Mendum's Pond

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mendums Pond
Location	Strafford County, New Hampshire
Coordinates	43°10′24″N, 71°3′51″WCoordinates: 43°10′24″N, 71°3′51″W
Primary outflows	Little River
Basin countries	United States
Max. length	1.3 miles (2.1 km)
Max. width	0.5 miles (0.80 km)
Surface area	253 acres (1.02 km²)
Surface elevation	225 feet (69 m)
Islands	5
Settlements	Barrington

Mendum's Pond is a 253-acre (1.02 km²) water body located in Strafford County in eastern New Hampshire, United States, in the town of Barrington. The pond is located on the Little River, a tributary of the Lamprey River and part of the larger Piscataqua River watershed.

Together with Pawtuckaway Pond, Mendum's Pond was once a reservoir for the Newmarket Manufacturing Company, a water powered cotton textile manufacturer founded in 1822. During drought, a regulated flow would be released from the dam to run mills downriver in Newmarket.

The University of New Hampshire owns 187.6 acres (0.8 km²) of forestland on Mendum's Pond. Arthur W. McDaniel donated a small parcel to the college in 1930, then the remainder in 1970. Located at the shoreline is the UNH Sailing Club, which holds intra-collegiate races, with the rest of the property divided into areas for recreation, wildlife and timber harvesting.