Editing Dublin, New Hampshire

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|official_name            = Dublin, New Hampshire
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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        = [[Cheshire County, New Hampshire|Cheshire]]
|parts_type               = Villages
|parts                    = {{ubl|Dublin|Bonds Corner}}
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|leader_title             = [[Select Board]]
|leader_name              = {{ubl|Carole Monroe, Chair|Susan Peters|Chris Raymond}}
|leader_title1            = Town Administrator
|leader_name1             = Kate Fuller
|established_title        = [[Incorporation (municipal government)|Incorporated]]
|established_date         = 1771
|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 3, 2021}}</ref>
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|population_as_of         = 2020
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=0600000US3300519140&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=Dublin town, Cheshire County, New Hampshire: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=November 3, 2021}}</ref>
|population_total         = 1532
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|population_density_sq_mi = auto
|timezone                 = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]
|utc_offset               = -5
|timezone_DST             = [[Eastern Daylight Time Zone|Eastern]]
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|elevation_ft             = 1440
|website                  = {{URL|www.townofdublin.org}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 03444
|area_code                = [[Area code 603|603]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 33-19140
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0873581
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'''Dublin''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Cheshire County, New Hampshire|Cheshire County]], [[New Hampshire]], United States. The population was 1,532 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020"/> It is home to [[Dublin School]] and [[Yankee (magazine)|''Yankee'' magazine]].

==History==
[[File:General View of Dublin, NH.jpg|thumb|left|Town center in 1906]]
In 1749, the [[John Mason (governor)|Masonian proprietors]] granted the town as "Monadnock No. 3" (or North Monadnock) to [[Matthew Thornton]] and 39 others. The 40 grantees came mostly from middle and eastern parts of New Hampshire; none of them became settlers in the township. The deed of grant, which dated November 3, 1749, was given by Col. Joseph Blanchard of [[Dunstable, New Hampshire|Dunstable]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1vI1AQAAMAAJ&q=dublin%2C+nh&pg=PA1 |title=The History of Dublin, N.H.: Containing the Address by Charles Mason, and the Proceedings at the Centennial Celebration, June 17, 1852, with a Register of Families |last=Dublin (N.H.) |date=1920 |publisher=Town of Dublin |language=en}}</ref>

The [[French and Indian War]] thwarted permanent settlement until the 1760s, when Irishman Henry Strongman moved from [[Peterborough, New Hampshire|Peterborough]]. Other early settlers arrived from [[Sherborn, Massachusetts]]. In 1771, Governor [[Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet|John Wentworth]] incorporated the town, naming it after Strongman's birthplace: [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]].<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/n514 474]–477| url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ| quote = coolidge mansfield history description new england 1859.}}</ref>

Like all towns in this area, the terrain features hills and valleys. Farmers found the soil hard and rocky, but with effort it yielded [[maize]], [[oats]], [[barley]] and [[potato]]es, with some [[wheat]] and [[rye]]. [[Orchard]]s were common. The first census, taken in 1790, reported 901 residents.<ref>[http://www.nh.gov/nhes/elmi/htmlprofiles/dublin.html New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile -- Dublin, New Hampshire] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522205541/http://www.nh.gov/nhes/elmi/htmlprofiles/dublin.html |date=May 22, 2011 }}</ref> By 1859, there were 1,088.<ref name="Coolidge"/> In 1870, the small [[mill town]] of [[Harrisville, New Hampshire|Harrisville]] voted to separate from Dublin, leaving the latter with only 455 residents during the 1880 census.<ref name="Town website">{{cite web| url=http://townofdublin.org/about-dublin/ | title=About the Town of Dublin| publisher=Town of Dublin, New Hampshire| access-date=December 23, 2008}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Dublin Town Hall.jpg|thumb|Dublin Town Hall]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|75.1|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|72.2|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|2.8|km2|order=flip}} are water, comprising 3.78% of the town.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/> The northern slopes of [[Mount Monadnock]] occupy the southern part of town. The highest point in Dublin is along Monadnock's northeastern ridge, where the elevation reaches {{convert|2834|ft|m}} above [[sea level]] at the town line. Roughly the western half of Dublin lies within the [[Connecticut River]] [[Drainage basin|watershed]], drained by tributaries of the [[Ashuelot River]], with the eastern half located in the [[Merrimack River]] watershed, drained by tributaries of the [[Contoocook River]].<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 ponds in Dublin include Monadnock Lake (now known as Dublin Pond), Farnum (Dark) Pond, and Wight Pond, as well as Howe, Knight, and Electric Company reservoirs.<ref name=":0" />

