Dix's Grant is a

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in Coös County,

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. As of the 2020 census, the grant had a population of zero. 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 will fall within the path of totality during the

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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 ; the price was $4,500. The eastern portion of the original grant (north of Wentworth Location) became present-day Dix's Grant.

Geography

According to the

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, the grant has a total area of , of which is covered by water. The township is drained by the Swift Diamond River and its tributary, Fourmile Brook. The Swift Diamond is an east-flowing tributary of the

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and part of the

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watershed. The grant's highest point is above

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, along the ridge of Crystal Mountain.

Demographics

As of the 2010 census, there was one person living in the grant.

References

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