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A town of 478 people in Coos County, New Hampshire

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Town in New Hampshire, United States

1795Established

478Population

59.6 sq miArea

965 ftElevation

Stark is a town in Coös County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 478 at the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 556 tabulated in 2010. The town includes the villages of Percy and Crystal as well as the village of Stark, located on the Upper Ammonoosuc River. New Hampshire Route 110 runs through Stark, east from U.S. Highway 3 in Groveton and northwest from Route 16 in Berlin. Much of the town is within the boundaries of the White Mountain National Forest. Stark is part of the Berlin, NH-VT Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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Stark Village SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 · 32 students

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