Bean's Purchase, New Hampshire
Bean's Purchase is a township in Coos County, New Hampshire,
United States. 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).
As of the 2000 census the population was four.
In 1851 the New Hampshire state legislature authorized the governor and
council to appoint a land commissioner to sell the public lands, and James
Willey of Conway was appointed to that office. Bean's Purchase was made by
Commissioner Willey to Alpheus Bean of Bartlett in 1812 for $1,025 and
contained about 59,000 acres (239 kmē).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the purchase has a total
area of 65.3 square miles (169.0 km), of which, 65.2 square miles
(169.0 kmē) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 kmē) of it (0.03%) is
water. The highest point in Bean's Purchase is Carter Dome (4,832
feet / 1,473 meters above sea level).
As of the census of 2000, there were four people, three households, and
no families residing in the purchase. The population density was minuscule.
There were three housing units. The racial makeup of the purchase was
100.00% white.
There were 3 households out of which none have children under the age of
18 living with them, one is a married couple living together, none have a
female householder with no husband present, and two are non-families. Two of
the households are made up of individuals, and two have someone living alone
who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.33 and the
average family size was two.
In the purchase the population was spread out with 50.0% from 25 to 44,
and 50.0% 65 years of age or older. The median age was 60 years. Men
outnumbered women three to one. |