Ferncroft, New Hampshire | |
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 Mount Whiteface (L) and Mount Wonalancet rising over Ferncroft (April 2024) | |
  Ferncroft  Ferncroft | |
| Coordinates: 43°54′44″N 71°21′35″W / 43.91222°N 71.35972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Hampshire |
| County | Carroll |
| Towns | Albany, Sandwich |
| Elevation | 1,148 ft (350 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 603 |
| GNIS feature ID | 871878[1] |
Ferncroft is an unincorporated community lying mostly in the town of Albany in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States.[2] Some of the roads and houses in Ferncroft stretch into the towns of Sandwich and Waterville Valley.[3] The hamlet is a widely spaced cluster of houses centered on several fields lying along the Wonalancet River on Ferncroft Road.[3]
Ferncroft has about 50 seasonal residents and a few full-time residents residing in 11 houses and multiple barns and outbuildings.[2][3][4]
Ferncroft was named for the Ferncroft Family Inn which once stood in the area. The area became known as Ferncroft to differentiate it from nearby Wonalancet.[5][6]
- ^ "Ferncroft". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b Johnson, Erin D., ed. History of New Hampshire Towns and Places. 2nd & 5th ed. Hanover, NH: Dartmouth Press, 1969-1999
- ^ a b c MyTopo.com
- ^ NH HomeTownLocator
- ^ Hunt, Elmur M. New Hampshire Town Names and Whence They Came. Peterborough, N.H.: Noone Falls Publishers, 1972.
- ^ "Wonalancet". Dick & Sandy's World. Archived from the original on August 14, 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2011.