Editing Roxbury, New Hampshire

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Roxbury, New Hampshire
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|map_caption              = Location in [[Cheshire County, New Hampshire|Cheshire County]], [[New Hampshire]]
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Cheshire County, New Hampshire|Cheshire]]
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|parts                    = Roxbury Center
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|leader_title             = [[Board of Selectmen]]
|leader_name              = {{ubl|Janice Albano|Tim O'Brien|Mark Funk}}
|established_title        = [[Incorporation (municipal government)|Incorporated]]
|established_date         = 1812
|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 4, 2021}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 31.6
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|area_water_percent       = 2.40
|population_as_of         = 2020
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=0600000US3300565700&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=Roxbury town, Cheshire County, New Hampshire: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=November 4, 2021}}</ref>
|population_total         = 220
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|timezone                 = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]
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|timezone_DST             = [[Eastern Daylight Time Zone|Eastern]]
|utc_offset_DST           = -4
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|elevation_ft             = 1375
|website                  = {{URL|www.roxburynh.org}}
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|postal_code              = 03431 ([[Keene, New Hampshire|Keene]])<br>03445 ([[Sullivan, New Hampshire|Sullivan]])<br>03455 ([[Marlborough, New Hampshire|Marlborough]])<br/>03457 ([[Nelson, New Hampshire|Nelson]])
|area_code                = [[Area code 603|603]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 33-65700
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|blank1_info              = 0873710
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'''Roxbury''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Cheshire County, New Hampshire|Cheshire County]], [[New Hampshire]], United States. The population was 220 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020"/>

== History ==

The smallest town in Cheshire County, Roxbury was incorporated in 1812 from portions of [[Nelson, New Hampshire|Nelson]], [[Marlborough, New Hampshire|Marlborough]], and [[Keene, New Hampshire|Keene]]. By then, settlers had established agriculture among the rolling hillsides in the area, and a community had developed at what is now called Roxbury Center. It was a "hill farm" community with some scattered small mills. Roxbury's [[granite]] [[Quarry|quarries]], among the most extensive in the Granite State at the time, provided some of the stone for the capitol building of [[New York (state)|New York]] in [[Albany, New York|Albany]].

Much of Roxbury was abandoned in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], as a very high percentage of its male population was killed in battle. Other residents left after the Civil War to seek a better life in local mill villages or in the American [[Midwest]]. [[Otter Brook (Ashuelot River tributary)|Otter Brook]] Lake, constructed by the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|Army Corps of Engineers]] in 1956–1958 to control flooding in the [[Ashuelot River|Ashuelot]] and [[Connecticut River]] valleys, occupies part of the town's western boundary.

== Geography ==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|31.6|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|30.8|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.8|sqkm|order=flip|1}} are water, comprising 2.40% of the town.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/> The highest point in Roxbury is the summit Bassett Hill, at {{convert|1644|ft|m}} above [[sea level]].

[[Granite Gorge Ski Area]] on Pinnacle Mountain is located in the town's northwestern corner, along [[New Hampshire Route 9]].

[[Batcheller's Cave]] is noted for its place in history as the hiding place of [[Breed Batcheller]], who was edged out of town for failing to join the rebellion against the crown during the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]].<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Roxbury |url=http://www.roxburynh.org/history-of-roxbury.html |website=Town of Roxbury - A good dam town |publisher=Town of Roxbury |access-date=October 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018015950/http://www.roxburynh.org/history-of-roxbury.html |archive-date=October 18, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Adjacent municipalities===
* [[Sullivan, New Hampshire|Sullivan]] (north)
* [[Nelson, New Hampshire|Nelson]] (northeast)
* [[Harrisville, New Hampshire|Harrisville]] (east)
* [[Marlborough, New Hampshire|Marlborough]] (south)
* [[Keene, New Hampshire|Keene]] (west)

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|1820= 366
|1830= 322
|1840= 286
|1850= 260
|1860= 212
|1870= 174
|1880= 126
|1890= 129
|1900= 100
|1910= 66
|1920= 56
|1930= 53
|1940= 113
|1950= 117
|1960= 137
|1970= 161
|1980= 190
|1990= 248
|2000= 237
|2010= 229
|2020= 220
|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>
}}
[[Image:OtterBrook.jpg|thumb|left|150px|[[Otter Brook (Ashuelot River tributary)|Otter Brook]] Lake in Roxbury]]
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 237 people, 89 households and 66 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was 19.9 per square mile (7.7/km{{sup|2}}). There were 90 housing units at an average density of 7.6 per square mile (2.9/km{{sup|2}}). The racial makeup of the town was 98.73% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.42% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 0.84% from two or more races.

There were 89 households, of which 32.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.8% were non-families. 20.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.12.

25.3% of the population were under the age of 18, 3.8% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 32.9% from 45 to 64, and 9.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.3 males.

The [[median household income]] was $49,375 and the median family income was $56,875. Males had a median income of $33,984 and females $23,750. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $21,124. None of the families and 0.9% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]].

==Notable people==
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*[[Joseph Alexander Ames]] (1816–1872), artist; elder brother of Nathan
*[[Nathan Ames]] (1826–1865), patent solicitor; held patent for "revolving stairs," precursor to the [[escalator]]; younger brother of Joseph 
*[[Breed Batcheller]] (1740–{{circa|1777}} or later), major early landowner and settler, and later in hiding at [[Batcheller's Cave]]
*[[Maynard T. Parker]] (1850–1915), Wisconsin jurist, newspaper editor, legislator
*[[Cyrus Wakefield]] (1811–1873), manufacturer of [[rattan]] furniture; namesake of [[Wakefield, Massachusetts]] (known as ''South Reading'' prior to 1868)

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

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Roxbury
 | North     = [[Sullivan, New Hampshire|Sullivan]]
 | Northeast = [[Nelson, New Hampshire|Nelson]]
 | East      = [[Harrisville, New Hampshire|Harrisville]]
 | Southeast = 
 | South     = [[Marlborough, New Hampshire|Marlborough]]
 | Southwest = [[Keene, New Hampshire|Keene]]
 | West      = [[Keene, New Hampshire|Keene]]
 | Northwest = [[Sullivan, New Hampshire|Sullivan]]
}}

{{Cheshire County, New Hampshire}}

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[[Category:Towns in Cheshire County, New Hampshire]]
[[Category:Towns in New Hampshire]]