Census Data for Crawfords Purchase
As far as we can tell, Crawfords Purchase<1> has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for Crawfords Purchase, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Beans Grant
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Beans Grant is located in Coos County
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- Chandlers Purchase
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Chandlers Purchase is located in Coos County
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- Low and Burbanks Grant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thompson and Meserves Purchase
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cutts Grant
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cutts Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutts Grant
- Pinkhams Grant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pinkhams Grant is located in Coos County
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- Sargents Purchase
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sargents Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents Purchase
- Carroll
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Carroll is located in Coos County
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- Greens Grant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Greens Grant is located in Coos County
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- Harts Location
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Randolph
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hadleys Purchase
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hadleys Purchase is located in Coos County
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- Martins Location
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Martins Location is located in Coos County
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- Jefferson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Whitefield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Coos County ...
Crawfords Purchase is located in Coos County<3>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Coos County.
Census-to-Census Observations ...
Introduction ...
When the Census Bureau takes a census count (or enumeration) for Crawfords Purchase, they start by specifying the boundaries of the area to be counted. This area (or sampling area) is a polygon and its shape can be quite complex - it may or may not match the geographical boundaries of Crawfords Purchase. It's important to note that from one Census to the next, the shape and location of the polygon can change.
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- Although we don't have specific information about the shape of the polygon for Crawfords Purchase or how it changed has over time, there is some information that can give us some hints.
- If you need precision or details about the methodology of the Census, you should visit the U.S. Census Bureau for a definitive answer.
Area ...
The area (or polygon) given for the 2010 Census matches that given for the 2000 Census. It's likely that the same polygon was used for the two censuses.
Location ...
While generally coinciding with the GPS location (latitude/longitude) of Crawfords Purchase, the latitude and longitude given by the Census Bureau actually indicates the GPS location of the polygon for Crawfords Purchase.
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- For the 2010 Census, the location was given as:
- Lat: 44.262389° (or 44°15'44" N)
- Lon: -71.401520° (or -71°24'5" W)
- For the 2000 Census, the location given was:
- Lat: 44.252663° (or 44°15'9" N)
- Lon: -71.393892° (or -71°23'38" W)
- The difference indicates that the U.S. Census Bureau moved the location of the polygon for the 2010 Census 4,067 feet to the northwest<4> of the location that was used in the 2000 Census.
- The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) have assigned a unique GNIS identifier (#871742) to Crawfords Purchase. This identifier also marks a GPS point on the map, and that point lies within the boundaries of Crawfords Purchase. The GNIS point has been mapped to the latitude/longitude:
- Lat: 44.266731° (or 44°16'0" N)
- Lon: -71.399522° (or -71°23'58" W)
- The GPS location given for the 2010 Census lies 1,666 feet to the south<5> of the point given by the GNIS for Crawfords Purchase. For more information about this and the relationship of the various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc Page for Crawfords Purchase.
Miscellaneous Information for Crawfords Purchase ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Coos County or the community of Crawfords Purchase:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Crawfords Purchase:
- GNIS ID for Crawfords Purchase: 871742
- GNIS ID for Coos County: 873177
- GNIS ID for State of New Hampshire: 1779794
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Crawfords Purchase is located in Census Region #1 (the Northeast Region) and Division #1 (the New England Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Crawfords Purchase.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Crawfords Purchase may originally have been Crawford's Purchase. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Crawfords Purchase might be written as Crawford Purchase. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Crawfords Purchase. |
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| <3> | If you're interested in how the shape of New Hampshire's counties, including Coos, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the 2010 Census location is 29 degrees and a distance of 4,067 feet. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the GNIS point is 161 degrees and a distance of 1,666 feet. |