Editing Pinkham's Grant, New Hampshire

{{short description|Township in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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|official_name            = Pinkham's Grant, New Hampshire
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|image_skyline            = 2016-09-03 17 17 55 View eastbound down the Mount Washington Auto Road at about mile 1.0 (about 2020 feet above sea level) in Pinkham's Grant Township, Coos County, New Hampshire.jpg
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|image_caption            = A small portion of the [[Mount Washington Auto Road]] passes through Pinkham's Grant.
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|map_caption              = Location in [[Coös County, New Hampshire|Coös County]], [[New Hampshire]]
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|subdivision_name1        = [[New Hampshire]]
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|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 18, 2021}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 9.84
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|area_water_percent       = 0.16
|population_as_of         = 2020
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=0600000US3300761620&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=Pinkhams grant, Coos County, New Hampshire: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=November 18, 2021}}</ref>
|population_total         = 0
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|timezone                 = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]
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|elevation_m              = 616
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|area_code                = [[Area code 603|603]]
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|blank_info               = 33-007-61620
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|blank1_info              = 872509
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'''Pinkham's Grant''' is a [[Civil township#Northeastern states|township]] in [[Coös County, New Hampshire|Coös County]], [[New Hampshire]], United States. The grant lies entirely within the [[White Mountain National Forest]]. As of the [[2020 United States census]], the population of the grant was 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).

== Geography ==
The grant occupies the center of [[Pinkham Notch]], a major pass in the [[White Mountains (New Hampshire)|White Mountains]]. The elevation at the height of land in the notch is {{convert|2032|ft}} above [[sea level]], while the highest point in the grant is {{convert|3050|ft|m}}, along [[Wildcat Mountain (New Hampshire)|Wildcat Ridge]] on the grant's eastern boundary. [[New Hampshire Route 16]] passes through the grant as it traverses the notch; the highway leads north to [[Gorham (CDP), New Hampshire|Gorham]] and south to [[North Conway, New Hampshire|North Conway]]. The [[Appalachian Trail]] crosses the grant through Pinkham Notch.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the grant has a total area of {{convert|9.8|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.02|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.16%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/> The north side of the grant drains via the [[Peabody River]] to the [[Androscoggin River]] in [[Gorham, New Hampshire|Gorham]], while the south side is drained by the [[Ellis River (New Hampshire)|Ellis River]], which runs to the [[Saco River]] in [[Glen, New Hampshire|Glen]].

===Adjacent municipalities===
* [[Green's Grant, New Hampshire|Green's Grant]] (north)
* [[Bean's Purchase, New Hampshire|Bean's Purchase]] (east)
* [[Jackson, New Hampshire|Jackson]] (southeast)
* [[Sargent's Purchase, New Hampshire|Sargent's Purchase]] (west)
* [[Thompson and Meserve's Purchase, New Hampshire|Thompson and Meserve's Purchase]] (northwest)

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|1890= 8
|1900= 4
|1930= 9
|1940= 10
|1950= 17
|1960= 15
|1970= 16
|1980= 30
|1990= 11
|2000= 0
|2010= 9
|2020= 0
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|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]], there were no people living in the grant.<ref name="Census 2020"/>

== Recreation == 
The [[Appalachian Mountain Club]]'s Pinkham Notch Visitor Center in the center of the grant is a popular starting point for hikes up [[Mount Washington]] to the west and up [[Wildcat Mountain (New Hampshire)|Wildcat Mountain]] to the east. The base of [[Wildcat Mountain Ski Area]] is in the eastern part of the grant. A short stretch of the [[Mount Washington Auto Road]], which begins at Glen House in neighboring [[Green's Grant, New Hampshire|Green's Grant]], passes through the northwestern corner of Pinkham's Grant.

==References==
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{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Pinkham's Grant
 | North     = [[Green's Grant, New Hampshire|Green's Grant]]
 | Northeast = [[Bean's Purchase, New Hampshire|Bean's Purchase]]
 | East      = [[Bean's Purchase, New Hampshire|Bean's Purchase]]
 | Southeast = [[Jackson, New Hampshire|Jackson]]
 | South     = [[Jackson, New Hampshire|Jackson]] 
 | Southwest = [[Sargent's Purchase, New Hampshire|Sargent's Purchase]]
 | West      = [[Sargent's Purchase, New Hampshire|Sargent's Purchase]]
 | Northwest = [[Thompson and Meserve's Purchase, New Hampshire|Thompson and Meserve's Purchase]]
}}

{{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]]