Ossipee NH

ABOUT

Ossipee is a quaint town in Carroll County, New Hampshire.  The population was 4,211 at the 2000 census.  It is the county seat of Carroll County.  Ossipee, which includes several villages, is a resort area and home to part of Pine River State Forest.  Ossipee also fronts on Ossipee Lake, a magnificent clear water boating lake just south of major ski areas in New Hampshire. Ossipee is noted for its many lakes, ponds and streams.

HISTORY

Originally known as Wigwam Village, and then New Garden, the town was named for the Ossipee Indians, one of the twelve Algonquian tribes. It was once the site of an Indian stockade fort, designed to protect the tribe from the Mohawks in the west. In 1725, the Indian stockade was destroyed, and then rebuilt by Captain John Lovewell.  The new fort was one of the largest in New England. Ossipee would become incorporated in 1785.

The town shares its name with the Ossipee Mountains, once a range of ancient volcanoes, which border it on the west. Ossipee is a major source of sand and gravel, transported by railroad to Boston, Massachusetts.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 75.6 square miles, of which 71.2 sq miles (184.4 km²) is land and 4.4 sq mi (11.4 km²) is water, comprising 5.85% of the town. Ossipee is drained by the Ossipee, Pine, Beech, Bearcamp and Lovell rivers. Ossipee Lake is in the northeastern part of the town. The highest point in Ossipee is 2,080 feet(630meters) above sea level on an unnamed ridge in the Ossipee Mountains in the western part of town.

The town is crossed by state routes 16,25,28 and 171. It borders the towns of Freedom and Effingham to the northeast, Wakefield to the southeast, Tuftonboro and Moultonborough to the southwest, Tamworth to the northwest and Madison to the north.

More about Ossipee:   http://www.nh.gov/nhes/elmi/htmlprofiles/ossipee.html

 

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