Cheshire, Connecticut
Cheshire, Connecticut Town of Cheshire First Congregational Church of Cheshire First Congregational Church of Cheshire Official seal of Cheshire, Connecticut Location in New Haven County, Connecticut Location in New Haven County, Connecticut Named for Cheshire, England Cheshire (/ t r/), formerly known as New Cheshire Parish, is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
At the time of the 2010 census, the populace of Cheshire was 29,261. The center of populace of Connecticut is positioned in Cheshire. 1.2 Cheshire home invasion trial Cheshire, Connecticut was first settled in 1694 as part of Wallingford, Connecticut.
It was then known as New Cheshire Parish.
After many attempts in securing their independence from Wallingford, New Cheshire Parish in 1784 was granted secession and was later incorporated as a town in May 1780 as Cheshire. The 1780 date is correct, based on page 173 in this book about the history of Cheshire, Connecticut.
Some study of this book would likely reveal the correct date that New Cheshire Parish was granted secession from Wallingford: https://archive.org/stream/historyofcheshir00beac#page/n177/mode/2up/search/New+Cheshire+Parish Prospect, Connecticut was formerly part of Cheshire before 1829, and was then known as Columbia Parish. Cheshire has a Cold War-era fallout shelter constructed in 1966, positioned underneath the small-town AT&T tower. Cheshire home invasion trial During a July 23, 2007 home invasion in Cheshire (see Cheshire, Connecticut, home invasion murders), a mother and her two daughters were murdered, leaving the father of the family as the sole survivor.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 25.2% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
The central region of the town is a census-designated place identified as Cheshire Village.
As of the 2010 census, Cheshire Village had a populace of 5,786. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 33.4 square miles (86.4 km2), of which 33.1 square miles (85.6 km2) is territory and 0.31 square miles (0.8 km2), or 0.89%, is water. Cheshire is situated in the midst of a several major metros/cities of Connecticut.
It lies 14 miles (23 km) north of New Haven, 25 miles (40 km) south of the capital Hartford, 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Bridgeport, and Waterbury is adjoining to Cheshire.
Cheshire shares borders with Southington on the north and northeast, Meriden on the northeast, Wallingford on the east, Hamden on the south, Bethany for a short distance on the southwest, Prospect on the west, Waterbury on the northwest, and Wolcott on the northwest Climate data for Cheshire, Connecticut Cheshire's voters have split tickets incessantly in recent statewide elections.
In 2006 Cheshire voters gave strong support to Republican Governor M.
Cheshire voted for Republican majorities to its Board of Selectmen every election from 1915 to 1971, and then to its Town Council every year from 1973 to 2001, when voters propel a Democratic majority (6-3) for the first time.
In the 2009 small-town elections, Cheshire voters ousted the Democratic majority on the Town Council and propel 8 Republicans and 1 Democrat, though due to small-town minority representation rules, only 7 Republicans were seated. The Barker Character, Comic and Cartoon Museum, positioned in the northern section of Cheshire, holds a large compilation of memorabilia, novelties and ephemera such as lunch boxes and Pez dispensers bearing the likenesses of characters from television, cartoons and comics. Cheshire Historic District Roughly bounded by Main Street, Highland Avenue, Wallingford Road, South Main, Cornwall, and Spring streets (added September 29, 1986) First Congregational Church of Cheshire 111 Church Drive (added March 16, 1973) The Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, a prominent non-motorized recreational trail, runs through Cheshire along its route between Suffield, Connecticut to the north and New Haven, Connecticut to the south. The Hitchcock-Phillips House, a historic home, is positioned in town.
Roaring Brook Falls along the Quinnipiac Trail in the southwest corner of town is Connecticut's tallest single drop waterfall, and is owned by the Cheshire Land Trust.
Cheshire Park, a 75-acre park geared towards active recreation Cheshire Community Pool, a swimming facility which was renovated in 2016 to offer a year-round, indoor pool. Cheshire is home to one enhance high school, Cheshire High School, and one enhance middle school, Dodd Middle School. There are four enhance elementary schools: Chapman, Doolittle, Highland, and Norton Elementary.
Cheshire is also now has full day kindergarten in all elementary schools.
There are also a several private and alternative schools in the town, including Cheshire Academy (originally the Episcopal Academy of Connecticut), which was established in Cheshire in 1794 and presently educates students in the Middle School (grade 8) and the Upper School (grades 9-12/Post-Graduate Year).
Bridgets is a Catholic school in Cheshire for grades preschool to 8th grade.
Humiston is an alternative high school in Cheshire.
I-691 in Cheshire.
Transportation inside Cheshire is largely by car.
Route 10 is by far the busiest road in Cheshire, with the worst Route 10 traffic occurring between Routes 68/70 and Route 42 every weekday amid the morning commute, evening commute, and after the high school gets out at 2 pm.
West Main Street and Main Street, Route 68/70 between Route 10 and Waterbury Road, is the next busiest road in town.
The intersection of Route 10 and Route 68/70 is the busiest intersection in town.
The second busiest intersection is the Cheshire High School and Route 10 intersection right before school starts and right after school ends. The J line of Connecticut Transit New Haven which runs from Waterbury to New Haven travels through Cheshire on Routes 70 and 10.
Cheshire is home to two large state prison facilities positioned in the northern section of town.
The larger of these facilities is the Cheshire Correctional Institution, which opened in 1913.
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Cheshire: The Bedding Plant Capitol of Connecticut.
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Cheshire Pool Reopening for Winter Swimming".
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Town of Cheshire official website Cheshire Public Library The library has a Cheshire/Connecticut history section and will answer genealogical and historical questions about Cheshire and environs.
The church steeple is an official motif of the town, as it is depicted on the town seal.
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