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The town used to be part of Effingham, New Hampshire, a part called North Effingham. Following an influx of new settlers from Maine, there were cultural and religious conflicts between the new settlers and its current residents. As a result, that part of Effingham was separated into a town of its own.

The town has been the setting of a couple of stories. It was the setting for a children's fantasy book called The Enormous Egg, published in 1956 and reissued years later (BooksEnthsiast.com). It was also the setting for a This American Life broadcast titled "The House at Loon Lake". That 2001 episode described the exploration of an abandoned house in Freedom owned by the Nason family, by young boys in town for summer camp at Loon Lake .

Freedom is home to one of the sites of Nature's Classroom.

1 Geography

Freedom is between the Lakes Region and the White Mountains. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 98.3 km² (38.0 mi²). 89.7 km² (34.7 mi²) of it is land and 8.6 km² (3.3 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 8.75% water.

2 Demographics

As of the United States 2000 Census, there are 1303 people in the town, organized into 602 households, and 402 families. The population densityIf you were linked from a country article: the density there is based on land area, see below Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. However it is most frequently applied to living organisms. Population density is usually ex is 14.5/km² (37.6/mi²). There are 1,406 housing units at an average density of 15.7/km² (40.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 99.16% White, 0.15% African AmericanAfrican Americans also known as Afro- Americans or black Americans comprise an ethnic group in the United States of America whose dominant ancestry is from Sub-Saharan West Africa. Many African Americans also claim European, Native American, or Asian ance, 0.08% AsianThe continent of Asia is defined by subtracting Europe and Africa from the great land mass of Africa-Eurasia. The boundaries are vague, especially between Asia and Europe: Asia and Africa meet somewhere near the Suez Canal. The boundary between Asia and E, and 0.61% from two or more races. There are no Native AmericanNative Americans (also Indians Aboriginal Peoples American Indians First Nations Alaskan Natives or Indigenous Peoples of America are the indigenous inhabitants of Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. This term compris, Pacific Islanders, or people identifying themselves as being of another race. None of the population is HispanicHispanic as used in the United States, is one of several terms used to categorise US citizens, permanent residents and temporary immigrants, whose background hail either from Spain or the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America. The term is used as a or LatinoA Latino is a person of Latin American heritage, or of the Latin American culture. The feminine form of the word is "Latina". Latino" is a shortened form of the Spanish word for a Latin American individual, "latinoamericano. In Italy, the term is sometime.

There are 602 households out of which 19.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.1% are married couplesMarriage is a relationship that plays a key role in the definition of many families. Precise definitions vary historically and between and within cultures, but it has been an important concept as a socially sanctioned bond between people who (usually) are living together, 4.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 33.2% are non-families. 28.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 12.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.15 and the average family size is 2.60.

In the town the population is spread out with 16.8% under the age of 18, 3.1% from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 32.1% from 45 to 64, and 24.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 49 years. For every 100 females there are 95.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 96.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town is $40,188, and the median income for a family is $49,167. Males have a median income of $32,150 versus $26,000 for females. The per capita incomeThe per capita income for an area may be defined as the total personal income in an area, divided by the number of people in that area. A ranking of the top 10 countries, according to the 2004 CIA World Factbook (in US dollar) # Luxembourg $55,100 # Norwa for the town is $23,036. 6.8% of the population and 4.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 4.7% of those under the age of 18 and 8.1% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.