Center Ossipee is a

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in the town of

Ossipee Ossipee is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,372 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Carroll County. Ossipee, which includes several villages, is a resort area and home to part of Pine River S ...

Carroll County, New Hampshire Carroll County is a county in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. As of the 2020 census, the population was 50,107, making it the third-least populous county in New Hampshire. Its county seat is Ossipee. The county was created in 1840 and orga ...

, United States. The population was 526 at the 2020 census. It is one of the two main villages in the town, the other being Ossipee Corner (shown simply as "Ossipee" on topographic maps). Center Ossipee has a separate ZIP code (03814) from other portions of the town of Ossipee.

Geography

The CDP is in the east-central part of the town of Ossipee, on high ground north of the

Dan Hole River The Dan Hole River is a river in the town of Ossipee in eastern New Hampshire in the United States. Its waters flow via the Beech River, Pine River, Ossipee Lake, the Ossipee River, and the Saco River to the Gulf of Maine, an arm of the Atla ...

and southwest of

Ossipee Lake Ossipee Lake is located in Carroll County in eastern New Hampshire, in the communities of Ossipee and Freedom. At , it is the sixth-largest lake located entirely in New Hampshire. The lake is fed by the West Branch (entering from the north), th ...

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and Route 25 bypass the village to the east. Route 16 leads south to Ossipee village and to Rochester; to the north it leads six miles to West Ossipee and to North Conway. Route 25 runs northward from the CDP, concurrently with Route 16 but turns west to Meredith, from Center Ossipee. To the east Route 25 leads to

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. According to the

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

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 561 people, 229 households, and 139 families residing in the CDP. There were 256 housing units, of which 27, or 10.5%, were vacant. The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.8%

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, 0.4%

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, 0.7% Native American, 1.1% Asian, and 1.1% from two or more races. 0.5% of the population were

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or Latino of any race. Of the 229 households in the CDP, 35.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.7% were headed by married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.3% were non-families. 35.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.8% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37, and the average family size was 3.00. 26.0% of residents in the CDP were under the age of 18, 7.0% were from age 18 to 24, 22.5% were from 25 to 44, 31.2% were from 45 to 64, and 13.4% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.4 males.

References

Census-designated places in New Hampshire Census-designated places in Carroll County, New Hampshire Ossipee, New Hampshire {{NewHampshire-geo-stub