Dix's Grant, New Hampshire

Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Dix's Grant is a township in Coös County, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2020 census, the grant had a population of 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).

Dix's Grant fell within the path of totality during the solar eclipse of April 8, 2024.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

History

Dix's Grant was originally part of adjacent Dixville, which was granted by the legislature to Timothy Dix Jr. in 1805 and contained about Template:Convert; the price was $4,500. The eastern portion of the original grant (north of Wentworth Location) becameTemplate:When present-day Dix's Grant.<ref name=Coolidge>Template:Cite book</ref>

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the grant has a total area of Template:Convert, Template:Convert of which is covered by water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/> The township is drained by the Swift Diamond River and its tributary, Fourmile Brook. The Swift Diamond is an east-flowing tributary of the Dead Diamond River and part of the Androscoggin River watershed. The grant's highest point is Template:Convert above sea level, along the ridge of Crystal Mountain.