Center Sandwich is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), 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 counte ...

in the town of

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in Carroll County,

New Hampshire New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders 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. It is the primary settlement in the town and had a population of 156 at the 2020 census. The village center and surrounding area are listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

as the Center Sandwich Historic District. The village is home of the

Sandwich Fair The Sandwich Fair is an annual event held on Columbus Day weekend in Sandwich, New Hampshire. The midway is open the three days of the fair and the Friday night prior to the fair's start. Two parades are part of the fair: an antique auto parade ...

, held annually in early October.

History

Center Sandwich began as the site of an early

gristmill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist is grain that h ...

, erected in 1768 by Daniel Beede, which was followed in 1780 by a

sawmill A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logging, logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes ...

, both on the banks of the

Red Hill River The Red Hill River is a river in the Lakes Region of central New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of Lake Winnipesaukee, part of the Merrimack River watershed. The Red Hill River begins in the town of Sandwich, New Hampshire, a ...

. Roads were then built to the area, and the village and surrounding rural parts of town grew from about 900 people in 1790 to over 2,000 in 1820. Most of the village's development and growth occurred in the years before the

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, resulting in residential and civic buildings that are largely vernacular Federal and

Greek Revival Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...

in style. Because no railroads were built to serve the area, Center Sandwich declined in importance after the Civil War. Only a small number of changes occurred in the village in the 20th century. The oldest surviving building in the village is the 1792

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church, originally Federal in style, but later given Greek Revival features.

Geography

The CDP is in the south-central part of the town of Sandwich, at the intersection of

New Hampshire Route 113 New Hampshire Route 113 (abbreviated NH 113) is a east–west state highway in east-central New Hampshire. NH 113 begins in the Lakes Region (New Hampshire), Lakes Region at an intersection with U.S. Route 3 and New Hampshire Route 25 in Holde ...

and

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. Route 113 leads southwest along the north side of

Squam Lake Squam Lake is a lake located in the Lakes Region (New Hampshire), Lakes Region of central New Hampshire, United States, south of the White Mountains (New Hampshire), White Mountains, straddling the borders of Grafton County, New Hampshire, Grafton ...

Holderness Holderness is an area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, on the north-east coast of England. An area of rich agricultural land, Holderness was marshland until it was drained in the Middle Ages. Topographically, Holderness has more in common wit ...

and leads east to Tamworth. Route 109 begins in Center Sandwich and travels southeast to

Moultonborough Moultonborough is a New England town, town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,918 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, up from 4,044 at the 2010 census. Moultonborough is ...

and to Wolfeboro. According to the

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, the Center Sandwich CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.1%, are water. The eastern edge of the CDP follows the

, a south-flowing tributary of

Lake Winnipesaukee Lake Winnipesaukee () is the largest lake in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, located in the Lakes Region at the foothills of the White Mountains. It is approximately long (northwest-southeast) and from wide (northeast-southwest), covering & ...

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 123 people, 63 households, and 33 families residing in the CDP. There were 89 housing units, of which 26, or 29.2%, were vacant. 15 of the vacant units were for seasonal or recreational use. The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.6%

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, 0.8% Native American, and 1.6% from two or more races. None of the population were

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or Latino of any race. Of the 63 households in the CDP, 17.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.7% were headed by married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 47.6% were non-families. 39.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 30.2% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.95, and the average family size was 2.67. 16.3% of residents in the CDP were under the age of 18, 2.4% were from age 18 to 24, 15.4% were from 25 to 44, 34.9% were from 45 to 64, and 30.9% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 54.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 70.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 58.5 males. For the period 2011-15, the estimated median annual income for a household was $39,737, and the

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for the CDP was $20,130.

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in New Hampshire Census-designated places in Carroll County, New Hampshire Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire National Register of Historic Places in Carroll County, New Hampshire Sandwich, New Hampshire

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Geography

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