Canaan is a

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(CDP) and the main village in the

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Canaan CanaanThe current scholarly edition of the Septuagint, Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta : id est Vetus Testamentum graece iuxta LXX interprets. 2. ed. / recogn. et emendavit Robert Hanhart. Stuttgart : D ...

in Grafton County,

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, United States. The population of the CDP was 442 at the 2020 census, out of 3,794 in the entire town.

Geography

The CDP is in the southeastern part of the town of Canaan, along

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in the valley of the Indian River, a tributary of the

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and part of the

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watershed. US 4 leads southeast to

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, the state capital, and west to

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New Hampshire Route 118 New Hampshire Route 118 (abbreviated NH 118) is a secondary north–south highway in Grafton County, New Hampshire. NH 118 stretches from Woodstock in the White Mountains Region south to Canaan in the Upper Valley region. The northern termi ...

runs north from Canaan to

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at West Rumney. The Canaan CDP is bordered to the south and east by the Indian River, and to the north by Reagan Road, Blain Road, and Canaan Street. The CDP extends to the west, beyond Follansbee Road. According to the

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, the Canaan CDP has a total area of , all of it recorded as land.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 524 people, 229 households, and 138 families residing in the CDP. There were 248 housing units, of which 19, or 7.7%, were vacant. The racial makeup of the town was 94.1%

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, 0.0%

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, 0.2% Native American, 3.1%

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n, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 0.4% some other race, and 2.3% from two or more races. 1.5% of the population were

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or Latino of any race. Of the 229 households in the CDP, 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were headed by

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living together, 13.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.7% were non-families. 30.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.2% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29, and the average family size was 2.81. 20.6% of people in the CDP were under the age of 18, 9.4% were from age 18 to 24, 25.3% were from 25 to 44, 28.1% were from 45 to 64, and 16.8% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.4 males. For the period 2011–15, the estimated median annual income for a household was $46,250, and the median income for a family was $70,391. The

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for the CDP was $23,302. 19.0% of the population and 30.2% of families were below the poverty line.

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in New Hampshire Census-designated places in Grafton County, New Hampshire