Editing Brookfield, New Hampshire

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Brookfield, New Hampshire
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    = 
|image_skyline            = Town Hall, Brookfield, NH.jpg
|image_seal               = Brookfield, NH Town Seal.png
|imagesize                = 
|image_caption            = [[Brookfield Town Hall]] in 1915
|image_flag               = 
|image_map                = Carroll-Brookfield-NH.png
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location in [[Carroll County, New Hampshire|Carroll County]], [[New Hampshire]]
|settlement_type          = Town
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|mapsize1                 = 
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|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        = [[Carroll County, New Hampshire|Carroll]]
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = [[Board of Selectmen]]
|leader_name              = {{ubl|Rich Zacher, Chair|Brian Robischeau|Ed Gauthier}}
|established_title        = [[Incorporation (municipal government)|Incorporated]]
|established_date         = December 12, 1794
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web |title=2020 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=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 60.2
|area_total_sq_mi         = 
|area_land_km2            = 59.1
|area_land_sq_mi          = 
|area_water_km2           = 1.1
|area_water_sq_mi         = 
|area_water_percent       = 1.82
|population_as_of         = 2020
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=0600000US3300307940&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=Brookfield town, Carroll County, New Hampshire: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
|population_total         = 755
|population_density_km2   = 12.8
|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|33|32|N|71|03|54|W|region:US-NH|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m              = 184
|elevation_ft             = 604
|website                  = {{URL|www.brookfieldnh.org}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 03872
|area_code                = [[Area code 603|603]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 33-07940
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0873553
|footnotes                = 
}}
'''Brookfield''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Carroll County, New Hampshire|Carroll County]], [[New Hampshire]], United States. The population was 755 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020"/>

==History==
Settled in 1726 by [[Ulster Scots people|Scots-Irish]] immigrants, the town was first named "[[Coleraine]]" after the Protestant-majority town of that name in [[County Londonderry]] in what has since become [[Northern Ireland]]. Fertile ground made it popular with farmers. It was later renamed "Brookfield", after [[Brookfield, Massachusetts]], and made a part of the town of [[Middleton, New Hampshire|Middleton]]. But in 1785 Brookfield petitioned, unsuccessfully, to be set off from Middleton. This was due to the division of the original town of Middleton into two parts by the long, high ridge of the Moose Mountains, then a considerable obstacle to travel. Town meetings, traditionally held in the muddy season of March, were particularly difficult to attend for those beyond the ridge. In 1794, however, permission was granted, and Brookfield incorporated. And in 1840, when Carroll County was set off from [[Strafford County, New Hampshire|Strafford County]], Brookfield went with Carroll, and Middleton remained with Strafford.<ref name=Coolidge>{{Cite book  | last = Coolidge  | first = Austin J.|author2=John B. Mansfield  | title = A History and Description of New England| publisher = A.J. Coolidge  | year = 1859| location = Boston, Massachusetts| page = [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ/page/n468 430]| url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ| quote = coolidge mansfield history description new england 1859.  }}</ref>

In 1874, the Wolfeborough Branch Railroad passed through this town.<ref>[http://gedcomindex.com/Reference/New_Hampshire_1875/078.html Article in ''Statistics and Gazetteer of New-Hampshire (1875)]</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|60.2|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|59.1|km2|abbr=on|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|1.1|km2|abbr=on|order=flip}} are water, comprising 1.82% of the town.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020"/> Brookfield is drained primarily by the [[Branch River (New Hampshire)|Branch River]] and Pike Brook, within the [[Piscataqua River]] (coastal) [[Drainage basin|watershed]], though the western edge of the town is in the [[Merrimack River]] watershed and the northernmost tip of the town is in the [[Saco 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> Copple Crown Mountain, along the western border of Brookfield and the highest point in town, has an elevation of {{convert|1868|ft|m}} above [[sea level]].

Brookfield is served by [[New Hampshire Route 109]].

===Adjacent municipalities===
* [[Wolfeboro, New Hampshire|Wolfeboro]] (north)
* [[Wakefield, New Hampshire|Wakefield]] (east)
* [[Middleton, New Hampshire|Middleton]] (south)
* [[New Durham, New Hampshire|New Durham]] (southwest)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1800= 504
|1810= 657
|1820= 690
|1830= 679
|1840= 553
|1850= 552
|1860= 510
|1870= 416
|1880= 428
|1890= 349
|1900= 296
|1910= 247
|1920= 186
|1930= 166
|1940= 142
|1950= 159
|1960= 145
|1970= 198
|1980= 385
|1990= 518
|2000= 604
|2010= 712
|2020= 755
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<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 604 people, 236 households, and 180 families residing in the town.  The population density was {{convert|26.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 280 housing units at an average density of {{convert|12.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the town was 99.01% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.33% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.17% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], and 0.50% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.33% of the population.

There were 236 households, out of which 30.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.7% were non-families. 18.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 23.3% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 29.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.7% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.2 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.3 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $52,132, and the median income for a family was $54,688. Males had a median income of $36,154 versus $26,719 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $25,745.  About 1.1% of families and 1.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including none of those under age 18 and 1.9% of those age 65 or over.

==References==

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==External links==
* {{Official website|www.brookfieldnh.org}}
* [http://www.nhes.nh.gov/elmi/products/cp/profiles-htm/brookfield.htm New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Brookfield
 | North     = [[Wolfeboro, New Hampshire|Wolfeboro]]
 | Northeast = [[Wakefield, New Hampshire|Wakefield]]
 | East      = [[Wakefield, New Hampshire|Wakefield]]
 | Southeast = [[Wakefield, New Hampshire|Wakefield]] 
 | South     = [[Middleton, New Hampshire|Middleton]]
 | Southwest = [[New Durham, New Hampshire|New Durham]]
 | West      = [[New Durham, New Hampshire|New Durham]]
 | Northwest = [[Wolfeboro, New Hampshire|Wolfeboro]]
}}

{{Carroll County, New Hampshire}}

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[[Category:Towns in Carroll County, New Hampshire]]
[[Category:Towns in New Hampshire]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1726]]
[[Category:1726 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies]]