Erving's Location is a

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...

in Coös County,

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. As of the 2020 census, the population of the township was 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). There is a dirt road that starts at New Hampshire State Route 26 in Millsfield just north of a pond and ends to the west in Erving's Location's northeast corner. It is the only way to get to Erving's Location without hiking.

History

In 1775, a

land grant A land grant is a gift of real estate—land or its use privileges—made by a government or other authority as an incentive, means of enabling works, or as a reward for services to an individual, especially in return for military service. Grants ...

was made to Captain William Erving of

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, who had fought in the

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Geography

According to the

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, the location has a total area of , all land. It is drained by Phillips Brook, which rises in the township and flows south to the

Upper Ammonoosuc River The Upper Ammonoosuc River is a tributary of the Connecticut River that flows through Coös County in the northern part of the northeastern U.S. state of New Hampshire. Despite its name, the river is not an upstream portion of the Ammonoosuc Riv ...

in Stark, part of the Connecticut River watershed. The northeast corner of the township is drained by the West Branch of Clear Stream, flowing east to the

Androscoggin River The Androscoggin River ( Abenaki: ''Aləssíkαntekʷ'') is a river in the U.S. states of Maine and New Hampshire, in northern New England. It is U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, ...

in Errol. The township's highest point is above

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, along its eastern boundary, partway up the slope of Mount Kelsey, the summit of which is located in Millsfield.

Demographics

In the 2020 census, no people were recorded as living in Erving's Location.

References

Townships in Coös County, New Hampshire Berlin, New Hampshire micropolitan area Townships in New Hampshire {{NewHampshire-geo-stub