Editing Temple, New Hampshire

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Temple, New Hampshire
| nickname                 = 
| motto                    = 
| image_skyline            = TempleNH TownHall.jpg
| image_seal               = 
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| image_caption            = Town Hall
| image_flag               = 
| image_map                = Hillsborough-Temple-NH.png
| mapsize                  = 250px
| map_caption              = Location in [[Hillsborough County, New Hampshire|Hillsborough County]], [[New Hampshire]]
| settlement_type          = 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        = [[Hillsborough County, New Hampshire|Hillsborough]]
| government_type          = 
| leader_title             = [[Board of selectmen|Select Board]]
| leader_name              = Bill Ezell, Chair<br>Ken Caisse<br>George Willard
| established_title        = [[Incorporation (municipal government)|Incorporated]]
| established_date         = 1768
| 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 9, 2021}}</ref>
| area_total_km2           = 58.2
| area_total_sq_mi         = 
| area_land_km2            = 57.6
| area_land_sq_mi          = 
| area_water_km2           = 0.6
| area_water_sq_mi         = 
| area_water_percent       = 0.98
| population_as_of         = 2020
| population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=0600000US3301176260&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=Temple town, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=December 9, 2021}}</ref>
| population_total         = 1382
| population_density_km2   = 24.0
| 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|49|05|N|71|51|05|W|region:US-NH|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_m              = 
| elevation_ft             = 1024
| website                  = {{URL|www.templenh.org}}
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 03084
| area_code                = [[Area code 603|603]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 33-76260
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 0873737
| footnotes                = 
| named_for                = [[John Temple (diplomat)|John Temple]]
}}
'''Temple''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Hillsborough County, New Hampshire|Hillsborough County]], [[New Hampshire]], United States. Its population was 1,382 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020"/> It is home to Temple Mountain State Reservation, formerly the [[Temple Mountain Ski Area]].

== History ==
The area was first called "Peterborough Slip", which included what is now the town of [[Sharon, New Hampshire|Sharon]]. In 1758, Maj. Ephraim Heald and his wife Sarah, along with his brother Deacon Peter Heald and Oliver Heald, a cousin, were among the first settlers. Peter Heald is generally considered to be the founder of Temple, and his child, Peter, was the first male child born in the town.<ref>Blood, Henry Ames. ''The History of Temple, New Hampshire,'' p. 7, Geo. C. Rand & Avery, 1860.</ref><ref>Stager, Helen, and Stager, Evelyn. ''A Family Odyssey,'' pp. 343-4, Nicollet Press, Inc., Pipestone, MN, 1983.</ref> In 1768, it was incorporated by colonial Governor [[Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet|John Wentworth]], who named it after his lieutenant governor, [[John Temple (diplomat)|John Temple]].<ref>[http://www.nhes.nh.gov/elmi/products/cp/profiles-htm/temple.htm New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile]</ref>  Peter Felt, from Lynn, Massachusetts, arrived with his wife Lucy Andrews, of Concord, Massachusetts, in 1769. Temple [[Glassworks]] was founded in 1780 by Robert Hewes of [[Boston]]. Although the company is long defunct, surviving examples of Temple glass are today rare and prized collectibles. By 1859, Temple had a population of 579, with two [[sawmill]]s, one [[gristmill]], and a [[tannery]].<ref name="Coolidge">{{Cite book| last = Coolidge| first = Austin J.| author2=John B. Mansfield| title = A History and Description of New England| year = 1859| location = Boston, Massachusetts| pages = 664| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=OcoMAAAAYAAJ&q=coolidge%20mansfield%20history%20description%20new%20england%201859&pg=PA664}}</ref>  The town of [[Temple, Maine]] was named after Temple, NH.<ref>{{cite web|title=Profile for Temple, Maine|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=2374|access-date=April 18, 2010|publisher=[[ePodunk]]}}</ref>

