Dummer, New Hampshire

Dummer, New Hampshire
Town
Pontook Reservoir in 1908
Location in Coos County, New Hampshire
Coordinates: 44°36′38″N 71°12′03″W / 44.61056°N 71.20083°W / 44.61056; -71.20083Coordinates: 44°36′38″N 71°12′03″W / 44.61056°N 71.20083°W / 44.61056; -71.20083
Country	United States
State	New Hampshire
County	Coos
Incorporated	1848
Government
• Board of Selectmen	Roger Corriveau, Chair Dennis Bachand Richard Ouellette
Area
• Total	49.5 sq mi (128.1 km²)
• Land	48.2 sq mi (124.9 km²)
• Water	1.2 sq mi (3.1 km²) 2.43%
Elevation	1,175 ft (358 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	304
• Density	6.1/sq mi (2.4/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	Eastern (UTC-4)
ZIP code	03588
Area code(s)	603
FIPS code	33-19300
GNIS feature ID	0873582
Website	dummernh.org

Dummer is a town in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 304 at the 2010 census.^[1] It is part of the Berlin, NH–VT micropolitan statistical area. Dummer is home to the Pontook Reservoir, popular with canoeists, kayakers and birdwatchers.

History

The town was granted on March 8, 1773 by Governor John Wentworth to a group of wealthy Portsmouth investors, including his father, Mark Hunking Wentworth, Nathaniel Haven and others.^[2] He named it after Massachusetts Governor William Dummer,^[3] who successfully defended the eastern English provinces from the French and Indians in Dummer's War.^[4] But the town remained unsettled until 1812 when William Leighton arrived from Farmington with his family. Dummer was incorporated by the General Court on December 19, 1848.^[5]

Mountainous terrain and sterility of the soil prevented cultivation. But the region had forests, and the Upper Ammonoosuc River provided water power for mills. There were two sawmills operating by 1859, with a considerable trade in timber.^[2] Log drives on the Androscoggin River supplied the papermills downstream in Berlin. Pontook Dam, which created Pontook Reservoir, was reconstructed in the mid-1980s to generate hydroelectric power.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 49.5 square miles (128 km²), of which 48.2 square miles (125 km²) is land and 1.2 square miles (3.1 km²) is water, comprising 2.43% of the town.^[6] The highest point in Dummer is the summit of Cow Mountain, at 2,289 feet (698 m) above sea level. Roughly the western third of Dummer lies within the Connecticut River watershed, where it is drained by the Upper Ammonoosuc River, with the eastern two-thirds in the Androscoggin River watershed.^[7]

Dummer is crossed by New Hampshire Route 16.

Demographics

As of the census^[8] of 2000, there were 309 people, 128 households, and 102 families residing in the town. The population density was 6.5 people per square mile (2.5/km²). There were 252 housing units at an average density of 5.3 per square mile (2.0/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.71% White, 0.32% Asian, and 0.97% from two or more races.

There were 128 households out of which 30.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.8% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.3% were non-families. 19.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.73.

In the town the population was spread out with 24.3% under the age of 18, 3.9% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 30.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 103.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $32,750, and the median income for a family was $42,708. Males had a median income of $29,286 versus $22,083 for females. The per capita income for the town was $16,754. About 4.6% of families and 6.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.4% of those under the age of eighteen and 10.0% of those sixty five or over.

References

↑ United States Census Bureau, American FactFinder, 2010 Census figures. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
1 2 Austin J. Coolidge & John B. Mansfield, A History and Description of New England; Boston, Massachusetts 1859
↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 110.
↑ New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile
↑ http://www.nh.searchroots.com/documents/coos-history/History_Dummer_NH.txt
↑ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001) - Dummer town, New Hampshire". U.S. Census Bureau American Factfinder. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
↑ Foster, Debra H.; Batorfalvy, Tatianna N.; Medalie, Laura (1995). Water Use in New Hampshire: An Activities Guide for Teachers. U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Geological Survey.
↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

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Municipalities and communities of Coös County, New Hampshire, United States

County seat: Lancaster

City	Berlin

Towns	Carroll Clarksville Colebrook Columbia Dalton Dummer Errol Gorham Jefferson Lancaster Milan Northumberland Pittsburg Randolph Shelburne Stark Stewartstown Stratford Whitefield

Townships	Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant Bean's Grant Bean's Purchase Cambridge Chandler's Purchase Crawford's Purchase Cutt's Grant Dix's Grant Dixville Erving's Location Green's Grant Hadley's Purchase Kilkenny Low and Burbank's Grant Martin's Location Millsfield Odell Pinkham's Grant Sargent's Purchase Second College Grant Success Thompson and Meserve's Purchase Wentworth's Location

CDPs	Colebrook Gorham Groveton Lancaster West Stewartstown Whitefield

Other villages	Bretton Woods Cascade Dixville Notch North Stratford Twin Mountain

Androscoggin River Watershed

Tributaries	Alder River Bear River Cathance River Chickwolnepy Stream Clear Stream Concord River Cupsuptic River Dead Cambridge River Dead Diamond River Dead River (ME) Dead River (NH) Dead River (Sabattus) East Branch Cupsuptic River East Branch Dead Diamond River East Branch Nezinscot River East Branch Pleasant River East Branch Swift River Ellis River First East Branch Magalloway River Kennebago River Little Androscoggin River Little Dead Diamond River Little East Branch Cupsuptic River Little Magalloway River Little River Magalloway River Middle Branch Dead Diamond River Middle Branch Little Magalloway River Mollidgewock Brook Moose Brook Moose River Muddy River Nezinscot River Peabody River Pleasant River Rangeley River Rapid River Rattle River Sabattus River Sanborn River Second East Branch Magalloway River South Branch Little Dead Diamond River South Branch Sunday River Sunday River Swift Cambridge River Swift Diamond River Swift River Third East Branch Magalloway River Webb River West Branch Dead Diamond River West Branch Ellis River West Branch Little Dead Diamond River West Branch Little Magalloway River West Branch Magalloway River West Branch Nezinscot River West Branch Peabody River West Branch Pleasant River West Branch Swift River Wild River

Lakes	Akers Pond Androscoggin Lake Lake Auburn Aziscohos Lake Echo Lake Greenough Pond Mooselookmeguntic Lake Parker Pond Pontook Reservoir Rangeley Lake Richardson Lakes Thompson Lake Success Pond Umbagog Lake Webb Lake

Towns	Albany Andover Auburn Berlin Bethel Bowdoin Brunswick Buckfield Byron Cambridge Canton Carthage Chesterville Dixfield Dummer Durham Errol Fayette Gilead Gorham Greene Greenwood Hanover Hartford Hebron Jay Leeds Lewiston Lisbon Livermore Livermore Falls Mechanic Falls Mexico Minot Monmouth Mount Vernon Newry Norway Otisfield Oxford Paris Peru Pittsburg Poland Randolph Rangeley Readfield Roxbury Rumford Sabattus Shelburne Stewartstown Sumner Topsham Turner Upton Vienna Wales Wayne Weld Wentworth's Location West Paris Woodstock

Landmarks	Brown Company Maine Central Railroad Old Speck Mountain Rumford Mill St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad White Mountains

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