[[Dublin Pond]] is a clean sheet of water that has brought many families of wealth to the area. It is surrounded by a vast area of woods leading to the edge of the summit of Mount Monadnock, and from its surface the summit and northwestern sides of the mountain are visible. At the right hour on the right kind of day, the mountain is clearly reflected upon the surface of the pond.<ref name=":0" />

The town is crossed by [[New Hampshire Route 101]] and [[New Hampshire Route 137]]. NH 101 leads east {{convert|6|mi|0}} to [[Peterborough (CDP), New Hampshire|Peterborough]] and west {{Convert|8|mi|0}} to [[Marlborough (CDP), New Hampshire|Marlborough]] and {{convert|13|mi}} to [[Keene, New Hampshire|Keene]]. NH 137 leads north {{convert|7|mi|0}} to [[Hancock (CDP), New Hampshire|Hancock]] and south {{convert|6|mi|0}} to [[Jaffrey (CDP), New Hampshire|Jaffrey]].

===Adjacent municipalities===
* [[Harrisville, New Hampshire|Harrisville]] (north)
* [[Peterborough, New Hampshire|Peterborough]] (east)
* [[Jaffrey, New Hampshire|Jaffrey]] (south)
* [[Marlborough, New Hampshire|Marlborough]] (west)

===Climate===
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| Oct record high F       = 77
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| Mar record low F        = −9
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| Jan precipitation inch  = 3.86
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| Jul precipitation inch  = 4.18
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| Sep precipitation inch  = 3.88
| Oct precipitation inch  = 4.03
| Nov precipitation inch  = 4.17
| Dec precipitation inch  = 3.90
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== Architecture ==
The history of Dublin's architecture starts with the foundation of the United States, and the development of the [[Federal style]] of architecture. The style in Dublin can be attributed to one Rufus Piper, who served as the town moderator and was a carpenter at the time. Piper was responsible for adding fans to various houses in the town, which included his own home and his grandfather's house.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6iLGCgONjmoC&q=Dublin%2C+New+Hampshire&pg=PA14|title=Monadnock Summer: The Architectural Legacy of Dublin, New Hampshire|last=Morgan|first=William|date=2011|publisher=David R. Godine Publisher|isbn=9781567924220|language=en}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790= 901
|1800= 1188
|1810= 1184
|1820= 1620
|1830= 1218
|1840= 1075
|1850= 1088
|1860= 1096
|1870= 930
|1880= 456
|1890= 582
|1900= 620
|1910= 571
|1920= 408
|1930= 506
|1940= 621
|1950= 675
|1960= 684
|1970= 837
|1980= 1303
|1990= 1474
|2000= 1476
|2010= 1597
|2020= 1532
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|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>
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At the 2000 [[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> there were 1,476 people, 560 households and 417 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|52.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 686 housing units at an average density of {{convert|24.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 97.29% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.34% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.54% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.95% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.41% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.47% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.15% of the population.

There were 560 households, of which 32.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.4% were non-families. 21.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.89.

23.4% of the population were under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 25.0% from 25 to 44, 32.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.5 males.

The [[median household income]] was $52,150 and the median income for a family was $57,578. Males had a median income of $36,853 compared with $25,859 for females. The [[per capita income]] was $27,028. About 6.0% of families and 10.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.8% of those under age 18 and 5.0% of those age 65 or over.

