Editing Hill, New Hampshire

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Hill, New Hampshire
| nickname           = 
| motto              = 
| image_skyline      = Hill Village Bible Church, Hill NH.jpg
| image_seal         = Seal of Hill, New Hampshire.png
| imagesize          = 
| image_caption      = Hill Village Bible Church
| image_flag         = 
| image_map          = Merrimack County New Hampshire incorporated and unincorporated areas Hill highlighted.svg
| mapsize            = 300px
| map_caption        = Location in [[Merrimack County, New Hampshire|Merrimack County]] and the state of [[New Hampshire]]
| settlement_type    = [[New England town|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  = [[Merrimack County, New Hampshire|Merrimack]]
| parts_type         = Villages
| parts              = {{ubl|Hill|Hill Center|Murray Hill}}
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = [[Board of Selectmen]]
| leader_name        = {{ubl|Shaun Bresnahan Jr.|Frank Razzaboni|Stephen Thomson}}
| established_title  = [[Incorporation (municipal government)|Incorporated]]
| established_date   = 1778
| 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=December 14, 2021}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 69.23
| area_total_sq_mi   = 
| area_land_km2      = 68.77
| area_land_sq_mi    = 
| area_water_km2     = 0.46
| area_water_sq_mi   = 
| area_water_percent = 0.66
| population_as_of   = 2020
| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=0600000US3301335860&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=Hill town, Merrimack County, New Hampshire: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=December 14, 2021}}</ref>
| population_total   = 1017
| population_density_km2 = 14.8
| 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|31|18|N|71|42|05|W|region:US-NH|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_m        = 
| elevation_ft       = 453
| website            = {{URL|www.townofhillnh.org}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]s
| postal_code        = 03243 (Hill)<br/>03230 ([[Danbury, New Hampshire|Danbury]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 603|603]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 33-35860
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 0873624
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''Hill''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Merrimack County, New Hampshire]], United States. The population was 1,017 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020"/> It is home to [[William Thomas State Forest]].

== History ==
Originally granted as "New Chester" in 1753, the town took the name "Hill" in 1837 in honor of [[Isaac Hill]],<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n155 156]}}</ref> governor of [[New Hampshire]] from 1836 to 1839. To accommodate the construction of the [[Franklin Falls Dam]], the village of Hill was relocated in 1941.<ref>John F. Coggswell, "New Home Town". ''Saturday Evening Post'', February 14, 1942, p. 22-23, 44, 46</ref>

== Geography ==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|69.2|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|68.8|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.5|sqkm|order=flip|1}} are water, comprising 0.66% of the town.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/> The [[Pemigewasset River]] forms the eastern boundary of the town, and its tributary the [[Smith River (Pemigewasset River tributary)|Smith River]] forms two portions of the northern boundary. The southwestern corner of the town drains south via Mountain Brook to the [[Blackwater River (Contoocook River tributary)|Blackwater River]] in neighboring [[Andover, New Hampshire|Andover]], a tributary of the [[Contoocook River]]. Via the Pemigewasset and Contoocook rivers, Hill lies fully within the [[Merrimack 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>

The highest point in town is Dickinson Hill,<ref>{{Gnis|866582|Dickinson Hill}}</ref> with an approximate elevation of {{convert|1910|ft|m}} above [[sea level]].

=== Adjacent municipalities ===
* [[Bristol, New Hampshire|Bristol]] (north)
* [[New Hampton, New Hampshire|New Hampton]] (northeast)
* [[Sanbornton, New Hampshire|Sanbornton]] (east)
* [[Franklin, New Hampshire|Franklin]] (southeast)
* [[Andover, New Hampshire|Andover]] (south)
* [[Danbury, New Hampshire|Danbury]] (west)
* [[Alexandria, New Hampshire|Alexandria]] (northwest)

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|1870= 620
|1880= 667
|1890= 548
|1900= 603
|1910= 556
|1920= 500
|1930= 468
|1940= 498
|1950= 310
|1960= 396
|1970= 450
|1980= 736
|1990= 814
|2000= 992
|2010= 1089
|2020= 1017
|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>
}}
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 992 people, 382 households, and 271 families living in the town.  The population density was {{convert|37.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 436 housing units at an average density of 16.3 per square mile (6.3/km{{sup|2}}).  The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the town was 98.99% White, 0.10% African American, 0.10% Native American, 0.40% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, and 0.30% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.20%.<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 the 382 households 33.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.9% were married couples living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.8% were non-families. 21.2% of households were one person and 8.1% were one person aged 65 or older.  The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.01.

The age distribution was 26.7% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% 65 or older.  The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.4 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.8 males.

The median household income was $48,333 and the median family income  was $50,000. Males had a median income of $32,120 versus $24,313 for females. The per capita income for the town was $21,004.  About 2.9% of families and 4.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 1.2% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Hill has one school, Jennie D. Blake Elementary School, which serves students in kindergarten through sixth grade. The school was named for Jennie Lind Dickerson Blake, a Hill resident who was born on July 16, 1878. As of 2017, 68 students were enrolled in the school.

==Notable people==
* [[Augustus C. French]] (1808–1864), ninth [[governor of Illinois]]; born in Hill<ref>{{cite web |title=National Governors Association |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/augustus-c-french/ |website=Gov. Augustus C. French |publisher=NGA |access-date=April 30, 2024}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official|www.townofhillnh.org}}
* [https://www.nhes.nh.gov/elmi/products/cp/profiles-htm/hill.htm New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile]
* [https://archives-manuscripts.dartmouth.edu/repositories/2/resources/2149 Hill (N.H.: Town) Records, 1765–1880] at Dartmouth College Library

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Hill
 | North = [[Bristol, New Hampshire|Bristol]]
 | Northeast = [[New Hampton, New Hampshire|New Hampton]]
 | East = [[Sanbornton, New Hampshire|Sanbornton]]
 | Southeast = [[Franklin, New Hampshire|Franklin]]
 | South = [[Andover, New Hampshire|Andover]]
 | Southwest = [[Andover, New Hampshire|Andover]]
 | West = [[Danbury, New Hampshire|Danbury]]
 | Northwest = [[Alexandria, New Hampshire|Alexandria]]
}}

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{{Merrimack River}}

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[[Category:Hill, New Hampshire| ]]
[[Category:Towns in Merrimack County, New Hampshire]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1778]]
[[Category:Towns in New Hampshire]]