Carroll, NH Real Estate

Carroll is a town in Coos County, New Hampshire, USA. The population was 663 at the 2000 census. The two largest villages are Twin Mountain and Bretton Woods. Carroll is an important access point for recreational areas in the White Mountains, including many 4,000-footers, the Zealand River area, the Presidential Range, and the Presidential Dry River Wilderness. On the 1816 Carrigain map of New Hampshire, Carroll is known as "Breton Woods."

Carroll was granted in 1772 with the name Bretton Woods, after Governor John Wentworth 's estate, Bretton Hall. In 1832 the name was changed to Carroll, after Charles Carroll, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The town was incorporated in 1882.

The 1944 International Monetary Conference, which resulted in the creation of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, was held at the Mount Washington Hotel in Carroll.

Twin Mountain, which has a small airstrip, is primarily a summer and winter resort town located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 3 from Franconia and U.S. Highway 302 from Bethlehem. Bretton Woods is a year-round recreational and resort area on Highway 302 southeast toward Hart's Location. New Hampshire Route 115 leads from Carroll to Jefferson, with scenic views of Whitefield, Lancaster and the northern White Mountains.

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