Success, New Hampshire

Success was granted in 1773 and contained about 90,472 acres (366.1 km²). The grantees were Benjamin Mackay and about seventy others.

The state of New Hampshire requires a nearby incorporated town to exercise the responsibilities that would fall to the town of Success if it should be incorporated. Some towns in the state bearing such responsibility have sought to be relieved of it.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 57.0 square miles (147.7 km²), of which 56.5 square miles (146.3 km²) are land and 0.50 square miles (1.3 km²), or 0.91%, are water.[1] The entire township is part of the Androscoggin River watershed. Success Pond is in the north, and is drained by Chickwolnepy Stream. Stearns Brook drains the center of the township, through its North and South Branches and Meadow Brook. The Mahoosuc Range crosses the southern part of the township, draining north via Horne Brook and Bean Brook, to the west via Cascade Alpine Brook, and to the south by several small brooks, all flowing to the Androscoggin River.

The highest point in the township is the summit of Mount Success, with an elevation of 3,565 feet (1,087 m) above sea level, in the southeast part of the township along the crest of the Mahoosucs. The Appalachian Trail follows the Mahoosuc crest across the township.

As of the 2010 census,[5] there were no people living in the township, although there are a number of summer homes mainly on the shores around Success Pond.[5]