Francestown is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
(CDP) and the main village in the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Francestown,
Hillsborough County,
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
, United States. As of the
2020 census, the population of the CDP was 201,
out of 1,610 in the entire town.
Geography
The CDP is in the center of the town of Francestown and extends west as far as Perley Road, north past Hiram Patch Lane, northeast to Todd Road, east past Potash Road, south to Old County Road South, and southwest to Champagne Road.
The
Francestown Town Hall and Academy and Town Common Historic District occupies the center of the CDP.
New Hampshire Route 136
New Hampshire Route 136 (abbreviated NH 136) is a east–west state highway in Hillsborough County in southern New Hampshire. The road connects New Boston and Peterborough.
The eastern terminus of NH 136 is at New Hampshire Route 13 in New B ...
passes through the center of the community, leading east to
New Boston and southwest to
Greenfield.
New Hampshire Route 47
New Hampshire Route 47 (abbreviated NH 47) is a state highway in southern New Hampshire, United States. It runs from Francestown to Bennington. It is signed as a north–south route, but follows more of an east–west routing. In fact, during ...
has its southern terminus in Francestown and leads northwest to
Bennington. Second New Hampshire Turnpike, a local road, leads southeast to
Mont Vernon.
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The Census Bureau is part of the ...
, the Francestown CDP has a total area of , all of it recorded as land.
The
South Branch Piscataquog River
The South Branch of the Piscataquog River is a river located in southern New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Piscataquog River, part of the Merrimack River watershed.
The South Branch of the Piscataquog begins at the out ...
, here a large brook, runs through the east side of the CDP and is part of the
Merrimack River
The Merrimack River (or Merrimac River, an occasional earlier spelling) is a river in the northeastern United States. It rises at the confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers in Franklin, New Hampshire, flows southward into Mas ...
watershed.
Demographics
References
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Census-designated places in New Hampshire
Census-designated places in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire