Hart's Location, New Hampshire

Hart's Location is an town in Carroll County, New Hampshire. As of the 2000 census, the location had a total population of 37. It started out as a location until it's incorporation in 2001. In New Hampshire, locations, grants, townships (which are different from towns), and purchases are unincorporated portions of a county which are not part on any town and have limited self-government (if any, as many are uninhabited). Villages are census divisions of towns or cities, but have no separate corporate existence from the municipality they are located in. Hart's Location receives services from the nearby town of Bartlett, NH, but otherwise has its own government, selectmen, and even a post office.

Hart's Location is, along with Dixville Notch, one of two New Hampshire communities where votes the first votes are cast in the Democratic and Republican New Hampshire primaries, the first presidential primaries in the United States during each presidential election year. The Hart's Location midnight voting tradition, which began in 1948, actually predates the more widely-known Dixville Notch practice; however, Dixville Notch generally receives greater publicity because Hart's Location discontinued the practice in the 1960s, only to reinstate it in 1996.

Election Results

Names in bold indicate the ultimate nationwide winner of each contest:

1996 Democratic Primary: (12 votes)

• Bill Clinton - 12

1996 Republican Primary: (19 votes)

• Lamar Alexander - 8
• Bob Dole - 3
• Pat Buchanan - 3
• Steve Forbes - 3
• Phil Gramm - 1
• Colin Powell - 1, write-in

1996 General Election: (26 votes)

• Bob Dole - 13
• Bill Clinton - 12
• Ross Perot - 4
• Harry Browne - 2

2000 Democratic Primary: (12 votes)

• Bill Bradley - 9
• Al Gore - 3

2000 Republican Primary: (14 votes)

• John McCain - 9
• George W. Bush - 5

2000 General Election: (30 votes)

• George W. Bush - 17
• Al Gore - 13

2004 Democratic Primary: (16 votes)

• Wesley Clark - 6
• John Kerry - 5
• Howard Dean - 3
• John Edwards - 2

2004 Republican Primary: (13 votes)

• George W. Bush - 13

2004 General Election: (31 votes)

• George W. Bush - 16
• John Kerry - 14
• Ralph Nader - 1

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the location has a total area of 48.2 km² (18.6 mi²). 48.2 km² (18.6 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.

Its shape is strikingly unusual: about 11 miles long and 1.5 miles wide, with crooked boundaries that echo the paths of the upper Saco River and U. S. Route 302 (near the centerline of Hart's), pinched from both sides between steep mountains and in some areas sheer cliffs above. This anomaly is heightened on maps that show county lines: Coos County lies immediately to the east, and Grafton County to the west, but Hart's Location is part of Carroll County though barely connected to it, visually suggesting the county represents the outline of a teapot, with Hart's Location playing the role of the teapot's narrow, crooked spout.

Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there are 37 people, 15 households, and 10 families residing in the location. The population density is 0.8/km² (2.0/mi²). There are 50 housing units at an average density of 1.0/km² (2.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the location is 97.30% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 2.70% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 15 households out of which 33.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.7% are married couples living together, 0.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 33.3% are non-families. 26.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.47 and the average family size is 3.10.

In the location the population is spread out with 24.3% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 35.1% from 25 to 44, 8.1% from 45 to 64, and 27.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 39 years. For every 100 females there are 94.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 100.0 males.

The median income for a household in the location is $41,250, and the median income for a family is $70,833. Males have a median income of $26,250 versus $28,750 for females. The per capita income for the town is $19,609. 0.0% of the population and 0.0% of families are below the poverty line.