Sargent's Purchase, New Hampshire

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Coordinates: 44°15′45″N 71°17′54″W / 44.2625, -71.29833 Sargent's Purchase is a township located in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2000 census, the purchase had a total population of 0.

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).

[edit] Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the purchase has a total area of 25.9 square miles (67 km²), of which 0.04% is water.

Mount Washington, with an elevation of 6,288 feet (1,917 m) above sea level, the highest mountain in New England, is located in Sargent's Purchase. Other notable summits within the purchase include Mount Monroe, at 5,380 feet (1,640 m); Mount Isolation, at 4,004 feet (1,220 m); and Stairs Mountain, at 3,468 feet (1,057 m). The Ammonoosuc River has its headwaters in the purchase.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there are no people living in the purchase.

[edit] References

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