Editing Dix's Grant, New Hampshire

{{short description|Township in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States}}
{{distinguish|Dixville, New Hampshire}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Dix's Grant, New Hampshire
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|motto                    = 
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|image_map                = Coos-Dix's-Grant-NH.png
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|map_caption              = Location in [[Coös County, New Hampshire|Coös County]], [[New Hampshire]]
|settlement_type          = [[civil township#Northeastern states|Township]]
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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        = [[Coös County, New Hampshire|Coös]]
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|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 16, 2021}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 52.0
|area_total_sq_mi         = 
|area_land_km2            = 51.9
|area_land_sq_mi          = 
|area_water_km2           = 0.1
|area_water_sq_mi         = 
|area_water_percent       = 0.21
|population_as_of         = 2020
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=0600000US3300718340&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=Dixs grant, Coos County, New Hampshire: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=November 16, 2021}}</ref>
|population_total         = 0
|population_density_km2   = 
|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|54|46|N|71|11|31|W|region:US-NH|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m              = 
|elevation_ft             = 2120
|website                  = 
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]s
|postal_code              = 
|area_code                = [[Area code 603|603]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 33-007-18340
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 871113
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}}
'''Dix's Grant''' is a [[Civil township#Northeastern states|township]] in [[Coös County, New Hampshire|Coös County]], [[New Hampshire]], United States. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the grant had a population of zero.<ref name="Census 2020"/> In New Hampshire, locations, grants, townships (which are different from towns), and purchases are unincorporated portions of a county which are not part of any town and have limited self-government (if any, as many are uninhabited).

Dix's Grant fell within the path of totality during the [[solar eclipse of April 8, 2024]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/april-8-2024/|title=April 8, 2024|website=Great American Eclipse|language=en-US|access-date=October 14, 2019}}</ref>

==History==
Dix's Grant was originally part of adjacent [[Dixville, New Hampshire|Dixville]], which was granted by the legislature to Timothy Dix Jr. in 1805 and contained about {{convert|29340|acre|km2}}; the price was $4,500. The eastern portion of the original grant (north of [[Wentworth Location, New Hampshire|Wentworth Location]]) became{{when|date=August 2019}} present-day Dix's Grant.<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| pages = [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ/page/n506 466]–467| url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ| quote = coolidge mansfield history description new england 1859.  }}</ref>

== Geography ==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the grant has a total area of {{convert|52.0|sqkm|order=flip}}, {{convert|0.11|sqkm|order=flip|2}} of which is covered by water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/> The township is drained by the [[Swift Diamond River]] and its tributary, Fourmile Brook. The Swift Diamond is an east-flowing tributary of the [[Dead Diamond River]] and part of the [[Androscoggin River]] watershed. The grant's highest point is {{convert|3279|ft|m}} above [[sea level]], along the ridge of Crystal Mountain.

===Adjacent municipalities===
* [[Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant, New Hampshire|Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant]] (northeast)
* [[Second College Grant, New Hampshire|Second College Grant]] (east)
* [[Wentworth Location, New Hampshire|Wentworth Location]] (south)
* [[Dixville, New Hampshire|Dixville]] (west)
* [[Clarksville, New Hampshire|Clarksville]] (northwest)

== Climate ==
[[Crystal Mountain (New Hampshire)|Crystal Mountain]] is a mountain ridge in Dix's Grant. The mountain has a [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dfb'') bordering on [[subarctic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dfc'').

{{Weather box
|location = Crystal Mountain 44.9445 N, 71.2098 W, Elevation: {{cvt|3117|ft}} (1991–2020 normals)
|single line = y

|Jan high F = 19.0
|Feb high F = 21.4
|Mar high F = 29.8
|Apr high F = 43.8
|May high F = 57.0
|Jun high F = 65.9
|Jul high F = 70.3
|Aug high F = 69.2
|Sep high F = 62.4
|Oct high F = 49.1
|Nov high F = 35.3
|Dec high F = 25.3

|Jan mean F = 9.6
|Feb mean F = 11.4
|Mar mean F = 19.8
|Apr mean F = 34.3
|May mean F = 46.2
|Jun mean F = 55.5
|Jul mean F = 59.9
|Aug mean F = 58.6
|Sep mean F = 51.8
|Oct mean F = 40.0
|Nov mean F = 28.2
|Dec mean F = 17.2

|Jan low F = 0.1
|Feb low F = 1.3
|Mar low F = 9.9
|Apr low F = 24.9
|May low F = 35.4
|Jun low F = 45.0
|Jul low F = 49.5
|Aug low F = 48.1
|Sep low F = 41.3
|Oct low F = 30.9
|Nov low F = 21.0
|Dec low F = 9.2

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 4.28
|Feb precipitation inch = 3.57
|Mar precipitation inch = 4.16
|Apr precipitation inch = 4.28
|May precipitation inch = 5.05
|Jun precipitation inch = 5.95
|Jul precipitation inch = 5.60
|Aug precipitation inch = 5.40
|Sep precipitation inch = 4.56
|Oct precipitation inch = 5.66
|Nov precipitation inch = 4.54
|Dec precipitation inch = 4.79

|source=PRISM Climate Group<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/
|title= PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
|publisher= PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
|access-date= October 26, 2023
|quote= To find the table data on the PRISM website, start by clicking ''Coordinates'' (under ''Location''); copy ''Latitude'' and ''Longitude figures'' from top of table; click ''Zoom to location''; click ''Precipitation, Minimum temp, Mean temp, Maximum temp''; click ''30-year normals, 1991-2020''; click ''800m''; click ''Retrieve Time Series'' button.}}</ref>
}}

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|1910= 33
|1960= 0
|1970= 0
|1980= 0
|1990= 0
|2000= 0
|2010= 1
|2020= 0
|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 [[2020 United States census|2020 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> the grant had a population of zero.

==References==

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{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Dix's Grant
 | North     = 
 | Northeast = [[Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant, New Hampshire|Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant]]
 | East      = [[Second College Grant, New Hampshire|Second College Grant]]
 | Southeast = [[Wentworth Location, New Hampshire|Wentworth Location]]
 | South     = [[Wentworth Location, New Hampshire|Wentworth Location]] 
 | Southwest = [[Dixville, New Hampshire|Dixville]]
 | West      = [[Dixville, New Hampshire|Dixville]]
 | Northwest = [[Clarksville, New Hampshire|Clarksville]]
}}

{{Coos County, New Hampshire}}

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[[Category:Townships in Coös County, New Hampshire]]
[[Category:Berlin, New Hampshire micropolitan area]]
[[Category:Townships in New Hampshire]]