==Economy==
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Dublin is the base for Yankee Publishing Inc., the publisher of the ''[[Old Farmer's Almanac]]'' and [[Yankee Magazine|''Yankee'']] magazine.

==Education==
* [[Dublin School]], a coeducational private boarding school, founded in 1935 by Paul W. Lehmann
* [[The Walden School]], a summer music camp on the campus of Dublin School
* [[Dublin Christian Academy]], founded in 1963

== The visit from ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá ==
[[File:Picture of Abdul-Baha.jpg|thumb|264x264px|Photograph of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá]]
In 1912, [[ʻAbdu'l-Bahá]], the son and chosen successor of the [[Baháʼu'lláh]], the Prophet-Founder of the [[Baháʼí Faith]], visited Dublin for 23 days, from July 25 to August 16, on his [[ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's journeys to the West|journey through the United States]] to spread the Bahá’í teachings after his release from 40 years of imprisonment.<ref name="Finishing the Work">{{Cite web|title=Finishing the Work|url=https://bahai-library.com/tussing_abdul-baha_dublin|access-date=August 8, 2021|website=bahai-library.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=Centennial>{{Cite web|title="Centennial of Abdu’l – Baha’s Visit to Dublin"|url=https://dublinhistory.org/newsletters/centennial-of-abdul-bahas-visit-to-dublin/|access-date=August 8, 2021|website=Dublin Historical Society|language=en-US}}</ref> Spending the most consecutive days of his journey in Dublin, he gave many talks ranging from gender equality, the immortality of the soul, industrial and economic justice, the elimination of racial prejudice, spiritual and material education, Biblical symbolism, theology, the coming together of people from the East and the West, and other Bahá’í principles.<ref name=Centennial/><ref name="Finishing the Work"/>
[[File:Louis-and-Louisa-Gregory.png|left|thumb|196x196px|Louis G. Gregory and his wife Louisa Mathew Gregory]]
In Dublin, ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá stayed with Agnes Parsons, a Bahá’í socialite from Washington, DC, and a summer resident of Dublin whose home once stood on Windmill Hill Road.<ref name=Advocate>{{Cite web |last=Gurney |first=Margaret |title=Bahai's Honor 1912 Event – The Dublin Advocate |url=https://dublinadvocate.com/2012/07/bahais-honor-1912-event/ |access-date=November 3, 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref> The first of his two high-profile addresses in Dublin was at a gathering at the Parsons' boathouse on [[Dublin Pond]], owned now by the [[Dublin School]], with local non-resident African-American servants who worked in town.<ref name=Centennial/><ref name="Finishing the Work"/> In this gathering he spoke on the need for unity and amity between blacks and whites<ref name="Finishing the Work"/> and announced the interracial marriage of two young Bahá’ís, [[Louis George Gregory|Louis Gregory]], an African-American lawyer, and Louisa Mathew, a white English woman, whom he had previously suggested to marry each other.<ref>{{cite book|last=Stockman|first=Robert H.|title=Abdu'l-Bahá in America|publisher=Baha'i Publishing|location=Wilmette, Illinois|date=2012|page=223}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Corson|first=Pete|last2=Journal-Constitution|first2=The Atlanta|title=Interracial couples that changed history|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/national/interracial-couples-that-changed-history/FlcDlfh3wto6RgzmGsFzcL/|access-date=August 8, 2021|website=ajc|language=English}}</ref><ref name=Centennial/> This act was considered radical at the time, with interracial marriage still illegal in many states.<ref name=Centennial/>

