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|established_title = Incorporated
|established_date = 1761
|area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021">{{cite web |title=2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files – New Hampshire |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2021_Gazetteer/2021_gaz_cousubs_33.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 7, 2022}}</ref>
|area_magnitude = 1 E8
|area_total_km2 = 72.765
|area_total_sq_mi =
|area_land_km2 = 70.449
|area_land_sq_mi =
|area_water_km2 = 2.316
|area_water_sq_mi =
|area_water_percent = 32.1597
|population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
|population_est =
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|population_footnotes =
|population_total = 3404
|population_density_km2 = auto58.6
|population_density_sq_mi =
|timezone = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]
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'''Grantham''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Sullivan County, New Hampshire|Sullivan County]], [[New Hampshire]], United States. The population was 3,404 at the 2020 census.,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US3301931220|title=Census - Geography Profile: Grantham town, Sullivan County, New Hampshire|access-date=December 24, 2021}}</ref> up from 2,985 at the 2010 census. The [[planned community]] of Eastman is in the eastern part of the town.
 
==History==
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==Geography==
{{stack|[[File:Full Lake View WEB Size.jpg|thumb|right|Eastman Pond, August 2006]]}}
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|2872.16|sqmisqkm|1order=flip}}, of which {{convert|2770.25|sqmisqkm|1order=flip}} isare land and {{convert|02.92|sqmisqkm|1order=flip}} isare water, comprising 32.1597% of the town.<ref>{{cite web|urlname=https:"CenPopGazetteer2021"//www.census.gov> |title=GeographicGrantham Identifiers:is 2010drained Demographicby Profilethe Data[[North (G001)Branch -Sugar GranthamRiver]] town,and Newits Hampshiretributaries Sawyer Brook, |publisher=[[United States CensusStocker BureauBrook]], |access-date=Novemberand 15,Eastman 2011Brook. }}</ref>[[Eastman ThePond]] highestlies pointat inthe townhead isof GranthamEastman Mountain,Brook {{convert|2660|ft|m}}and aboveserves [[seaas level]],the afocal peakpoint alongof the ridgeEastman ofplanned Croydoncommunity.<ref>[https://eastmannh.org/ Mountain,Eastman whichCommunity followsAssociation]</ref> theOther westernwater edgebodies ofin the town include Anderson and Butternut Ponds. Grantham lies fully within the [[Connecticut River]] [[Drainage basin|watershed]].<ref name=watershed>{{cite book |title=Water Use in New Hampshire: An Activities Guide for Teachers |url=http://nh.water.usgs.gov/Publications/nh.intro.html |last=Foster |first=Debra H. |author2=Batorfalvy, Tatianna N. |author3= Medalie, Laura |publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Geological Survey |year=1995}}</ref> AThe majorhighest bodypoint ofin watertown inis Grantham isMountain, {{convert|2660|ft|m}} above [[Eastmansea Pondlevel]] which serves as, a recreationalpeak hub ofalong the Eastmanridge Community.{{citationof needed|dateCroydon =Mountain, Septemberwhich 2018}}follows the Inwestern additionedge Granthamof boaststhe Anderson and Butternut pondstown.
 
[[Interstate 89]] crosses the town, leading northwest to [[Lebanon, New Hampshire|Lebanon]] and southeast to [[Concord, New Hampshire|Concord]]. Access is from Exit 13 ([[New Hampshire Route 10]]) near the center of town and from Exit 14 at the northern border of town. Route 10 leads south to [[Newport (CDP), New Hampshire|Newport]], the [[county seat]], and north with I-89 to Lebanon.
 
The town is home to the Grantham Village School (opened 1981) and Dunbar Free Library (opened 1903).
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==External links==
{{commons category|Grantham, New Hampshire}}
* {{official|http://www.granthamnh.net}}
* [httphttps://www.nhes.nh.gov/elmi/products/cp/profiles-htm/grantham.htm New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile]
* [https://eastmannh.org/ Eastman Community Association]
 
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