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Stark, New Hampshire

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In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.6% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 26.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over,
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living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.2% were non-families. 17.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 2.99.
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Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.
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The median income for a household in the town was $ 37,946, and the median income for a family was $ 40,089. Males had a median income of $ 35,833 versus $ 24,750 for females. The
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was 8.7 people per square mile (3.4/km). There were 384 housing units at an average density of 6.5 per square mile (2.5/km). The racial makeup of the town was 97.48%
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POW camp located in New Hampshire. Most of the men in the camp performed hard labor in the nearby forests, supplying wood for the paper mills in
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There were 194 households, out of which 33.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.3% were
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for the town was $ 17,168. About 2.5% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the
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of 2000, there were 516 people, 194 households, and 147 families residing in the town. The
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camp in the town were converted to form Camp Stark, which held about 250 German
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Stark Decency: German Prisoners of War in a New England Village
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Granted in 1774, Stark was originally named "Percy", after
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after the war ended, and the camp was closed in 1946.
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University Press of New England, 1988. 878: 1927:Berlin, New Hampshire micropolitan area 1351:Places adjacent to Stark, New Hampshire 1118: 451:In early 1944, the remains of a former 333: 312: 288: 250: 229: 221: 192: 164: 152: 142: 108: 73: 54: 36: 581: 433:Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland 1192:"State Emblem, New Hampshire Almanac" 322: 300: 267: 242: 234: 213: 205: 197: 169: 130: 118: 7: 1673:Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant 1358: 1062:, and 0.97% from two or more races. 210:58.8 sq mi (152.3 km) 202:59.7 sq mi (154.7 km) 18:Town in New Hampshire, United States 1922:Towns in Coös County, New Hampshire 410:NH-VT Micropolitan Statistical Area 1492:Municipalities and communities of 1243:"Census of Population and Housing" 571: 14: 1218:"Stark remembers former POW Camp" 1427: 1406: 1398: 1381: 1103: 56: 38: 1778:Thompson and Meserve's Purchase 1216:Burt, Kayti (March 31, 2010). 399:White Mountain National Forest 381:runs through Stark, east from 1: 1428: 1382: 1177:United States Census Bureau, 1132:. 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This was the only 244: • Density 180:Glenn Wiggins, Chair 49:Stark Covered Bridge 25:Stark, New Hampshire 1698:Crawford's Purchase 1693:Chandler's Purchase 1179:American FactFinder 888: 564: 389:and northwest from 99:44.60139; -71.40917 90: /  1783:Wentworth Location 1763:Sargent's Purchase 1550: 1048:population density 1006:Hispanic or Latino 879: 562: 429: 236: • Total 215: • Water 199: • Total 173:Board of Selectmen 45:Stark Union Church 1909: 1908: 1836:Other communities 1821:West Stewartstown 1743:Martin's Location 1728:Hadley's Purchase 1718:Erving's Location 1459: 1458: 1454: 1453: 1087:per capita income 1035: 1034: 892:Race / Ethnicity 885:NH = Non-Hispanic 877: 876: 485:According to the 348: 347: 207: • Land 186:Crystal Pelletier 1939: 1901: 1894: 1546: 1518: 1511: 1501: 1496: 1486: 1479: 1472: 1463: 1431: 1430: 1410: 1409: 1402: 1401: 1385: 1384: 1359: 1345: 1338: 1331: 1322: 1312: 1311: 1309:Official website 1280: 1279: 1277: 1275: 1261: 1255: 1254: 1252: 1250: 1239: 1233: 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Stark Union Church at the Stark Covered Bridge
Stark Union Church
Stark Covered Bridge
Location in Coös County, New Hampshire
Coös County
New Hampshire
44°36′05″N 71°24′33″W / 44.60139°N 71.40917°W / 44.60139; -71.40917
Country
State
New Hampshire
County
Coös
Incorporated
Board of Selectmen
Time zone
UTC-5
Eastern
DST
UTC-4
Eastern
ZIP code
Area code
603
FIPS code
GNIS
starknh.gov
town
Coös County
New Hampshire
2020 census

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