Editing Tuftonboro, New Hampshire

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Tuftonboro, New Hampshire
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    = "The Diamond in the Heart of New Hampshire"
|image_skyline            = Melvin Village from Lake Winnipesaukee.jpg 
|image_seal               = 
|imagesize                = 
|image_caption            = Melvin Village from Lake Winnipesaukee {{circa|1906}}
|image_flag               = 
|image_map                = Carroll-Tuftonboro-NH.svg
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location in [[Carroll County, New Hampshire|Carroll 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        = [[Carroll County, New Hampshire|Carroll]]
|parts_type               = Villages
|parts                    = {{ubl|Center Tuftonboro|[[Melvin Village, New Hampshire|Melvin Village]]|[[Mirror Lake, New Hampshire|Mirror Lake]]|Tuftonboro Corner|Union Wharf}}
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = [[Board of selectmen|Board of Selectmen]]
|leader_name              = {{ubl|Robert&nbsp;"Bob"&nbsp;Murray,&nbsp;Chair|William "Chip" Albee|David Dauphinais}}
|leader_title1            = [[Town Administrator]]
|leader_name1             = Audrey Fraizer
|established_title        = [[Incorporation (municipal government)|Incorporated]]
|established_date         = 1795
|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 1, 2021}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 128.0
|area_total_sq_mi         = 
|area_land_km2            = 104.9
|area_land_sq_mi          = 
|area_water_km2           = 23.1
|area_water_sq_mi         = 
|area_water_percent       = 18.06
|population_as_of         = 2020
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=0600000US3300377620&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=Tuftonboro town, Carroll County, New Hampshire: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=November 1, 2021}}</ref>
|population_total         = 2467
|population_density_km2   = 23.5
|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|41|46|N|71|13|21|W|region:US-NH|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m              = 301
|elevation_ft             = 988
|website                  = {{URL|www.tuftonboro.org}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]s
|postal_code              = 03816&nbsp;(Center&nbsp;Tuftonboro)<br>03850&nbsp;([[Melvin Village, New Hampshire|Melvin&nbsp;Village]])<br>03853&nbsp;([[Mirror Lake, New Hampshire|Mirror&nbsp;Lake]])<br>03894 ([[Wolfeboro, New Hampshire|Wolfeboro]])
|area_code                = [[Area code 603|603]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 33-77620
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0873741
|footnotes                = 
}}
'''Tuftonboro''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Carroll County, New Hampshire|Carroll County]], [[New Hampshire]], United States. The population was 2,467 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020"/> Bounded on the southwest by [[Lake Winnipesaukee]], Tuftonboro includes the villages of Tuftonboro Corner, Center Tuftonboro, [[Melvin Village, New Hampshire|Melvin Village]] and [[Mirror Lake, New Hampshire|Mirror Lake]].

==History==
[[File:Tuftonboro United Methodist Church.jpg|thumb|left|The United Methodist Church in Tuftonboro]]
Tuftonboro was the only incorporated place in [[New Hampshire]] owned by just one man, John Tufton Mason, for whom the town was named. Following the 1741 separation of New Hampshire from [[Province of Massachusetts Bay|Massachusetts]], Mason was heir to the [[John Mason (governor)|Masonian Claim]], the undivided lands of northern New Hampshire. He sold them in 1746 to a group of [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire|Portsmouth]] merchants, thereafter known as the Masonian Proprietors. They disposed of the land via grants to prospective settlers prior to the [[American Revolution|Revolution]].

The town was granted as "Tuftonborough" in 1750 by colonial Governor [[Benning Wentworth]], and first settled about 1780. It was incorporated by the [[New Hampshire Legislature|legislature]] on December 17, 1795. By 1859, when the population was 1,305, the principal occupation was raising [[cattle]] and [[sheep]] across the hilly terrain. Other industries included two [[sawmill]]s, one [[window sash|sash]], [[window shutter|blind]] and [[door]] factory, one [[carriage]] factory, and two [[gristmill]]s.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=OcoMAAAAYAAJ&dq=coolidge+mansfield+history+description+new+england+1859&pg=PA666 A. J. Coolidge & J. B. Mansfield, ''A History and Description of New England;'' Boston, Massachusetts 1859]</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|128.0|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|104.9|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|23.1|sqkm|order=flip}} are water, comprising 18.06% of the town.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/> Tuftonboro is drained by the [[Melvin River]] and [[Beech River (New Hampshire)|Beech River]], tributaries of [[Lake Winnipesaukee]]. [[Mirror Lake (Tuftonboro, New Hampshire)|Mirror Lake]] is in the south, and [[Dan Hole Pond]] is in the north. The highest point in Tuftonboro is the south peak of [[Mount Shaw]], elevation {{convert|2930|ft|m}} above [[sea level]], on the town's northwestern boundary.
[[File:Lower Beech Pond.jpg|thumb|left|Lower Beech Pond]]
The northern portion of Tuftonboro is occupied by the [[Ossipee Mountains]]. New Hampshire routes [[New Hampshire Route 171|171]], [[New Hampshire Route 109|109]], and [[New Hampshire Route 109A|109A]] cross the town, all generally in a northwest to southeast direction.

