Wallingford, Connecticut
Wallingford, Connecticut | ||
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Town | ||
 Wallingford Town Hall | ||
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| Motto(s): "A Great And Truly Beautiful New England Town"[1] | ||
 Location in New Haven County, Connecticut | ||
| Coordinates: 41°27′23″N 72°48′15″W / 41.45639°N 72.80417°W / 41.45639; -72.80417Coordinates: 41°27′23″N 72°48′15″W / 41.45639°N 72.80417°W / 41.45639; -72.80417 | ||
| Country |  United States | |
| U.S. state |  Connecticut | |
| County | New Haven | |
| Metropolitan area | New Haven | |
| Established | 1670 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Mayor-council | |
| • Mayor | William W. Dickinson, Jr. (R) | |
| • Town Council | Vincent Cervoni (R), Chair Craig C. Fishbein (R) Thomas Laffin (R), Vice Chair John LeTourneau (R) Christine Mansfield (R) Robert Parisi (R) Larry Russo, Jr. (D) John J. Sullivan (D) Vincent F. Testa, Jr. (D) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 39.9 sq mi (103.3 km2) | |
| • Land | 39.0 sq mi (101.1 km2) | |
| • Water | 0.9 sq mi (2.2 km2) | |
| Elevation | 151 ft (46 m) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 45,135 | |
| • Density | 1,100/sq mi (440/km2) | |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (Eastern) | |
| ZIP code | 06492 | |
| Area code(s) | 203/475 | |
| FIPS code | 09-78740 | |
GNIS feature ID | 0213522 | |
| Major highways |   | |
| Commuter Rail |   | |
| Website | www.town.wallingford.ct.us | |
Wallingford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 45,135 at the 2010 census.[2][3] The urban center of the town is the Wallingford Center census-designated place, with a population of 18,209 at the 2010 census.[4] The community was named after Wallingford, in England.[5]
Contents
1 History
2 Education
3 Geography
3.1 Principal communities
4 Demographics
5 Sports
6 Notable people
7 Points of interest
7.1 National Register of Historic Places
8 Footnotes
9 References
10 External links
History
The Connecticut General Assembly created the town on October 10, 1667. This original plot of land near the Quinnipiac River is now considered Main Street. Starting on May 12, 1670 there were 126 people who lived in temporary housing, and five years later in 1675 there were 40 permanent homes.[6]
In 1697 Wallingford was the site of the last witchcraft trial in New England. Winifred Benham was thrice tried for witchcraft and acquitted all three times.[7]
The 1878 Wallingford tornado struck on August 9 of that year. It killed at least 29 and likely 34 people in Wallingford, the most by any tornado event in Connecticut history.
Wallingford has diversified its commercial and industrial base over the past decade attracting high-technology industries as compared to traditional heavy manufacturing. It is the home of a large variety of industries and major corporations spanning the spectrum of the medical, health care, service, high-tech specialty metal manufacturing and research development. The development of the Barnes Industrial Park, Casimir Pulaski Industrial Park, Wharton Brook Industrial Park, and the South Turnpike Road area have greatly contributed to this transition. The Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, the town's largest taxpayer, has established a research and development facility in Wallingford's MedWay Industrial Park. An Interchange Zone which permits very restrictive commercial development of office parks, research and development centers and hotels has been created at the intersection of Interstate 91 and Route 68.[6]
In terms of Wallingford's manufacturing and design history, silver-producing companies like Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. and R. Wallace & Sons are of particular note. Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. as well as Wallingford's Watrous Manufacturing later became part of the International Silver Company, which was headquartered in the neighboring city of Meriden.[8][9]
New York Insulated Wire Company, 1910.
Library and Marlborough House, about 1909.
Bridge and falls at Quinnipiac River in Wallingford, 1907.
Education
The town of Wallingford has both public and private education. The Wallingford Public School System consists of eight elementary schools, two middle schools, and two high schools. Wallingford has a private sector of schools offering the following: Choate Rosemary Hall, Heritage Baptist Academy, and Holy Trinity School.[10][11][12][13]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 39.9 square miles (103.3 km²), of which 39.0 square miles (101.1 km²) is land and 0.9 square miles (2.2 km²), or 2.16%, is water.
The town of Wallingford sits astride the Quinnipiac River in northern New Haven County. It is 5 miles (8 km) south of Meriden and about 13 miles (21 km) north of New Haven. Towns bordering Wallingford are Cheshire, Durham, Hamden, Meriden, Middlefield, North Branford and North Haven. Situated in the Hartford-New Haven-Springfield corridor, Wallingford is traversed by U.S. Route 5, Interstate 91, and State Highways Route 15 (Wilbur Cross Parkway), Route 68, Route 71 and Route 150.
