Lincoln is the second largest town in New Hampshire and is situated in Grafton County, United States. Here hosted the New Hampshire Highland Games and the area is a part of Franconia Notch State Park. Some of the famous attractions are Loon Mountain Ski Resort and also the associated recreation-centered development. The famous Appalachian Trail also crosses through this old town from the Western part to the northern part of Lincoln. According to the 2020 census, the population of Lincoln was 1631.

History of Lincoln 

The town Lincoln was named after Henry Fiennes Pelham Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle and 9th Earl of Lincoln, he is the cousin of the Wentworth governor. He was even the comptroller of London's port custom under King George II and George III, it is an important position to trade between America and England.  In 1764 Governor Benning Wentworth allowed 32,456 acres of land to a group of 70  land investors from Connecticut, which is now the town of Lincoln. 

The town was settled in 1782, and by 1790 22 inhabitants were living there. There was a lumber industry developed by 1853 and operated by Merrimack River Lumber Company. In 1892 a businessman named James Everall Henry purchased approximately 100,000 acres of Virgin timber and established a logging enterprise in today's Lincoln town. He also builds a pulp and a paper mill. He build the Lincoln House Hotel in 1903. The hotel was running until 1907 when a devastating fire destroyed the hotel.

Abandonment of the town Lincoln 

After the death of Henry, his heirs sold the property of the Lincoln town to the Parker Young Company. Later the Parker Young Company sold it to Marcalus Manufacturing Company in 1946.

In 1951 Franconia Paper took over the industry and they operated it until they fell into bankruptcy in 1971, at that time new river classification standards prohibited the paper mills in Lincoln. Also in the same year,  the company was closed and the town slowly got evacuated.

Recent status of Lincoln 

Today tourism is the main business of this town. The nearby Loon Mountain has long drawn skiers and has attempted to transform it into a four-season attraction. According to the 2021 census, there are a total of 969 people living in Lincoln. Lincoln includes two of the former village sites in its Eastern and Northern section, those two villages are Stillwater and Zealand respectively, which are also part of the White Mountain National Forest. Some of the most visited places of Lincoln are Loon Mountain, The Flume, a natural canyon which is almost 800 feet extended, Clarke's Bear, Franconia north state park, Whale's tale water park, Hobo railroad.