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Notable locations in Franconia: Mittersill Alpine Resort (A), Coppermine Shelter WMNF (B), Galehead Hut (C), Cannon Mountain Aerial Passenger Tramway (D), Cannon Mountain Ski Area (E), Greenleaf Hut (F), Cannon Mountain Winter Sports Area (G), Eagle Lakes Hut (H), Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway (I), Profile Golf Club (J), Thirteen Falls Campsite (K), Stone Iron Furnace Museum (L), Robert From Museum (M), Franconia Town Hall (N), Franconia-Sugar Hill-Easton Chamber of Commerce (O), Franconia Fire Department (P), Abbie Greenleaf Memorial Library (Q), Franconia Life Squad (R). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Franconia include: Community Church of Christ (A), Our Lady of the Snows Roman Catholic Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Willow Cemetery (1), Elmwood Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Profile Lake (A), Echo Lake (B), Eagles Lakes (C), Garfield Pond (D), Bethlehem Reservoir (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Wiseman Brook (A), Hellgate Brook (B), Ham Branch (C), Meadow Brook (D), Redrock Brook (E), Coppermine Brook (F), Burnt Brook (G), Bowen Brook (H), Beaver Brook (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Franconia: Franconia Notch State Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Tourist attraction: Franconia Heritage Museum (553 Main) (1). Display/hide its approximate location on the map
Hotels: 1784-Lovett's Inn (1474 Profile Rd) (1), Franconia Inn (Easton Road) (2), Pinestead Farm Lodge (2059 Easton Road) (3), Franconia Village Hotel (87 Wallace Hill Rd) (4), Cannon Mountain View Motel (729 Main St) (5), Gale River Motel (1 Main Street) (6), Mittersill Alpine Inn (Route 18) (7), Westwind Vacation Cottages (Profile Rd.) (8). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
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Grafton County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Franconia and their reported violations in the past:
PROFILE CLUB GOLF COURSE (Population served: 50, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between DEC-06-2005 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (DEC-21-2005)
- 2 routine major monitoring violations
Drinking water stations with addresses in Franconia that have no violations reported:
- MITTERSILL WATER DEPART (Address: PO BOX 900, Population served: 475, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Average household size:
| This town: | 2.2 people | | New Hampshire: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 63.3% | | Whole state: | 68.2% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 5.7% | | Whole state: | 6.9% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2009:
| This town: | 8.9% | | Whole state: | 6.5% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2009:
| This town: | 1.8% | | Whole state: | 2.8% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Franconia, NH
69 people in nursing homes
Franconia compared to New Hampshire state average:
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- House age above state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
- Number of college students significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher above state average.
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Banks with branches in Franconia (2011 data):
- Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank: Franconia Branch at 278 Main Street, branch established on 2007/05/30. Info updated 2006/10/31: Bank assets: $393.0 mil, Deposits: $296.3 mil, headquarters in Woodsville, NH, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 9 total offices, Holding Company: Guaranty Bancorp, Inc.
- Connecticut River Bank, National Association: Franconia Branch at Kelly's Foodtown, 347 Main Street, branch established on 2000/07/01. Info updated 2008/07/16: Bank assets: $267.5 mil, Deposits: $242.4 mil, headquarters in Springfield, VT, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 11 total offices, Holding Company: Connecticut River Bancorp, Inc.
