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Demographics, 2000 Census: From 1990 to 2000, Charlestown had minimal population growth, increasing by 2.6 percent to 4,749, a total of 119 people. The median age is 39.7, with 24.7 percent of the population under 18 years of age and 14.3 percent age 65 or older. The total number of households is 1,920, with an average size of 2.5 persons. Of those, 1,332 are family households, with an average size of 2.9 persons. As of April 1, 2000, there were 2,067 total housing units.
Origin: Named in honor of Admiral Sir Charles Knowles of the British Navy, then governor of Jamaica. Charlestown was originally the site of Number Four, the fourth in a line of forts on the Connecticut River border established as trading posts. A reproduction of Fort Number Four is now a historical site. A historical marker commemorating the fort was erected in 1958 -- the second such marker erected in the NH Historical Marker Program.
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