Piermont, New Hampshire
| Piermont, New Hampshire | |
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| Town | |
Town center in 1913
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 Location in Grafton County, New Hampshire |
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| Coordinates: 43°58′11″N 72°04′47″W / 43.96972°N 72.07972°WCoordinates: 43°58′11″N 72°04′47″W / 43.96972°N 72.07972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Hampshire |
| County | Grafton |
| Incorporated | 1764 |
| Government | |
| • Board of Selectmen | Terri Mertz Colin Stubbings Randy Subjeck |
| Area | |
| • Total | 39.8 sq mi (103.1 km2) |
| • Land | 38.5 sq mi (99.7 km2) |
| • Water | 1.3 sq mi (3.4 km2) 3.34% |
| Elevation | 568 ft (173 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 790 |
| • Density | 20/sq mi (7.7/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 03779 |
| Area code(s) | 603 |
| FIPS code | 33-61060 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0873698 |
| Website | townofpiermontnh |
Piermont is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population of Piermont was 790 at the 2010 census. It is home to Camp Walt Whitman and Kingswood Camp for Boys.
Incorporated by Governor Benning Wentworth in 1764 and settled in 1768, the town takes its name from Italy's Piedmont. It had 426 residents in 1790, the year of the first census.
Aaron Lane, who grew up in Piermont, was the first permanent settler in the Mojave Desert area now known as Victorville, California. A biography of Lane sheds light on life in Piermont during the mid-19th century.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 39.8 square miles (103 km2), of which 38.5 sq mi (100 km2) is land and 1.3 sq mi (3.4 km2) is water, comprising 3.34% of the town. It is drained by Indian Pond Brook, Eastman Brook and Bean Brook, tributaries of the Connecticut River, which forms the western boundary. Piermont's highest point is the summit of Piermont Mountain, at 2,717 feet (828 m) above sea level.
Piermont is bordered by the towns of Haverhill to the north, Warren to the east, Wentworth to the southeast, Orford to the south, and Bradford, Vermont, across the Connecticut River to the west. Piermont is 27 miles (43 km) north of Lebanon and 72 miles (116 km) southwest of Berlin, New Hampshire.
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