Fire-safe hotels and motels in Franconia, New Hampshire:
- Ledgeland, Franconia, NH 03580

- Sugar Hill Inn, Franconia, NH 03580

- Red Coach Inn, Wallace HL Rd, Franconia, NH 03580
, Phone: (603) 823-7422
- Franconia Inn, 1300 Easton Rd, Franconia, NH 03580
, Phone: (603) 823-5542, Fax: (603) 823-8078
- Stonybrook Motel & Lodge, Rt 18, Franconia, NH 03580
, Phone: (603) 823-8192
All 5 fire-safe hotels and motels in Franconia, New Hampshire
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (75%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Wood (9%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Utility gas (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Grafton County New Hampshire:
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Religion statistics for Franconia (based on Grafton County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 30.98%
| Here |  | 31.0% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | United Church of Christ | United Methodist Church | Episcopal Church | American Baptist Churches in the USA |
| Adherents | 52.1% | 13.3% | 8.5% | 6.2% | 5.7% |
| Congregations | 14.7% | 21.1% | 17.9% | 7.4% | 10.5% |
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| Name | Jewish | LDS (Mormon) Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Assemblies of God | Other |
| Adherents | 3.3% | 2.9% | 2.0% | 1.6% | 4.4% |
| Congregations | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 8.4% | 13.7% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 33 | Grafton County: | 3.87 / 10,000 pop. | | New Hampshire: | 2.14 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 2 | This county: | 0.23 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.15 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 11 | Grafton County: | 1.29 / 10,000 pop. | | New Hampshire: | 1.78 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 55 | Grafton County: | 6.45 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 4.02 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 123 | Here: | 14.41 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 9.70 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 7.2% | | New Hampshire: | 7.6% |
Adult obesity rate: | Grafton County: | 22.9% | | New Hampshire: | 24.4% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 15.9% | | State: | 15.9% |
9.40% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($49,840 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 9.40% | | New Hampshire average: | 7.57% |
0.56% of residents moved from foreign countries ($563 average AGI)| Grafton County: | 0.56% | | New Hampshire average: | 0.13% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
9.05% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($43,875 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 9.05% | | New Hampshire average: | 7.49% |
0.16% of residents moved to foreign countries ($384 average AGI)| Grafton County: | 0.16% | | New Hampshire average: | 0.08% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Franconia:
- WTWN (1100 AM; daytime; 5 kW; WELLS RIVER, VT; Owner: PUFFER BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WLTN (1400 AM; 1 kW; LITTLETON, NH; Owner: PROFILE BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WRKO (680 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
- WCHP (760 AM; 35 kW; CHAMPLAIN, NY; Owner: CHAMPLAIN RADIO, INC.)
- WPNH (1300 AM; 5 kW; PLYMOUTH, NH; Owner: NORTHEAST COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
- WNNZ (640 AM; 50 kW; WESTFIELD, MA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WCRN (830 AM; 50 kW; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CARTER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WDEV (550 AM; 5 kW; WATERBURY, VT; Owner: RADIO VERMONT, INC.)
- WEEI (850 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
- WTME (780 AM; 10 kW; RUMFORD, ME; Owner: MOUNTAIN VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WGY (810 AM; 50 kW; SCHENECTADY, NY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WNTK (1020 AM; 10 kW; NEWPORT, NH; Owner: KOOR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WBZ (1030 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Franconia:
- WPKQ (103.7 FM; NORTH CONWAY, NH; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WHOM (94.9 FM; MT. WASHINGTON, NH; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WMTK (106.3 FM; LITTLETON, NH; Owner: VERMONT BROADCAST ASSOCIATES, INC.)
- WLTN-FM (96.7 FM; LISBON, NH; Owner: PROFILE BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WVFM (105.7 FM; CAMPTON, NH; Owner: DEVON BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WXXS (102.3 FM; LANCASTER, NH; Owner: BARRY P. LUNDERVILLE)
- WGMT (97.7 FM; LYNDON, VT; Owner: VERMONT BROADCAST ASSOCIATES, INC.)
- WSCY (106.9 FM; MOULTONBOROUGH, NH; Owner: NORTHEAST COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
- WCKJ (90.5 FM; ST. JOHNSBURY, VT; Owner: CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES, INC.)
- WKXH (105.5 FM; ST. JOHNSBURY, VT; Owner: VERMONT BROADCAST ASSOCIATES, INC.)
- WDOT (95.7 FM; DANVILLE, VT; Owner: MONTPELIER BROADCASTING INC)
- WCVT (101.7 FM; STOWE, VT; Owner: RADIO VERMONT CLASSICS, L.L.C.)
- WLKC (103.3 FM; WATERBURY, VT; Owner: RADIO BROADCASTING SERVICES, INC.)
- WPNH-FM (100.1 FM; PLYMOUTH, NH; Owner: NORTHEAST COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
- WVPS (107.9 FM; BURLINGTON, VT; Owner: VERMONT PUBLIC RADIO)
- WEZF (92.9 FM; BURLINGTON, VT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WDEV-FM (96.1 FM; WARREN, VT; Owner: RADIO VERMONT, INC.)
