Enfield, Connecticut Enfield, Connecticut Thompsonville Village of Enfield, Connecticut Thompsonville Village of Enfield, Connecticut Flag of Enfield, Connecticut Flag Official seal of Enfield, Connecticut Enfield is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.
The populace was 44,654 at the 2010 census. It is bordered by Longmeadow, Massachusetts and East Longmeadow, Massachusetts to the north, Somers to the east, East Windsor and Ellington to the south, and the Connecticut River (towns of Suffield and Windsor Locks) to the west.
1.1 Enfield Shaker village Enfield was originally inhabited by the Pocomtuc tribe, and contained their two villages of Scitico and Nameroke.
Enfield was settled in 1679 by pioneer from Salem, Massachusetts.
Enfield was incorporated in Massachusetts in 1683 as the Freshwater Plantation.
Shortly around 1700, the town changed its name to Enfield after Enfield Town in Middlesex.
In 1734, the part of town separated into the town of Somers.
In 1749, following the settlement of a lawsuit in which it was determined that a surveyor's error placed a section of present-day Hartford County (including Enfield) inside the boundaries of Massachusetts, the town seceded and became part of Connecticut. Jonathan Edwards preached his famous sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God", in Enfield.
The undivided town of Enfield was formed through the merging of Enfield, Thompsonville, and Hazardville, titled for Colonel Augustus George Hazard (1802 1868), whose business produced gunpowder in the Powder Hollow region of the town from the 1830s to the 1910s.
In the 1989 film Glory, boxes of gunpowder can be seen with the words Enfield, CT printed on the sides.
In an episode in the 1970s police drama Hawaii Five-O, Jack Lord's character Steve Mc - Garrett traces explosives back to "The Hazard Gunpowder Company- Enfield, CT".
There are five sections of the town of Enfield.
Enfield Village, Thompsonville, Hazardville, Scitico, and Sherwood Village.
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In 1793, a historic Shaker village, Enfield Shaker village, one of nineteen scattered from Maine to Kentucky, was established in the town.
The property has since been redeveloped by the Enfield Correctional Institution, still positioned on Shaker Road.
Enfield Shaker village According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 34.2 square miles (88.6 km2), of which 33.3 square miles (86.2 km2) is territory and 0.93 square miles (2.4 km2), or 2.76%, is water. Enfield was once the home to the command posts of the Casual Corner clothing company.
Formerly and most prominently, Enfield had booming carpet and gunpowder industries.
Enfield is presently the command posts of Precision Camera and Video Repair.
The town contains a several shopping centers, including the Enfield Square Mall.
According to Enfield's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: The neighborhoods of Enfield are: Enfield Historical District- Listed in the National Register of Historical Districts, the Enfield Historical District runs along Enfield Street/King Street (U.S.
Many old homes dating back to the mid-18th century were assembled from 1106-1492 Enfield Street.
The Enfield Town Hall exhibition as well as one of the earliest Congregational Churches in America can be found here.
Hazardville - Named after Colonel Augustus Hazard, this neighborhood encompasses a several lesser burbs, including Powder Hollow, and more recently, the center of Enfield began to encroach on this historical area.
North Thompsonville - Contains mostly residentiary and partially commercial areas of Enfield with many parks and schools.
Shaker Pines was originally part of the Shaker settlement in Enfield.
Thompsonville - Named after Orrin Thompson, Thompsonville is the town center of Enfield with a more urban surrounding.
Enfield and Thompsonville are presently served by the Connecticut Transit commuter bus services for easy access to and from Hartford.
Connecticut Department of Correction prisons are positioned in Enfield. Enfield Correctional Institution, Robinson Correctional Institution, and Willard-Cybulski Correctional Institution are in Enfield. Enfield High School Enfield Public Schools operates the town's enhance schools.
Enfield High School is the town's sole high school.
Kennedy Middle School is the town's middle school.
The Enfield major schools educate students in kindergarten through undertaking 2, the intermediate schools educate students from undertaking 3 through undertaking 5, the middle school grades 6 through undertaking 8, and the high school runs from undertaking 9 through undertaking 12.
Alcorn School was originally a high school until it was converted to an elementary school when the current high school (Enfield High School) was assembled in the 1960s.
Enrico Fermi High School was one of two high schools in town, which opened in 1972, but closed in 2016 as a result of the town's high school consolidation into Enfield High School.
As of 2016, Enfield Public Schools educates approximately 5,000 students.
Capitol Region Education Council has its own magnet school in Enfield.
Three Catholic parochial schools (Kindergarten through undertaking 8) serve the Enfield community.
John Ashton, actor, attended Enfield High School Kevin Foxe, film producer, writer, executive producer of The Blair Witch Project; born and raised in Enfield, graduated Enfield High School Obed Hale, Wisconsin farmer and politician, born in Enfield Renamed 15th Street in Austin, Texas, Enfield Road after the town where he was born. The Last Goodnight, band originally from Enfield and formerly called Renata; attended Enfield High School The Enfield Town Meetinghouse was assembled in 1773 and was entered into the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 Enfield has two official sister metros/cities as designated by Sister Cities International: a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Enfield town, Hartford County, Connecticut".
Enfield Connecticut: Stories Carved in Stone.
Enfield Connecticut: Stories Carved in Stone.
"Town of Enfield CAFR" (PDF).
Enfield, Connecticut.
"Enfield Correctional Institution." Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Enfield (Connecticut).
Media related to Enfield, Connecticut at Wikimedia Commons Enfield Historical Society Enfield School District Enfield Shakers Historic District, Shaker Historic Trail Hartford Courant: Enfield i - Towns Blog Journal Inquirer: Enfield news
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