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{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Benton, New Hampshire |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline = Carriage Road and Tip Top House, Mount Moosilauke, NH.jpg |image_seal = |imagesize = |image_caption = [[Mount Moosilauke]] in 1912 |image_flag = |image_map = Grafton-Benton-NH.png |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 = William Darcy, Chair<br />Regina Elliott<br />Kimberli Carpenter |established_title = [[Incorporation (municipal government)|Incorporated]] |established_date = 1764 |area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021">{{cite web |title=2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files β 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 = 125.4 |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_km2 = 124.8 |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_km2 = 0.6 |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = 0.47 |population_as_of = 2020 |population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=0600000US3300905060&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=Benton 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 = 374 |population_density_km2 = 3.0 |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|44|06|11|N|71|54|06|W|region:US-NH|display=inline,title}} |elevation_m = 388 |elevation_ft = 1272 |postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]s |postal_code = 03785 ([[Woodsville, New Hampshire|Woodsville]])<br />03780 ([[Pike, New Hampshire|Pike]]) |area_code = [[Area code 603|603]] |blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] |blank_info = 33-05060 |blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID |blank1_info = 0873544 |footnotes = |website = {{URL|www.tobentonnh.org}} }} '''Benton''' is a town in [[Grafton County, New Hampshire]], United States. The population was 374 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020"/> Located in the [[White Mountains (New England)|White Mountains]], Benton is largely surrounded by the [[White Mountain National Forest]]. The town is crossed by the [[Appalachian Trail]]. ==History== The town was granted by Governor [[Benning Wentworth]] on January 31, 1764, to Theophilus Fitch and others.<ref name="1875Benton">[http://gedcomindex.com/Reference/New_Hampshire_1875/066.html Article in ''Statistics and Gazetteer of New-Hampshire'' (1875)]</ref> It was named "Coventry" after [[Coventry, Connecticut]], hometown to many of the settlers, who arrived shortly after the beginning of the [[American Revolution|Revolution]].<ref name="books.google.com">[https://books.google.com/books?id=OcoMAAAAYAAJ&dq=coolidge%20mansfield%20history%20description%20new%20england%201859&pg=PA422 Austin J. Coolidge & John B. Mansfield, ''A History and Description of New England;'' Boston, Massachusetts 1859]</ref> At the suggestion of Governor [[Isaac Hill]], the name was changed on December 4, 1840, to Benton,<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.nh.searchroots.com/documents/grafton/History_Benton_NH.txt |last=Child |first=Hamilton |title=Gazetteer of Grafton County, N.H., 1709-1886 |oclc=1045603861 |page=148}}</ref> in honor of [[Thomas Hart Benton (politician)|Thomas Hart Benton]], the [[Missouri]] senator who championed [[manifest destiny|American westward expansion]]. With a rough and mountainous terrain, the town was not suited for [[agriculture]]. But Benton had [[water power]] sites and abundant forests. By 1859, when the population was 478, there were five [[sawmill]]s producing a large quantity of [[lumber]]. The Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad ran through the town, which once included the village of [[Glencliff, New Hampshire|Glencliff]].<ref name="books.google.com"/> Atop [[Mount Moosilauke]] in 1860 was built the Prospect House, later renamed the Tip Top House, a stone hotel with accommodations for 35 [[hiking|hikers]]. A [[carriage]] road was built to the summit in 1870, so the hotel was enlarged in 1872 to accommodate 50 guests. In 1920, the hotel and land were given to [[Dartmouth College]], but in 1942, the Tip Top House burned.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/chronicleswhite01kilbgoog/page/n320 <!