Editing Chatham, New Hampshire

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Chatham, New Hampshire
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    = 
|image_skyline            = Chatham NH Congr Church.jpg
|image_seal               = 
|imagesize                = 
|image_caption            = Chatham Congregational Church in Chatham village
|image_flag               = 
|image_map                = Carroll-Chatham-NH.png
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location in [[Carroll County, New Hampshire|Carroll County]], [[New Hampshire]]
|settlement_type          = Town
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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]]
|parts_type               = Villages
|parts                    = {{ubl|Chatham|North Chatham|South Chatham}}
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = [[Board of Selectmen]]
|leader_name              = {{ubl|Jason Eastman, Chair|Riley Pitman|Bill Briggs}}
|established_title        = [[Incorporation (municipal government)|Incorporated]]
|established_date         = 1767
|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           = 148.3
|area_total_sq_mi         = 
|area_land_km2            = 146.9
|area_land_sq_mi          = 
|area_water_km2           = 1.4
|area_water_sq_mi         = 
|area_water_percent       = 0.96
|population_as_of         = 2020
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=0600000US3300311780&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=Chatham 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         = 341
|population_density_km2   = 
|population_density_sq_mi = auto
|timezone                 = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]
|utc_offset               = -5
|timezone_DST             = [[Eastern Daylight Time Zone|Eastern]]
|utc_offset_DST           = -4
|coordinates              = {{coord|44|09|49|N|71|00|40|W|region:US-NH|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m              = 159
|elevation_ft             = 521
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 03813
|area_code                = [[Area code 603|603]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 33-11780
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0873563
|footnotes                = 
|website                  = {{URL|chathamnh.org}}
}}
'''Chatham''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Carroll County, New Hampshire|Carroll County]], [[New Hampshire]], United States. The population was 341 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020"/> It is located in the [[White Mountains (New Hampshire)|White Mountains]], and except for the southeastern corner, all of Chatham is in the [[White Mountain National Forest]]. The town is home to the [[Cold River (Maine–New Hampshire)|Cold River]] national forest campgrounds.

== History ==

Chatham was granted to Peter Livins and others on February 7, 1767,<ref name="1875Chatham" /> by [[Colony|colonial]] Governor [[Benning Wentworth]]. The town was named in honor of [[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham|William Pitt]], [[Earl of Chatham]] and [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister of Great Britain]], who had recently led [[Great Britain in the Seven Years' War|Britain to victory in the Seven Years War]]. Chatham was regranted in 1770 by his nephew, Governor [[Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet|John Wentworth]], to a group including [[Samuel Langdon]], president of [[Harvard College]] and creator of the "Blanchard Map" of the North Country. Part of [[Conway, New Hampshire|Conway]] was annexed in 1829.

== Geography ==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|148.3|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|146.9|km2|abbr=on|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|1.4|km2|abbr=on|order=flip}}, or 0.96%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020"/> The highest point in Chatham is the summit of [[South Baldface]], with an elevation of {{convert|3547|ft|m}} above [[sea level]]. Sable Mountain, elevation {{convert|3519|ft|m|abbr=on}}, is in the west, and Robbins Ridge crosses the center of Chatham from east to west. Upper Kimball Pond is in the southeast, and Basin Pond is in the northeast. Chatham lies fully within the [[Saco 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>

An article in ''Statistics and Gazetteer of New-Hampshire'' (1875) stated, 
<blockquote>"[[Carter Dome|Carter's Mountain]] rises so high between this town and [[Jackson, New Hampshire|Jackson]] as to prevent the opening of a highway, and the people of the respective towns, in their intercourse, are obliged to pass through a portion of [[Maine]]. [[Kearsarge North|Kiarsarge]] [sic], in the south-west corner of the town, has...upon the summit...a commodious house for the accommodation of visitors. The views from this mountain are grand and very extensive. In the north-west corner is [[North Baldface|Baldface]] [[South Baldface|Mountain]]. Teams can be driven nearly to its summit. From the crest of this mountain the [[Tip-Top House]] on [[Mount Washington (New Hampshire)|Mount Washington]] can be seen, also the ocean."<ref name="1875Chatham">Article in [http://gedcomindex.com/Reference/New_Hampshire_1875/091.html ''Statistics and Gazetteer of New-Hampshire'' (1875)]</ref></blockquote> "Kiarsarge" (now Kearsarge North) and Baldface are now accessible only by hiking trails, and the summit of Kearsarge North has a lookout tower but no other structures. The views are still as extensive as before. Access to the town of Jackson continues to be partially through Maine by taking [[Maine State Route 113]] south to the [[Fryeburg, Maine|Fryeburg]] area, then traveling west through [[Conway, New Hampshire|Conway]]. Route 113, leading north, crosses into New Hampshire in the North Chatham part of town, then curves back into Maine to cross the mountains in [[Evans Notch]] and descend north to [[U.S. Route 2]] in [[Gilead, Maine]].

North Chatham is a pene-[[enclave]] in the winter, functionally accessible to neighboring New Hampshire towns only by traveling through Maine first.

===Adjacent municipalities===
* [[Bean's Purchase, New Hampshire|Bean's Purchase]] (north)
* [[South Oxford, Maine]] (northeast)
* [[Stow, Maine]] (east)
* [[Fryeburg, Maine]] (southeast)
* [[Conway, New Hampshire|Conway]] (south)
* [[Bartlett, New Hampshire|Bartlett]] (southwest)
* [[Jackson, New Hampshire|Jackson]] (west)

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|1790= 58
|1800= 183
|1810= 201
|1820= 298
|1830= 419
|1840= 523
|1850= 516
|1860= 489
|1870= 445
|1880= 421
|1890= 329
|1900= 267
|1910= 209
|1920= 229
|1930= 168
|1940= 184
|1950= 177
|1960= 150
|1970= 134
|1980= 189
|1990= 268
|2000= 260
|2010= 337
|2020= 341
|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 260 people, 107 households, and 71 families residing in the town.  The population density was {{convert|4.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 253 housing units at an average density of {{convert|4.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the town was 98.08% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.15% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.77% from two or more races.

There were 107 households, of which 29.0% had children under 18 living with them, 57.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.6% were non-families. 27.1% of all households comprised individuals, and 8.4% had someone who was 65 or older living alone.  The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.94.

The town's population was spread out, with 24.6% under 18, 4.2% from 18 to 24, 30.0% from 25 to 44, 30.4% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.3 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.3 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $37,188, and the median income for a family was $40,156. Males had a median income of $22,188 versus $20,313 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $15,317.  About 13.3% of families and 15.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 23.9% of those under eighteen and none of those 65 or over.

== References ==

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

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Chatham
 | North     = [[Bean's Purchase, New Hampshire|Bean's Purchase]]
 | Northeast = [[South Oxford, Maine]]
 | East      = [[Stow, Maine]]
 | Southeast = [[Fryeburg, Maine]]
 | South     = [[Conway, New Hampshire|Conway]]
 | Southwest = [[Bartlett, New Hampshire|Bartlett]]
 | West      = [[Jackson, New Hampshire|Jackson]]
 | Northwest = [[Bean's Purchase, New Hampshire|Bean's Purchase]]
}}

{{Carroll County, New Hampshire}}

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1767]]
[[Category:Towns in Carroll County, New Hampshire]]
[[Category:Towns in New Hampshire]]
[[Category:1767 establishments in New Hampshire]]
[[Category:William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham]]