Principal communities
- East Wallingford
- Quinnipiac (partly in North Haven)
- Tracy
- Wallingford Center
- Yalesville
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1820 | 2,237 | — | |
| 1850 | 2,595 | — | |
| 1860 | 3,206 | 23.5% | |
| 1870 | 3,676 | 14.7% | |
| 1880 | 4,686 | 27.5% | |
| 1890 | 6,584 | 40.5% | |
| 1900 | 9,001 | 36.7% | |
| 1910 | 11,155 | 23.9% | |
| 1920 | 12,010 | 7.7% | |
| 1930 | 14,278 | 18.9% | |
| 1940 | 14,788 | 3.6% | |
| 1950 | 16,976 | 14.8% | |
| 1960 | 29,920 | 76.2% | |
| 1970 | 35,714 | 19.4% | |
| 1980 | 37,274 | 4.4% | |
| 1990 | 40,822 | 9.5% | |
| 2000 | 43,026 | 5.4% | |
| 2010 | 45,135 | 4.9% | |
| Est. 2014 | 45,074 | [14] | −0.1% |
| U.S. Decennial Census[15] | |||
As of the census[16] of 2000, there were 43,026 people, 16,697 households, and 11,587 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,102.7 people per square mile (425.7/km²). There were 17,306 housing units at an average density of 443.5 per square mile (171.2/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 94.77% White, 1.02% African American, 0.17% Native American, 1.75% Asian, 1.16% from other races, and 1.14% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.52% of the population.
There were 16,697 households out of which 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.3% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.6% were non-families. Of all households 25.6% were made up of individuals and 10.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.07. The median household income in Wallingford is $91,317. The median family income is $101,239. The per capita income in Wallingford is $40,903.
In the town, the population was spread out with 24.0% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 24.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.7 males.
Sports
From 1943 to 1944 the Boston Braves held spring training in Wallingford at Choate's Winter Exercise Building.[17]
The town is the home of the Connecticut Bearcats, a New England Football League team.
Notable people
Alice Blaski, outfielder in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League[18]
Stephen R. Bradley, United States Senator[19]
Bates Cooke, US Congressman[20]
D.J. Cotrona, actor[21]
Beverly Donofrio, author[22]
Morton Downey, singer, businessman[23]
Morton Downey, Jr. (1932–2001), talk show host[24]
Lauren Geremia, interior designer[25]
Hostage Calm, Punk band
Dorothy Kosinski, art scholar[26]
Raoul Lufbery, World War I flying ace[27]
John A. McGuire, member of the United States House of Representatives [28]
Art Nugent, cartoonist, creator of Uncle Art's Funland
Jay Allen Sanford, author and cartoonist[29]
Points of interest
Paul Mellon Arts Center
- Choate Rosemary Hall
- Oakdale Theatre
- Paul Mellon Arts Center
- Yalesville Underpass
National Register of Historic Places
Ten buildings and districts in Wallingford are listed on the National Register of Historic Places:[30]
- John Barker House, added August 3, 1974
- Joseph Blakeslee House, added April 13, 1998
Center Street Cemetery, added August 1, 1997- Franklin Johnson House, added November 23, 1998
- Theophilus Jones House, added January 30, 1992
Nehemiah Royce House, added August 24, 1998- Samuel Parsons House, added April 12, 1982
Samuel Simpson House, added June 18, 1986- Wallingford Center Historic District, added December 2, 1993
Wallingford railroad station, added November 19, 1993
Footnotes
^ "Town of Wallingford, Connecticut". Town of Wallingford, Connecticut. Retrieved September 22, 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Wallingford town, New Haven County, Connecticut". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
^ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Wallingford Center CDP, Connecticut". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
^ https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-8.pdf
^ The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly. Connecticut Magazine Company. 1903. p. 335.
^ ab "History and Description". Town.wallingford.ct.us. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
^ Demos, John Putnam. Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England. Oxford Press, 2004, page 409.
^ Stern, Jewel. (2005). Modernism in American silver, p. 355. Dallas Museum of Art and Yale University Press.
^ (Undated). "A Guide to the International Silver Company Records, 1853–1921". UCONN university libraries, special collections. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
^ "Wallingford Public Schools". Wallingford.k12.ct.us. 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
^ "Home - Choate Rosemary Hall". Choate.edu. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
^ "Home". Hts-wallingford.org. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
^ "Home | Heritage Baptist Church". Hbc4.me. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014". Archived from the original on May 23, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
^ The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia. Sterling Publishing. 2007. p. 1789. ISBN 1-4027-4771-3.
^ "Alice Blaski". All American Girls Professional Baseball League Players Association, Inc. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
^ "BRADLEY, Stephen Row, (1754 - 1830)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
^ "COOKE, Bates, (1787 - 1841)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
^ "D.J. Cotrona". TV.com. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
^ "Donofrio's Unique Life Is, at Last, a Film". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
^ Galon, Buddy (2005). Dearly Departed: A Personal View of Celebrity Funerals. AuthorHouse. p. 51.
^ Bradley, Edwin M. (2004). The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 Through 1932. McFarland. p. 31.
^ Shulman, Ken. "Team Works". Metropolis Magazine. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
^ "Phillips Collection Taps Dallas Curator To Succeed Director". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
^ "World War I Flying Ace Raoul Lufbery". ConnecticutHistory.org#sthash.IEibE0Y1.dpuf. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
^ "McGUIRE, John Andrew, (1906 - 1976)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
^ "San Diego Reader staff bios". San Diego Reader. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
^ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
References
- Charles Henry Stanley Davis, History of Wallingford, Conn., from Its Settlement in 1670 to the Present Time, Including Meriden, which was One of Its Parishes until 1806, and Cheshire, which was Incorporated in 1780. Meriden, CT: Charles Henry Stanley Davis, 1870.
- John B. Kendrick, History of the Wallingford Disaster. Hartford, CT: Case, Lockwood and Brainard Co., 1878.
- Charles Bancroft Gillespie, Souvenir History of Wallingford, Connecticut, 1895. New Haven, CT: Journal Publishing Co., 1895.
External links
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- Town of Wallingford official website
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