-- pg=255 quote=Tip Top House, Mount Moosilauke, New Hampshire. --> Frederick Wilkinson Kilbourne, ''Chronicles of the White Mountains;'' Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York 1916]</ref> ==Geography== Benton is in northwestern [[New Hampshire]], in the northern part of Grafton County. According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|125.4|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|124.8|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.6|km2|order=flip}} are water, comprising 0.47% of the town.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/> It is drained primarily by [[Oliverian Brook]] and the [[Wild Ammonoosuc River]]; the [[Baker River (New Hampshire)|Baker River]] drains the southeastern corner. The Oliverian Brook and Wild Ammonoosuc portion of the town is within the [[Connecticut River]] [[Drainage basin|watershed]], while the small part in the southeastern corner is in the [[Merrimack River]] 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 highest point in town is the summit of [[Mount Moosilauke]], at {{convert|4802|ft|m}} above [[sea level]]. The northern corner of Benton is crossed by [[New Hampshire Route 116]]. ===Climate=== According to the [[KΓΆppen Climate Classification]] system, Benton has a [[warm-summer humid continental climate]], abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Benton was {{convert|95|F|C|1}} on July 15, 1995, while the coldest temperature recorded was {{convert|-29|F|C|1}} on January 27, 1994.<ref name=XMACIS /> {{Weather box |location = Benton, New Hampshire, 1991β2020 normals, extremes 1965β2012 |single line = Yes |Jan record high F = 64 |Feb record high F = 63 |Mar record high F = 78 |Apr record high F = 88 |May record high F = 89 |Jun record high F = 93 |Jul record high F = 95 |Aug record high F = 94 |Sep record high F = 93 |Oct record high F = 81 |Nov record high F = 71 |Dec record high F = 65 |Jan avg record high F = 48.6 |Feb avg record high F = 50.2 |Mar avg record high F = 60.7 |Apr avg record high F = 76. |May avg record high F = 81.9 |Jun avg record high F = 86.8 |Jul avg record high F = 87.6 |Aug avg record high F = 86.0 |Sep avg record high F = 81.7 |Oct avg record high F = 73.5 |Nov avg record high F = 63.8 |Dec avg record high F = 52.8 |year avg record high F = 89.3 |Jan high F = 26.4 |Feb high F = 29.2 |Mar high F = 37.8 |Apr high F = 51.5 |May high F = 64.3 |Jun high F = 72.5 |Jul high F = 77.3 |Aug high F = 75.9 |Sep high F = 68.5 |Oct high F = 55.7 |Nov high F = 42.9 |Dec high F = 32.4 |year high F = |Jan mean F = 16.9 |Feb mean F = 19.0 |Mar mean F = 27.8 |Apr mean F = 40.8 |May mean F = 53.0 |Jun mean F = 61.5 |Jul mean F = 66.5 |Aug mean F = 64.8 |Sep mean F = 57.2 |Oct mean F = 45.3 |Nov mean F = 34.4 |Dec mean F = 23.7 |year mean F = |Jan low F = 7.4 |Feb low F = 8.9 |Mar low F = 17.8 |Apr low F = 30.1 |May low F = 41.8 |Jun low F = 50.5 |Jul low F = 55.7 |Aug low F = 53.6 |Sep low F = 45.8 |Oct low F = 34.9 |Nov low F = 25.9 |Dec low F = 15.0 |year low F = |Jan avg record low F = -15.6 |Feb avg record low F = -10.9 |Mar avg record low F = -3.7 |Apr avg record low F = 18.0 |May avg record low F = 28.0 |Jun avg record low F = 36.2 |Jul avg record low F = 43.1 |Aug avg record low F = 40.0 |Sep avg record low F = 30.8 |Oct avg record low F = 22.2 |Nov avg record low F = 9.4 |Dec avg record low F = -7.7 |year avg record low F = -17.9 |Jan record low F = -29 |Feb record low F = -26 |Mar record low F = -18 |Apr record low F = 3 |May record low F = 18 |Jun record low F = 27 |Jul record low F = 32 |Aug record low F = 29 |Sep record low F = 22 |Oct record low F = 12 |Nov record low F = -2 |Dec record low F = -28 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation inch = 2.40 |Feb precipitation inch = 2.11 |Mar precipitation inch = 2.75 |Apr precipitation inch = 3.25 |May precipitation inch = 3.45 |Jun precipitation inch = 3.84 |Jul precipitation inch = 4.42 |Aug precipitation inch = 4.36 |Sep precipitation inch = 3.52 |Oct precipitation inch = 4.54 |Nov precipitation inch = 3.46 |Dec precipitation inch = 3.15 |year precipitation inch = |unit precipitation days = 0.01 in |Jan precipitation days = 12.4 |Feb precipitation days = 9.4 |Mar precipitation days = 11.0 |Apr precipitation days = 11.2 |May precipitation days = 13.4 |Jun precipitation days = 14.0 |Jul precipitation days = 12.9 |Aug precipitation days = 11.1 |Sep precipitation days = 10.8 |Oct precipitation days = 12.6 |Nov precipitation days = 11.3 |Dec precipitation days = 12.2 |Jan snow inch = 17.4 |Feb snow inch = 14.4 |Mar snow inch = 14.2 |Apr snow inch = 2.9 |May snow inch = 0.1 |Jun snow inch = 0.0 |Jul snow inch = 0.0 |Aug snow inch = 0.0 |Sep snow inch = 0.0 |Oct snow inch = 1.2 |Nov snow inch = 3.6 |Dec snow inch = 17.6 |year snow inch = |unit snow days = 0.1 in |Jan snow days = 13.0 |Feb snow days = 10.2 |Mar snow days = 8.9 |Apr snow days = 3.2 |May snow days = 0.2 |Jun snow days = 0.0 |Jul snow days = 0.0 |Aug snow days = 0.0 |Sep snow days = 0.0 |Oct snow days = 1.4 |Nov snow days = 4.7 |Dec snow days = 10.8 |Jan snow depth inch = 11.0 |Feb snow depth inch = 12.0 |Mar snow depth inch = 11.5 |Apr snow depth inch = 3.4 |May snow depth inch = 0.0 |Jun snow depth inch = 0.0 |Jul snow depth inch = 0.0 |Aug snow depth inch = 0.0 |Sep snow depth inch = 0.0 |Oct snow depth inch = 0.4 |Nov snow depth inch = 2.1 |Dec snow depth inch = 9.0 |year snow depth inch = 16.6 |source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA> {{cite web |url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00270681&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access β Station: Benton 5 SW, NH |access-date = February 14, 2023 }} </ref> |source 2 = XMACIS2 (mean maxima/minima, snow depth 1981–2010)<ref name = XMACIS> {{cite web |url = https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/ |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title = xmACIS2 |access-date = February 14, 2023 }} </ref> }} ==Demographics== {{US Census population |1840= 413 |1850= 478 |1860= 459 |1870= 375 |1880= 378 |1890= 244 |1900= 209 |1910= 219 |1920= 177 |1930= 255 |1940= 262 |1950= 247 |1960= 172 |1970= 194 |1980= 333 |1990= 330 |2000= 314 |2010= 364 |2020= 374 |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]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 314 people, 91 households, and 59 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|6.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 155 housing units at an average density of {{convert|3.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 97.45% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.32% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 2.23% from two or more races. There were 91 households, out of which 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.1% were non-families. 28.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.95. In the town, the population was spread out, with 18.8% under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 22.3% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 32.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females, there were 78.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.9 males. The median income for a household in the town was $34,167, and the median income for a family was $40,417. Males had a median income of $28,125 versus $22,188 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $13,220. About 3.8% of families and 8.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including none of those under age 18 and 13.0% of those age 65 or over. ==See also== {{portal|New Hampshire}} * [[White Mountain art]] ==References== <references /> ==External links== * {{Official website|www.tobentonnh.org}} * [https://www.nhes.nh.gov/elmi/products/cp/profiles-htm/benton.htm New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile] * [https://archives-manuscripts.dartmouth.edu/repositories/2/resources/1661 Benton (N.H.) Records, 1804β1857] at Dartmouth College Library {{Geographic location | Centre = Benton | North = [[Landaff, New Hampshire|Landaff]] | Northeast = [[Easton, New Hampshire|Easton]] | East = [[Woodstock, New Hampshire|Woodstock]] | Southeast = [[Warren, New Hampshire|Warren]] | South = [[Warren, New Hampshire|Warren]] | Southwest = [[Piermont, New Hampshire|Piermont]] | West = [[Haverhill, New Hampshire|Haverhill]] | Northwest = [[Bath, New Hampshire|Bath]] }} {{Grafton County, New Hampshire}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Towns in Grafton County, New Hampshire]] [[Category:Towns in New Hampshire]]
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