- WNCS (104.7 FM; MONTPELIER, VT; Owner: MONTPELIER BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WYKR-FM (101.3 FM; HAVERHILL, NH; Owner: PUFFER BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WEBK (105.3 FM; KILLINGTON, VT; Owner: 6 JOHNSON ROAD LICENSES, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Franconia:
- WLED-TV (Channel 49; LITTLETON, NH; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE)
- WMUR-LP (Channel 29; LITTLETON, NH; Owner: HEARST-ARGYLE PROPERTIES, INC.)
- W38CB (Channel 38; LITTLETON, NH; Owner: HEARST-ARGYLE PROPERTIES, INC.)
- WMTW-TV (Channel 8; POLAND SPRING, ME; Owner: WMTW BROADCAST GROUP, LLC)
Franconia, New Hampshire:
- Fatal accident count: 17
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 21
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 5
- Fatalities: 18
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 35
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0
New Hampshire average:
- Fatal accident count: 58
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 85
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 25
- Fatalities: 64
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 138
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 4
See more detailed statistics of Franconia fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2009 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 33
Total length: 113 meters (371ft)
Total costs: $77,500,000
Total average daily traffic: 94,170
Total average daily truck traffic: 8,103
New bridges - Historical Statistics
- 1910-1919: 1
- 1920-1929: 3
- 1930-1939: 2
- 1940-1949: 1
- 1950-1959: 7
- 1960-1969: 0
- 1970-1979: 6
- 1980-1989: 9
- 1990-1999: 3
- 2000-2010: 1
See Full National Bridge Inventory Statistics for Franconia, NH
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 5 - Fire Station Rt 18 (Lat: 44.221722 Lon: -71.734528), Call Sign: KNGG386, Licensee ID: L00071708
Assigned Frequencies: 154.400 MHz Grant Date: 03/25/2003, Expiration Date: 05/04/2013
Registrant: Franconia, Town Of, Franconia, NH 03580 - Fire Sta Rt 18 (Lat: 44.221722 Lon: -71.734528), Call Sign: KAQ977
Assigned Frequencies: 154.965 MHz Grant Date: 07/03/2001, Expiration Date: 09/27/2011
Registrant: Tac-2, 343 South Street, Littleton, NH 03561, Phone: (603) 444-0990, Fax: (603) 444-0920, Email:
- Hwy Patrol 124 (Lat: 44.204500 Lon: -71.709528), Call Sign: WBC275, Licensee ID: L00307774
Assigned Frequencies: 458.925 MHz, 458.975 MHz Grant Date: 05/13/2005, Expiration Date: 05/21/2015
Registrant: State Of New Hampshire, Department Of Transportation, Division Of Operations, Seven Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03302-0483, Phone: (603) 271-6447, Fax: (603) 271-6084 - Cannon Mountain Fire Tower (Lat: 44.157000 Lon: -71.698417), Call Sign: KCA453
Assigned Frequencies: 48.1200 MHz, 48.4200 MHz, 48.4800 MHz Grant Date: 07/16/2002, Expiration Date: 09/23/2012
Registrant: Utilties Telecom Council, 1901 Pennsylvania Ave, Nw Suite 500, Washington, DC 20006, Phone: (202) 872-0030, Fax: (202) 872-1331, Email:
- Lat: 44.214083 Lon: -71.737556, Call Sign: WQCM994
Assigned Frequencies: 159.645 MHz, 159.645 MHz Grant Date: 04/12/2005, Expiration Date: 04/12/2015, Certifier: John L Taylor
Registrant: Business Radio Licensing, 26941 Cabot Road #134, Laguna Hills, CA 92653, Phone: (949) 348-8510, Email:
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 11 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Microwave Towers in this town)
FCC Registered Paging Towers: 1 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Paging Towers)
FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 1 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers)
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 18 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Franconia)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 10 ( See the full list of FAA Registered Aircraft in Franconia)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
| Businesses in Franconia, NH |
| Name | Count | | Name | Count |
| Best Western | 1 | | True Value | 1 |
| FedEx | 1 | | UPS | 2 |
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