Editing Sandown, New Hampshire

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Sandown, New Hampshire
| settlement_type    = Town
| nickname           = 
| motto              = 
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| image_seal         = SandownNHseal.png
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| image_map          = Rockingham County New Hampshire incorporated and unincorporated areas Sandown highlighted.svg
| mapsize            = 260px
| map_caption        = Location in [[Rockingham County, New Hampshire|Rockingham County]] and the state of [[New Hampshire]].
| 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  = [[Rockingham County, New Hampshire|Rockingham]]
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = [[Board of selectmen|Board of Selectmen]]
| leader_name        = {{ubl|Tom Tombarello, Chair|Eric Olsen|Robert Nickerson|Benjamin Sharpe|Ed Mencis}}
| leader_title1      = Town Administrator
| leader_name1       = Lynne Blaisdell
| established_title  = [[Incorporation (municipal government)|Incorporated]]
| established_date   = 1756
| 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=January 3, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 37.4
| area_total_sq_mi   = 
| area_land_km2      = 36.1
| area_land_sq_mi    = 
| area_water_km2     = 1.3
| area_water_sq_mi   = 
| area_water_percent = 3.39
| population_as_of   = 2020
| population_note    = 
| population_total   = 6548
| pop_est_as_of      = 
| population_est     = 
| population_density_km2 = 181.4
| 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|42|55|42|N|71|11|15|W|region:US-NH|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_m        = 
| elevation_ft       = 232
| website            = {{URL|www.sandown.us}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 03873
| area_code          = [[Area code 603|603]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 33-67620
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 0873716
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''Sandown''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Rockingham County, New Hampshire|Rockingham County]], [[New Hampshire]], United States. The population was 6,548 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US3301567620|title=Census - Geography Profile: Sandown town, Rockingham County, New Hampshire|access-date=December 24, 2021}}</ref> up from 5,986 at the 2010 census.

== History ==

[[Image:Old Meeting House, Sandown, NH.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Sandown Old Meetinghouse|Old Meeting House]] in 1908]]
Once part of [[Kingston, New Hampshire|Kingston]], Sandown was incorporated as a separate town in 1756 by colonial governor [[Benning Wentworth]]. It was named for picturesque [[Sandown]] on the [[Isle of Wight]]. The first minister of Sandown, the Reverend Josiah Cotton, built the [[Sandown Old Meetinghouse|Sandown Meeting House]] in 1774. It had an {{convert|11|ft|m|adj=mid|-high}} [[pulpit]] and [[marble]] columns supporting the gallery, and is still an excellent example of early [[New England]] church architecture.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|37.4|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|36.1|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|1.3|sqkm|order=flip}} are water, comprising 3.39% of the town.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/> Sandown is primarily drained by the [[Exeter River]], part of the [[Great Bay (New Hampshire)|Great Bay]]/[[Piscataqua River]] watershed. Phillips Pond, south of the center of town, and Showell Pond, a smaller water body, drain north to the Exeter. Angle Pond, in the southeastern corner of the town, and Cub Pond, along Sandown's eastern border, drain east towards the [[Powwow River]] and are part of the [[Merrimack River]] watershed. The highest point in Sandown is the summit of Hoyt Hill, at {{convert|505|ft|m}} above [[sea level]], near the town's southwestern corner.

===Adjacent municipalities===
* [[Fremont, New Hampshire|Fremont]] (northeast)
* [[Danville, New Hampshire|Danville]] (east)
* [[Hampstead, New Hampshire|Hampstead]] (south)
* [[Derry, New Hampshire|Derry]] (southwest)
* [[Chester, New Hampshire|Chester]] (northwest)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790= 561
|1800= 501
|1810= 504
|1820= 527
|1830= 553
|1840= 525
|1850= 566
|1860= 553
|1870= 496
|1880= 500
|1890= 475
|1900= 400
|1910= 380
|1920= 280
|1930= 229
|1940= 292
|1950= 315
|1960= 366
|1970= 741
|1980= 2057
|1990= 4060
|2000= 5143
|2010= 5986
|2020= 6548
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<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 [[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> of 2000, there were 5,143 people, 1,694 households, and 1,382 families residing in the town.  The population density was {{convert|369.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,777 housing units at an average density of {{convert|127.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the town was 98.43% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.21% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.12% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.16% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.37% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.70% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.56% of the population.

There were 1,694 households, out of which 48.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.4% were non-families. 12.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 3.02 and the average family size was 3.32.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 31.4% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 37.1% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 5.3% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.1 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.5 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $67,581, and the median income for a family was $73,083. Males had a median income of $49,012 versus $29,773 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $25,978.  About 3.3% of families and 4.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 2.8% of those under age 18 and 9.2% of those age 65 or over.

== Education ==

* [[Timberlane Regional High School]], Grades 9–12, located in [[Plaistow, New Hampshire|Plaistow]]
* Timberlane Regional Middle School, Grades 6–8, located in Plaistow
* Sandown North Elementary School, Grades 1–5, located in Sandown
* Sandown Central School, Grades Pre-K, located in Sandown

== Transportation ==
Two [[List of state routes in New Hampshire|New Hampshire state route]]s cross Sandown.

*[[New Hampshire Route 121|NH 121]] crosses the extreme southwestern corner of town, running from Chester (via a small corner of Derry) to Hampstead.
*[[New Hampshire Route 121A|NH 121A]] is the main road through the center of town, running from Chester in the west to the village of [[East Hampstead, New Hampshire|East Hampstead]] in the southeast. It is locally known as Main Street.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|www.sandown.us}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120307052658/http://www.nutpub.net/html/ttmain.html ''Tri-Town Times''], community news
* [http://www.sandownlibrary.us/ Sandown Public Library]
* [http://www.sandownnhdepot.org/ Sandown Historical Society & Depot Museum]
* [https://www.nhes.nh.gov/elmi/products/cp/profiles-htm/sandown.htm New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Sandown
 | North     = [[Chester, New Hampshire|Chester]]
 | Northeast = [[Fremont, New Hampshire|Fremont]]
 | East      = [[Danville, New Hampshire|Danville]]
 | Southeast = [[Hampstead, New Hampshire|Hampstead]]
 | South     = [[Hampstead, New Hampshire|Hampstead]]
 | Southwest = [[Derry, New Hampshire|Derry]]
 | West      = [[Chester, New Hampshire|Chester]]
 | Northwest = [[Chester, New Hampshire|Chester]]
}}

{{Rockingham County, New Hampshire}}

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