is also the New Hampshire–[[Vermont]] border. The town is drained by direct tributaries of the Connecticut: [[Blow-me-down Brook]], Mill Brook, and Walker Brook; and by Redwater Brook, which flows south to the [[Sugar River (New Hampshire)|Sugar River]] in Claremont before that river joins the Connecticut.<ref name=watershed>{{cite book |title=Water Use in New Hampshire: An Activities Guide for Teachers |url=http://nh.water.usgs.gov/Publications/nh.intro.html |last=Foster |first=Debra H. |author2=Batorfalvy, Tatianna N. |author3= Medalie, Laura  |publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Geological Survey |year=1995}}</ref> The long ridge of Croydon Mountain follows the eastern boundary of town; the highest point in town is a knob on Croydon Mountain which reaches an elevation of {{convert|2323|ft|m|abbr=on}} above [[sea level]].<ref>The knob is unnamed on federal topographic maps, but is shown as "Buffalo Mountain" on a hand-drawn map by Ms. Gross, town historian of Croydon.</ref> The eastern part of the town is a portion of the approximately {{convert|25000|acre|km2|adj=on}} Blue Mountain Forest Association private game preserve, also known locally as [[Corbin Park]], named after its founder, [[Austin Corbin]].

Cornish is dotted with several small villages, including Cornish Center, [[Cornish Flat, New Hampshire|Cornish Flat]], Cornish City, Cornish Mills, South Cornish, [[Balloch, New Hampshire|Balloch]], and Squag City.

Cornish is served by state routes [[New Hampshire Route 12A|12A]] and [[New Hampshire Route 120|120]], both of which connect Claremont to the south with [[Lebanon, New Hampshire|Lebanon]] to the north.