Livermore, New Hampshire
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Livermore is an unincorporated civil township located in Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA. It also existed briefly as a logging town in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, about 15 miles (24 km) east of Lincoln on NH Route 112 (the Kancamagus Highway, which opened in 1959).
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[edit] Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 165.2 km² (63.8 mi²). 164.8 km² (63.6 mi²) of it is land and 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.27% water.
The village of Livermore was benchmarked with an elevation of 1264 ft, a quarter mile from the eastern boundary adjoining Hart's Location.
To the south is Waterville Valley, to the north and west is Lincoln (and a southern tip of Bethlehem), and to the east are Hart's Location, Bartlett and the northwestern corner of Albany.
The curving northwestern border of the township follows the height of land between the drainage of the East Branch of the Pemigewasset River to the west and the headwaters of the Sawyer River and the Swift River to the east. It is crossed by Kancamagus Pass. Important summits along the border (from northeast to southwest) include Mount Bemis (3,706 ft or 1130 m above sea level), Mount Lowell (3,743 ft / 1,141 m), Mount Carrigain (the highest point in Livermore at 4,700 ft / 1,433 m), Mount Kancamagus (3,728 ft / 1,136 m), and Mount Osceola (4,326 ft / 1,371 m).
[edit] Demographics
The 2000 U.S. census reported that Livermore had 3 permanent residents. Others currently report that there are no permanent residents[citation needed], although a seasonal camp is maintained on the last remaining private parcel. Voting for Livermore residents (if any) is overseen by the moderator of Lincoln.
[edit] History
- 1874 - Grafton County Lumber Co. incorporated
- 1875 - Sawyer River Railroad incorporated
- 1876 - Livermore incorporated.
- 1877 - Construction of Sawyer River Railroad begins to support logging activity.
- 1896 - Topographic map shows railroad and twelve inhabited buildings.
- 1927 - A November storm devastates the local lumber industry.
- 1928 - The last mill is closed.
- 1937 - All but one 12-acre (49,000 m²) parcel of land is sold to the United States Forest Service for inclusion in the White Mountain National Forest.
- 1949 - The last resident leaves town.
- 1951 - Livermore dissolved by an act of the New Hampshire legislature.
- 1970s - Bill defeated in State House for Lincoln to annex Livermore.
According to the 1928 and 1931 topographic maps (Plymouth quadrangle), the Tripoli Road ended at the Livermore Tripoli Mill, in Livermore. The Upper Pemigewasset Historical Society reports that this company once mined diatomaceous earth from East Pond. Today, the seasonal Tripoli Road connects through Livermore's Thornton Gap (2300 ft) to the village of Waterville Valley.
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