Kilkenny, New Hampshire
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Kilkenny is a
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in Coös County,
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, United States. It lies entirely within the
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. As of the 2020 census, the township 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).


History

The town was granted to Jonathan Warner and others on June 4, 1774, containing . In 1840 it contained 19 inhabitants, and in 1856 it had 19 inhabitants and an area of , with a value of $20,000. It was named after the town and county of
Kilkenny Kilkenny (). is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2016 census gave the total population of Kilkenny as 26,512. Kilken ...
in Ireland. Kilkenny once included a large portion of what is now the eastern edge of Jefferson, tapering south into the area of
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at the foot of Mount Mitten. This included much of the area known as "Jefferson Highland" on the Portland Road (present-day
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). By the 1870s, maps were showing the southern edge of Kilkenny as a line extending the border between Jefferson and Lancaster.1872 Railroad and Post Office Map of New Hampshire, and 1892 map of Jefferson The 1896 topographic map, however, shows that the boundary had again been adjusted several miles south, to include
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and Pliny Mountain, uninhabited areas. Deeds in this area often refer to the "Kilkenny Addition". On the 1935 topographic map, the "Upper Ammonoosuc Trail" crossed Kilkenny along Priscilla Brook and through the pass from the Keenan Brook area of Randolph, north of Pliny Mountain. This trail has since been abandoned, although a 2002 atlas of New Hampshire shows a "Priscilla Brook Trail" in the same location. The Willard Bowl north of Mount Waumbek, drained by Garland Brook, was considered as a site for development of a ski area in 1971, when it was owned by former governor
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. On the 1896
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, there was a B&M
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up much of Garland Brook, to an elevation of . By 1935, the tracks were gone.


Geography

According to the
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, the township has a total area of , of which , or 0.08%, are water. Kilkenny is home to
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of the Pliny Range and Mount Cabot of the
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, each over high (see
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), as well as several other peaks over . The summit of Mount Cabot is the highest point in Kilkenny, at above
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. The township is entirely within the
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watershed. The southern end of the township, as well as the west side of the Pilot Range, drain west via Fox Brook, Bunnell Brook, Garland Brook, and Priscilla Brook to the
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, which joins the Connecticut at Lancaster, while the northern end of the township, including the east side of the Pilot Range and its north end, drain 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 ...
, which flows north and west to join the Connecticut at Groveton. Kilkenny is bordered to the south and west by
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, to the west by Lancaster, to the north by Stark, and to the east by
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and
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. The West Branch of the Upper Ammonoosuc River originates on the eastern slope of the Pilot Range.


Demographics

As of the 2020 census, there were no people living in the township.


Sources

* Town of Jefferson. ''Jefferson, New Hampshire, Before 1996'' (1995). Littleton: Sherwin Dodge. p. 103.


References


External links


1896 Topographic map segment
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