[[Melvin Village, New Hampshire|Melvin Village]], in the west part of Tuftonboro, is a summer vacation spot on Melvin Bay of Lake Winnipesaukee. It has a marina and many lakeside homes and cottages that are for rent. It is also a popular spot for antique shopping. The community of [[Mirror Lake, New Hampshire|Mirror Lake]] is in the southern part of the town, on the southwestern side of the lake of the same name.

Also part of Tuftonboro are several islands in Lake Winnipesaukee, including Little Bear Island and Cow Island among others.

===Adjacent municipalities===
* [[Ossipee, New Hampshire|Ossipee]] (northeast)
* [[Wolfeboro, New Hampshire|Wolfeboro]] (southeast)
* [[Alton, New Hampshire|Alton]] (south)
* [[Moultonborough, New Hampshire|Moultonborough]] (northwest)

==Demographics==

{{US Census population
|1790= 109
|1800= 357
|1810= 709
|1820= 1232
|1830= 1375
|1840= 1281
|1850= 1305
|1860= 1186
|1870= 949
|1880= 923
|1890= 767
|1900= 663
|1910= 612
|1920= 311
|1930= 505
|1940= 586
|1950= 697
|1960= 678
|1970= 910
|1980= 1500
|1990= 1842
|2000= 2148
|2010= 2387
|2020= 2467
|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>
}}

=== 2010 census ===

At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]],<ref name="Census 2010 demographics">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/SF1DP1/0600000US3300377620| title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (DP-1): Tuftonboro town, Carroll County, New Hampshire| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=March 12, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213234955/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/SF1DP1/0600000US3300377620| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> there were 2,387 people and 736 families in the town. The population density was {{convert|58.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,435 housing units at an average density of {{convert|49.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2010 census|racial makeup]] of the town was 98.1% White, 0.2% [[African American]], 0.1% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 0.1% some other race, and 1.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.5% of the population.

Of the 1,029 households 26.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.0% were married couples living together, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 28.5% were non-families. 22.8% of households were made up of individuals, and 11.1% were someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.32, and the average family size was 2.68.<ref name="Census 2010 demographics"/>
[[Image:Wawbeek Lodge, Melvin Village, NH.jpg|thumb|left|Wawbeek Lodge {{circa|1920}}]]

The age distribution was 18.9% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 18.1% from 25 to 44, 35.0% from 45 to 64, and 23.7% 65 or older. The median age was 50.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.09 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.17 males in the same age group.<ref name="Census 2010 demographics"/>

For the period 2012–2016, the estimated median annual income for a household in the town was $54,770, and the median family income  was $64,479. Male full-time workers had a median income of $46,346 versus $39,219 for females. The per capita income for the town was $29,554. About 5.0% of families and 6.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 2.5% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_5YR/DP03/0600000US3300377620| title=Selected Economic Characteristics: 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (DP03): Tuftonboro town, Carroll County, New Hampshire| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=March 12, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213155819/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_5YR/DP03/0600000US3300377620| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== 2000 census ===

At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]], there were 2,148 people, 926 households, and 665 families in the town. The population density was {{convert|52.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,019 housing units at an average density of {{convert|49.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2010 census|racial makeup]] of the town was 98.32% White, 0.23% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.05% from other races, and 1.16% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.42% of the population.

Of the 926 households 23.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.9% were married couples living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.1% were non-families. 22.9% of households were one person and 9.6% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.68.

The age distribution was 19.8% under the age of 18, 3.8% from 18 to 24, 22.5% from 25 to 44, 31.8% from 45 to 64, and 22.1% 65 or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.4 males.

The median household income was $45,729 and the median family income  was $51,875. Males had a median income of $36,181 versus $27,109 for females. The per capita income for the town was $25,070. About 4.4% of families and 6.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.1% of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over.

==Sites of interest==
* [https://www.museumsusa.org/museums/info/11849 Tuftonboro Historical Society & Museum]
* [[List of New Hampshire historical markers (276–300)#276|New Hampshire Historical Marker No. 276]]: The Grave by the Lake
* [[List of New Hampshire historical markers (276–300)#285|New Hampshire Historical Marker No. 285]]: Abenaki Tower

== Notable people ==
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* [[Edward H. Brooks]] (1893–1978), US Army lieutenant general
* [[Thomas Dreier]] (1884–1976), resident, an American editor, writer, and publisher who in the early twentieth century was the first editor of ''[[New Hampshire Troubadour]]'',<ref name="NashuaTelegraph1">{{Cite news
  | newspaper = [[The Telegraph (Nashua)|Nashua Telegraph]]
  | location = [[Nashua, New Hampshire]]
  | title = Carlson Shows Oils, Water Colors; Whitman Pencil Paintings Also at Public Library Now
  | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19321207&id=4RpAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mqQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2954,1603863
  | page = 5
  | oclc = 22532489
  | volume = 64
  | number = 235
  | date = December 7, 1932}}</ref> who wrote the 1933 book ''Sunny Meadows'' about his family's life in Melvin Village,<ref name="neq1">{{cite journal
| last         = Murdock
| first        = Kenneth B.
| year         = 1934
| title        = ''Sunny Meadows'' by Thomas Dreier; ''The White Hills: Mountain New Hampshire, Winnepesaukee to Washington'' by [[Cornelius Weygandt]]
| jstor          = 359679
| journal      = [[The New England Quarterly]]
| publisher    = [[MIT Press]]
| volume       = 7
| issue        = 3
| pages        = 583–585
| issn         = 0028-4866
}}</ref> and who had a column in the ''[[The Telegraph (Nashua)|Nashua Telegraph]]''<ref name="NashuaTelegraph2">{{Cite news
  | newspaper = [[The Telegraph (Nashua)|Nashua Telegraph]]
  | location = [[Nashua, New Hampshire]]
  | title = Sunny Meadows Farm Philosophy
  | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19320104&id=dRJAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=naQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=7335,95204
  | page = 4
  | oclc = 22532489
  | volume = 63
  | number = 256
  | date = January 4, 1932}}</ref>
* [[Charles D. Griffin]] (1906–1996), US Navy admiral
* [[Lydia H. Tilton]] (1839–1915), educator, activist, journalist, poet, lyricist<ref name="WillardLivermore-1893">{{cite book |last1=Willard |first1=Frances Elizabeth |author1-link=Frances Willard |last2=Livermore |first2=Mary Ashton Rice |author2-link=Mary Livermore |title=A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Woman_of_the_Century/Lydia_H._Tilton |year=1893 |pages=716–17 |publisher=[[Charles Wells Moulton]] |chapter=TILTON, Mrs. Lydia H. |edition=Public domain}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|www.tuftonboro.org}}
* [http://www.tuftonborolibrary.org/ Tuftonboro Free Library]
* [http://www.nhes.nh.gov/elmi/products/cp/profiles-htm/tuftonboro.htm New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile]
* [http://www.mirrorlakenh.com Mirror Lake community website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Tuftonboro
 | North     = [[Moultonborough, New Hampshire|Moultonborough]] and [[Ossipee, New Hampshire|Ossipee]]
 | Northeast = [[Ossipee, New Hampshire|Ossipee]]
 | East      = [[Ossipee, New Hampshire|Ossipee]]<br>[[Wolfeboro, New Hampshire|Wolfeboro]]
 | Southeast = [[Wolfeboro, New Hampshire|Wolfeboro]] 
 | South     = [[Alton, New Hampshire|Alton]]
 | Southwest = [[Gilford, New Hampshire|Gilford]]
 | West      = [[Center Harbor, New Hampshire|Center Harbor]]
 | Northwest = [[Moultonborough, New Hampshire|Moultonborough]]
}}

{{Carroll County, New Hampshire}}

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[[Category:Tuftonboro, New Hampshire| ]]
[[Category:Towns in Carroll County, New Hampshire]]
[[Category:Towns in New Hampshire]]
[[Category:Populated places on Lake Winnipesaukee]]