Terrain is generally uneven and rocky. It is also elevated, commanding distant views to the east and south.<ref name="Coolidge"/> As John Farmer and Jacob Bailey Moore wrote in 1823, "From the highest point of elevation, twenty [[meetinghouse]]s may be seen when the atmosphere is clear."<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/collectionstopog03moor/collectionstopog03moor_djvu.txt John Farmer and Jacob Bailey Moore, editors; ''Collections, Topographical, Historical and Biographical, Relating Principally to New Hampshire''; Volumes 1-3; 1823]</ref>

<gallery mode="packed">
File:TempleNH CongregationalChurch.jpg|Congregational Church
File:Cemetery in Temple, New Hampshire.jpg|Cemetery gate
File:TempleNH BirchwoodInn.jpg|Birchwood Inn
File:Pack Monadnock.jpg|View from Temple Mountain
</gallery>

== Geography ==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|58.2|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which  {{convert|0.6|sqkm|order=flip|1|abbr=on}} is covered by  water, comprising 0.98% of the town.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/> The town is drained to the east by Blood Brook and its tributary Temple Brook, part of the [[Souhegan River]] watershed. The highest point in Temple is {{convert|2190|ft|m}} above [[sea level]], on an eastern spur of [[South Pack Monadnock]] Mountain. South of [[NH Route 101|Route 101]], {{convert|2045|ft|m|adj=on}} [[Temple Mountain (New Hampshire)|Temple Mountain]] forms the town's western boundary for several miles.

=== Adjacent municipalities ===
* [[Greenfield, New Hampshire|Greenfield]] (north)
* [[Lyndeborough, New Hampshire|Lyndeborough]] (northeast)
* [[Wilton, New Hampshire|Wilton]] (east)
* [[Greenville, New Hampshire|Greenville]] (southeast)
* [[New Ipswich, New Hampshire|New Ipswich]] (south)
* [[Sharon, New Hampshire|Sharon]] (west)
* [[Peterborough, New Hampshire|Peterborough]] (northwest)

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|1790= 747
|1800= 867
|1810= 941
|1820= 752
|1830= 647
|1840= 576
|1850= 579
|1860= 501
|1870= 421
|1880= 492
|1890= 342
|1900= 313
|1910= 284
|1920= 263
|1930= 239
|1940= 258
|1950= 330
|1960= 361
|1970= 441
|1980= 692
|1990= 1194
|2000= 1297
|2010= 1366
|2020= 1382
|estyear=
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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>
}}
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,  1,297 people, 440 households, and 347 families resided in the town.  The population density was {{convert|55.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The 465 housing units had an average density of 20.0 per square mile (7.7/km{{sup|2}}).  The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the town was 98.00% White, 0.31% African American, 0.31% Native American, 0.31% Asian, 0.54% from other races, and 0.54% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 0.69% of the population.

Of the 440 households, 42.3% had children under 18 living with them, 67.5% were married couples living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.1% were not families. About 16.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.2% had someone living alone who was 65 or older.  The average household size was 2.91 and the average family size was 3.24.

In the town, the age distribution was 29.8% under 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 8.4% who were 65 or older.  The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.7 males.  For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 106.3 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $56,500, and  for a family was $64,297. Males had a median income of $36,563 versus $29,545 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $21,897.  About 2.8% of families and 6.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 4.2% of those under age 18 and 4.5% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
{{portal|New Hampshire}}
{{reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|www.templenh.org}}
* [https://librarytechnology.org/library/21482 Mansfield Public Library]
* [https://www.nhes.nh.gov/elmi/products/cp/profiles-htm/temple.htm New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Temple
 | North = [[Greenfield, New Hampshire|Greenfield]]
 | Northeast = [[Lyndeborough, New Hampshire|Lyndeborough]]
 | East = [[Wilton, New Hampshire|Wilton]]
 | Southeast = [[Greenville, New Hampshire|Greenville]]
 | South = [[New Ipswich, New Hampshire|New Ipswich]]
 | Southwest = [[New Ipswich, New Hampshire|New Ipswich]]
 | West = [[Sharon, New Hampshire|Sharon]]
 | Northwest = [[Peterborough, New Hampshire|Peterborough]]
}}

{{Hillsborough County, New Hampshire}}

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