Bean's Grant is a
township in southern
Coös County,
New Hampshire,
United States, north of
Crawford Notch State Park
Crawford Notch State Park is located on U.S. Highway 302, in northern New Hampshire, between Bretton Woods and Bartlett. The park occupies the center of Crawford Notch, a major pass through the White Mountains.
The park includes the Willey H ...
. The grant lies entirely within the
White Mountain National Forest. The population was zero as of the
2020 census.
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).
History
In 1851, the
New Hampshire state legislature authorized the
governor and council to appoint a land commissioner to sell the public lands, and James Willey of
Conway was appointed to that office. Bean's Grant was made by Commissioner Willey to Charles Bean of
Maine in 1855, and it contained about .
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the location has a total area of , all land.
Bean's Grant is bordered to the east by
Chandler's Purchase, to the southeast by
Cutt's Grant, to the southwest by
Hart's Location
Hart's Location is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. Since 1948, the town has been one of the first places to declare its results for the New Hampshire presidential primary and U.S. presidential elections.
The population wa ...
and
Carroll, and to the northwest by
Crawford's Purchase.
The only roadway in the grant is Base Road, running from the Jefferson Notch Road (a small section of which is also in the Grant) to the nearby
Cog Railway at
Marshfield Station, to the east.
Many mountains of the
Presidential Range are located here, including
Mount Pierce,
Mount Jackson and
Mount Webster, each of which is traversed by the
Appalachian Trail. The summit of Mount Pierce is the highest point in Bean's Grant, measuring above
sea level. Brooks in the grant drain east to the
Saco River or west to the
Ammonoosuc River
The Ammonoosuc River is a river in northwestern New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Connecticut River, which flows to Long Island Sound. ''Ammonoosuc'' is Abnaki for "small, narrow fishing place".
The Ammonoosuc ris ...
. Several popular hiking trails to the
Presidential Range, including the
Crawford Path, traverse the grant, originating near Saco Lake or further south in
Crawford Notch.
Demographics
As of the
2020 census,
there were no people living in the location. There are seasonal residents at the
AMC hut at
Mizpah Spring, along the Appalachian Trail.
References
External links
NCIA entry on Bean's Grant
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Townships in Coös County, New Hampshire
Berlin, New Hampshire micropolitan area
Townships in New Hampshire