Dixville is a

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in Coös County,

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2010 Census figures. Retrieved March 23, 2011. 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). Dixville is the location of

Dixville Notch State Park Dixville Notch State Park is a park in northern New Hampshire, United States. The park encompasses in Dixville Township where New Hampshire State Route 26 passes through Dixville Notch (New England's terminology for mountain gap or pass). Wi ...

and The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel. It is part of the

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, NH-VT micropolitan statistical area. The village of

Dixville Notch Dixville may refer to: * Dixville, New Hampshire, United States; a township * Dixville, Quebec, Canada; a municipality * Dixville, Liberia; a township See also * Dix (disambiguation) DIX or Dix may refer to: Computing * Danish Internet Exc ...

, consisting of development around the hotel, lies within the township. Dixville Notch has come to be known as the first place to declare its results in the

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History

Dixville was granted by the legislature to Timothy Dix Jr. in 1805 and contained about ; the price was $4,500. It was organized for voting purposes in 1960, and the village of Dixville Notch is commonly known as the first place to cast votes in U.S. elections. The original grant included an eastern portion (north of Wentworth Location) now known separately as Dix's Grant.

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.35%, are water. Dixville Notch is in the southwest part of the township. With an elevation of above

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, it is the height of land between west-flowing tributaries of the

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and east-flowing tributaries of the

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. The notch lies within

. (The term "notch" is the local equivalent of "pass" or "gap", and refers to a low place between mountains or mountain ranges.) Nearby Dixville Peak, at , is the highest point in the township.

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crosses the township, passing through Dixville Notch. The highway leads west to Colebrook on the Connecticut River and southeast to Errol on the Androscoggin.

Adjacent municipalities

* Clarksville (north) * Dix's Grant (east) * Wentworth Location (southeast) * Errol (southeast) * Millsfield (south) * Erving's Location (southwest) * Columbia (southwest) * Colebrook (west) * Stewartstown (northwest)

Demographics

As of the 2000 census, there were 75 people, 10 households, and 10 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 36 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 98.67%

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. There were 10 households, all composed of

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living together, and 40.0% of which had children under the age of 18 living with them. No households were made up of individuals. The average household and family size was 2.80. In the township the population was spread out, with 9.3% under the age of 18, 1.3% from 18 to 24, 16.0% from 25 to 44, 8.0% from 45 to 64, and 65.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 76 years. For every 100 females, there were 74.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 61.9 males.

History

Geography

Adjacent municipalities

Demographics

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