Asked to speak at the local Unitarian church one Sunday, an event attracting some 300 people,<ref name=Centennial/> ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá spoke on the subject of spiritual education. The anniversary of his historic visit and address is commemorated annually by the church, known now as the Dublin Community Church.<ref>{{Cite web|last=The Worcester County Bahá'í Community|title=Commemoration of Abdu'l-Baha's Visit at UU Church in Dublin, NH.|url=https://worcesterbahais.org/events/commemoration-abdul-bahas-visit-uu-church-dublin-nh-10425|url-status=live|access-date=August 7, 2021|website=The Worcester County Bahá'í Community|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809051506/https://worcesterbahais.org/events/commemoration-abdul-bahas-visit-uu-church-dublin-nh-10425 |archive-date=August 9, 2021 }}</ref> Rev. Howard Colby Ives, a Unitarian minister,<ref>[https://bahaichronicles.org/howard-colby-ives/ Howard Colby Ives]</ref> wrote of that day,<blockquote>What His subject was I do not recall, nor does a single word of His address remain with me. My memory is all of the quiet New England church; the crowded pews, and ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá on the platform. His cream-colored robe; His white hair and beard; His radiant smile and courteous demeanor... And His voice! Like a resonant bell of finest timbre; never loud but of such penetrating quality that the walls of the room seemed to vibrate with its music.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Portals to Freedom: Chapter 8|url=http://bahai-library.com/books/portals/8.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-08|website=bahai-library.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040405120830/http://bahai-library.com:80/books/portals/8.html |archive-date=2004-04-05 }}</ref></blockquote>
‘Abdu’l‑Bahá spent time at the Dublin Inn, which has since been purchased and donated to the Bahá’í community as a space for gathering, prayer, meditation, and historic preservation.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dublin|first=Dublin Inn|last2=NH|title=Dublin Inn|url=https://centenary.bahai.us/photo/dublin-inn|access-date=August 8, 2021|website='Abdu'l-Bahá in America|language=en}}</ref><ref name=Advocate/>

== Current events ==
2019 is the 48th year for the Dublin Gas Engine Meet on Cricket Hill Farm, which is the longest lasting tradition in Dublin after Town Meeting. Every year, the town prepares starting in October for the Halloween events around town that occur each year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dublinadvocate.com/|title=The Dublin Advocate – To Encourage and Strengthen Our Community|language=en-US|access-date=October 31, 2019}}</ref>

==See also==

{{portal|New Hampshire}}
* [[List of Irish place names in other countries]]

== Notable people ==
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* [[Matt Bolduc]] (born 1994), soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matt Bolduc |url=https://umassathletics.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/matt-bolduc/2640 |access-date=January 29, 2025 |website=[[UMass Minutemen soccer|UMass Minutemen]]}}</ref>
* [[Galen Clark]] (1814–1910), nature activist
* [[Grenville Clark]] (1882–1967), lawyer, nominee for [[Nobel Peace Prize]]
* [[Doris Haddock]] (1910–2010), political activist for [[Campaign finance reform in the United States]], walked 3,000 miles across the United States giving speeches in support of this cause along the way
* [[Moses Mason, Jr.]] (1789–1866), physician, US congressman
* [[William Preston Phelps]] (1848–1923), artist, known as "the Painter of the [[Mount Monadnock|Monadnock]]"
* [[Abbott Handerson Thayer]] (1849–1921), artist, [[Natural history|naturalist]], teacher
* [[Mark Twain]] (1835–1910), writer, [[humorist]], entrepreneur, publisher, lecturer (summer resident, two years)<ref name="Town website"/>

==References==

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==External links==
* {{Official website|www.townofdublin.org}}
* [https://www.dublinnhpubliclibrary.org/ Dublin Public Library]
* [https://www.nhes.nh.gov/elmi/products/cp/profiles-htm/dublin.htm New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Dublin
 | North     = [[Harrisville, New Hampshire|Harrisville]]
 | Northeast = [[Peterborough, New Hampshire|Peterborough]]
 | East      = [[Peterborough, New Hampshire|Peterborough]]
 | Southeast = [[Peterborough, New Hampshire|Peterborough]]
 | South     = [[Jaffrey, New Hampshire|Jaffrey]]
 | Southwest = [[Marlborough, New Hampshire|Marlborough]]
 | West      = [[Marlborough, New Hampshire|Marlborough]]
 | Northwest = [[Marlborough, New Hampshire|Marlborough]]
}}

{{Cheshire County, New Hampshire}}

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