Success, New Hampshire
Encyclopedia
Success is an unincorporated township located in Coos County
, New Hampshire
, USA
. It is located directly to the east of the city of Berlin
, New Hampshire
, and borders on the state of Maine
. Success is part of the Berlin, NH–VT
Micropolitan Statistical Area
.
As of the 2010 census, the township had a population of 0.
As of 2005, one of the larger land owners in Success is the Androscoggin Valley Regional Refuse Disposal District.
The state of New Hampshire requires a nearby incorporated town to exercise the responsibilities that would fall to the Town of Success if it should be incorporated. Some towns in the state bearing such responsibility have sought to be relieved of it.
, the township has a total area of 57 square miles (147.6 km²), of which 56.5 square miles (146.3 km²) is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²), or 0.91%, is water.
The highest point in the township is the summit of Mount Success
, a peak in the Mahoosuc Range with an elevation of 3565 feet (1,086.6 m) above sea level
.
Coos County, New Hampshire
-National protected areas:*Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge *Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge *White Mountain National Forest -Demographics:...
, New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is located directly to the east of the city of Berlin
Berlin, New Hampshire
Berlin is a city along the Androscoggin River in Coos County in northern New Hampshire, United States. The population was 10,051 at the 2010 census. It includes the village of Cascade. Located on the edge of the White Mountains, the city's boundaries extend into the White Mountain National Forest...
, New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
, and borders on the state of Maine
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
. Success is part of the Berlin, NH–VT
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
Micropolitan Statistical Area
Berlin micropolitan area
The Berlin Micropolitan Statistical Area is the core based statistical area centered on the urban cluster associated with the city Berlin, New Hampshire in the United States...
.
As of the 2010 census, the township had a population of 0.
As of 2005, one of the larger land owners in Success is the Androscoggin Valley Regional Refuse Disposal District.
History
Success was granted in 1779 and contained about 90472 acres (366.1 km²). The grantees were Benjamin Mackay and about seventy others.The state of New Hampshire requires a nearby incorporated town to exercise the responsibilities that would fall to the Town of Success if it should be incorporated. Some towns in the state bearing such responsibility have sought to be relieved of it.
Geography
According to the United States Census BureauUnited States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the township has a total area of 57 square miles (147.6 km²), of which 56.5 square miles (146.3 km²) is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²), or 0.91%, is water.
The highest point in the township is the summit of Mount Success
Mount Success
Mount Success, elevation , is a mountain in the Mahoosuc Range, located in Coos County, New Hampshire. It is flanked by North Bald Cap mountain to the southwest and by Mount Carlo in Maine to the northeast. An airplane crash occurred on Mount Success on November 30, 1954...
, a peak in the Mahoosuc Range with an elevation of 3565 feet (1,086.6 m) above sea level
Sea level
Mean sea level is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface ; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation...
.