Editing Ashland, New Hampshire

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Ashland, New Hampshire
| nickname           = 
| motto              = 
| image_skyline      = Ashland NH.jpg
| image_seal         = Seal of Ashland, New Hampshire.png
| imagesize          = 
| image_caption      = Main Street
| image_flag         = 
| image_map          = Grafton-Ashland-NH.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location in [[Grafton County, New Hampshire|Grafton County]], [[New Hampshire]]
| settlement_type    = Town
| image_map1         = 
| mapsize1           = 
| map_caption1       = 
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[New Hampshire]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in New Hampshire|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Grafton County, New Hampshire|Grafton]]
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = [[Board of selectmen|Board of Selectmen]]
| leader_name        = {{ubl|Andy Fitch, Chair|Ann-Marie Barney|Charles Bozzello|Meghan Semiao|Chris Janosa}}
| leader_title1      = Town Manager
| leader_name1       = Frederick Welch
| established_title  = [[Incorporation (municipal government)|Incorporated]]
| established_date   = 1868
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021">{{cite web |title=2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files – New Hampshire |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2021_Gazetteer/2021_gaz_cousubs_33.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=November 19, 2021}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 30.5
| area_total_sq_mi   = 
| area_land_km2      = 29.1
| area_land_sq_mi    = 
| area_water_km2     = 1.4
| area_water_sq_mi   = 
| area_water_percent = 4.63
| population_as_of   = 2020
| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=0600000US3300902020&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=Ashland town, Grafton County, New Hampshire: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=November 19, 2021}}</ref>
| population_total   = 1938
| population_density_km2 = 66.6
| population_density_sq_mi = 
| timezone           = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]
| utc_offset         = −5
| timezone_DST       = [[Eastern Daylight Time Zone|Eastern]]
| utc_offset_DST     = −4
| coordinates        = {{coord|43|41|42|N|71|37|54|W|region:US-NH|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_m        = 170
| elevation_ft       = 558
| website            = {{URL|ashlandnh.org}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code]]
| postal_code        = 03217
| area_code          = [[Area code 603|603]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 33-02020
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 0873534
| footnotes          = 
}}

'''Ashland''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Grafton County, New Hampshire|Grafton County]], [[New Hampshire]], United States. The population was 1,938 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref name="Census 2020"/> down from 2,076 at the 2010 census.<ref name=2010Census>United States Census Bureau, [https://www.census.gov American FactFinder], 2010 Census figures. Retrieved March 23, 2011.</ref> Located near the geographical center of the state, Ashland is home to Scribner-Fellows State Forest.

The main village of the town, where 1,082 people lived at the 2020 census, is defined as the [[Ashland (CDP), New Hampshire|Ashland census-designated place]] (CDP) and is located at the junction of [[U.S. Route 3]] and [[New Hampshire Route 25]] with [[New Hampshire Route 132|NH Route 132]].

==History==

Ashland was once the southwestern corner of [[Holderness, New Hampshire|Holderness]], chartered in 1751 by [[New England Colonies|colonial]] Governor [[Benning Wentworth]]. But hostilities during the [[French and Indian War]] delayed settlement, and in 1761, it was regranted as "New Holderness" (although "New" would be dropped in 1816). Settled in 1763, the town was predominantly [[agricultural]] except for Holderness Village on the [[Squam River]], with falls that drop about {{convert|112|ft|m}} before meeting the [[Pemigewasset River]]. The falls provided [[water power]] for mills, and in 1770–1771, a [[sawmill]] and [[gristmill]] were built. The Squam Lake Woolen Mill was established in 1840. Goods manufactured at local factories included [[hosiery]], [[glove]]s, sporting equipment, wood products and [[paper]].<ref name=Coolidge>{{Cite book| last = Coolidge| first = Austin J.| author2=John B. Mansfield| title = A History and Description of New England| year = 1859| location = Boston | pages = 529–530| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=OcoMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA529}}</ref>

The Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad<ref name="1875Ash">[http://gedcomindex.com/Reference/New_Hampshire_1875/057.html Article in ''Statistics and Gazetteer of New-Hampshire'' (1875)]</ref> entered in 1849, carrying [[freight]] but also tourists bound for hotels on the [[Squam Lake]]s, to which they traveled by [[Steamboat|steamer]] up the Squam River. The interests of the industrialized settlement increasingly diverged from those of the farming community, however, and in 1868 Holderness Village was set off as Ashland, named for [[Ashland (Henry Clay estate)|Ashland]], the [[Kentucky]] estate of [[Henry Clay]]. The last [[textile]] mill, the L.W. Packard Company, would close in 2002, and Ashland is today a residential and resort community.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ashland.nh.gov:8080/ashland/about-ashland/history-of-ashland/ |title=History of Ashland, New Hampshire |access-date=April 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527205306/http://www.ashland.nh.gov:8080/ashland/about-ashland/history-of-ashland |archive-date=May 27, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<gallery widths="200px" heights="140px">
Image:Squam Lake House, Ashland, NH.jpg|Downtown {{circa|1912}}
Image:Town Hall, Episcopal Church & Parish House, Ashland, NH.jpg|View of Town Hall {{circa|1910}}
Image:Mill Dam, Ashland, NH.jpg|[[Ashland Gristmill and Dam|Mill dam]] {{circa|1910}}
Image:Mills, Ashland, NH.jpg|View of the mills {{circa|1908}}
</gallery>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|30.5|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|29.1|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|1.4|sqkm|order=flip}} are water, comprising 4.63 of the town.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/> Bounded on the west by the [[Pemigewasset River]], Ashland is drained by the [[Squam River]] and Owl Brook. [[Little Squam Lake]] is on the eastern boundary. The highest point in Ashland is Hicks Hill, at {{convert|1386|ft|m}} above [[sea level]]. Ashland lies fully within the [[Merrimack River]] [[Drainage basin|watershed]].<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 town is served by [[Interstate 93 in New Hampshire|Interstate 93]], [[U.S. Route 3 in New Hampshire|U.S. Route 3]], and state routes [[New Hampshire Route 25|25]], [[New Hampshire Route 132|132]] and [[New Hampshire Route 175|175]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 885
|1880= 960
|1890= 1193
|1900= 1289
|1910= 1412
|1920= 1325
|1930= 1375
|1940= 1460
|1950= 1599
|1960= 1473
|1970= 1599
|1980= 1807
|1990= 1915
|2000= 1955
|2010= 2076
|2020= 1938
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="Census 2020"/><ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |title=Census of Population and Housing |publisher=Census.gov |access-date=June 4, 2016 }}</ref>
}}

As of the [[census]] of 2010, there were 2,076 people, 980 households, and 522 families residing in the town. There were 1,355 housing units, of which 375, or 27.7%, were vacant. 267 of the vacant units were for seasonal or recreational use. The racial makeup of the town was 96.1% [[White Americans|white]], 0.4% [[African American]], 0.2% [[Native Americans of the United States|Native American]], 1.3% [[Asia]]n, 0.0% [[Native Hawaiian]] or Pacific Islander, 0.2% some other race, and 1.7% from two or more races. Of the population 0.9% were [[Hispanic]] or [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino]] of any race.<ref name="Census 2010 DP">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/SF1DP1/0600000US3300902020| title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (DP-1): Ashland town, Grafton County, New Hampshire| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=October 27, 2017| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213235631/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/SF1DP1/0600000US3300902020| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

Of the 980 households, 22.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.8% were headed by [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.7% were non-families. Of all households 35.8% were made up of individuals, and 14.1% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.12, and the average family size was 2.77.<ref name="Census 2010 DP"/>

In the town, 17.7% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.7% were from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 30.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.8% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.1 males.<ref name="Census 2010 DP"/>

For the period 2011–2015, the estimated median annual income for a household was $45,938, and the median income for a family was $52,106. Male full-time workers had a median income of $37,695 versus $27,130 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $22,620. Of the population, 13.8% of the people and 8.6% of families were below the poverty line. Of the population 17.7% under the age of 18 and 9.0% of those 65 or older were living in poverty.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_5YR/DP03/0600000US3300902020| title=Selected Economic Characteristics: 2011–2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (DP03): Ashland town, Grafton County, New Hampshire| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=October 27, 2017| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213160437/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_5YR/DP03/0600000US3300902020| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Sites of interest==

* [[Ashland Railroad Station]] ({{circa|1869}}, 1891)
* Pauline E. Glidden Toy Museum ({{circa|1810}})
* [[Whipple House (Ashland, New Hampshire)|Whipple House Museum]] (1837)
* [[St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Ashland, New Hampshire)|St. Mark's Episcopal Church]], 1899

== Notable people ==
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* [[James Frankland Briggs]] (1827–1905), US congressman
* [[Moses Cheney]] (1793–1875), abolitionist; member of the [[Underground Railroad]]
* [[Oren B. Cheney]] (1816–1903), founder of [[Bates College]]
* [[Person C. Cheney]] (1828–1901), US senator and the 43rd [[List of Governors of New Hampshire|governor of New Hampshire]]
* [[George Hoyt Whipple]] (1878–1976), pathologist; [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] winner

==References==
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==External links==
{{Wikivoyage|Ashland (New Hampshire)}}
* {{Official website|ashlandnh.org}}
* [http://www.ashlandtownlibrary.org/ Ashland Town Library]
* [https://www.nhes.nh.gov/elmi/products/cp/profiles-htm/ashland.htm New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Ashland
 | North     = [[Holderness, New Hampshire|Holderness]]
 | Northeast = [[Holderness, New Hampshire|Holderness]]
 | East      = [[Holderness, New Hampshire|Holderness]]
 | Southeast = [[Center Harbor, New Hampshire|Center Harbor]]
 | South     = [[New Hampton, New Hampshire|New Hampton]]
 | Southwest = [[Bridgewater, New Hampshire|Bridgewater]]
 | West      = 
 | Northwest = [[Plymouth, New Hampshire|Plymouth]]
}}
{{Grafton County, New Hampshire}}
{{Merrimack River}}

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[[Category:Ashland, New Hampshire| ]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1763]]
[[Category:Towns in Grafton County, New Hampshire]]
[[Category:Towns in New Hampshire]]