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History · Mountain Lakes

Half of Mountain Lakes’ homes were built after 1983

Most of Mountain Lakes was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983.

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What stands out about Mountain Lakes’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Mountain Lakes are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mountain Lakes’s history is told.

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The story so far

Mountain Lakes, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mountain Lakes yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Mountain Lakes is a census-designated place (CDP) in the towns of Haverhill and Bath, New Hampshire, United States. It had a population of 504 at the 2020 census. The Haverhill portion of the community is an independent incorporated district, with its own water system, planning board, and recreation program, and is guided by a three-member elected board of commissioners and annual district meeting.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 488 to 504 (+3%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Mountain Lakes

Nobody well known was born in Mountain Lakes itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Bode MillerAmerican alpine ski racer · b. 1977
Eleanor H. PorterAmerican novelist · b. 1868
Solon Irving BaileyAmerican astronomer · b. 1854
Clement Calhoun YoungGovernor of California · b. 1869
Ursula B. MarvinAmerican geologist, mineralogist and historian … · b. 1921
Ralph FlandersAmerican engineer, industrialist, and politician · b. 1880

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →