Manchester, Connecticut Town of Manchester Official seal of Town of Manchester Location in Hartford County, Connecticut Location in Hartford County, Connecticut NECTA Hartford West Hartford East Hartford Manchester is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.

As of the 2010 census, the town had a total populace of 58,241. The urban center of the town is the Manchester census-designated place, with a populace of 30,577 at the 2010 census. 10.2.1 Manchester Fire-Rescue-EMS 10.2.2 Manchester Fire Department-Eighth Utilities District Cheney Brothers Mills, South Manchester, 1920 Manchester was settled by colonists around 1672 as a farming community, although at the time it was known just as Orford Parish (the name that can be found on the memorial to the Revolutionary soldiers from the town).

The town of Hartford once encompassed the territory now occupied by the suburbs of Manchester, East Hartford, and West Hartford.

In 1783, East Hartford became a separate town, which encompassed Manchester in its town/city limits until 1823. Eventually, Manchester became an ideal industrialized community.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 27.7 square miles (71.7 km2), of which 27.4 square miles (71.0 km2) is territory and 0.27 square miles (0.7 km2), or 1.00%, is water. The Manchester census-designated place consists of the urban center of the town and has a total region of 6.5 square miles (16.8 km2), or about 23% of the town's total area.

Manchester is home to The Shoppes at Buckland Hills, The Plaza at Buckland Hills, and the close-by strip mall, Buckland Plaza.

Manchester is home to Shady Glen, a restaurant recognized by the James Beard Foundation in 2012 as an American classic. Manchester Memorial Hospital is positioned in the city.

As home to the Cheney family silk mills, Manchester was a center of the American silk trade from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century.

The Old Manchester Museum, focusing on small-town history, is directed by the Manchester Historical Society.

Permanent exhibits include the Manchester Sports Hall of Fame, Cheney Textiles, Pitkin Glass Works, Christopher Spencer, and examples of Spencer Repeating Rifles. Wickham Park, a non-profit private foundation, is positioned on Manchester and East Hartford property.

The 53-acre (210,000 m2) Oak Grove Nature Center has wildlife surroundings. Case Mountain Recreational Area, positioned in the less populated southeast corner of Manchester, is prominent for hiking, mountain biking, and has a great view of the Hartford horizon to the west.

Manchester is famous for its prominent Manchester Road Race which is held every Thanksgiving Day.

Manchester has more than 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) of park land, a range of housing styles and prices in attractive neighborhoods, performing arts organizations, libraries and friendly, community-spirited residents.

Manchester Cricket Club Cricket BAAC Cricket Tournament Champions - 2009, 2010 and 2011; runners up - 2008 Manchester Cricket Club Ground, Martin School Manchester Running Company Running USATF-CT 2015 Women's Mile, 10k, 20k USATF-CT Team Champions, 2015 USATF-CT Men's Trail Champions, 2015 Co-ed XC Champions, 2014 USATF-CT Grand Prix Open Men's Champions, 2013, 2014 Men's CT Cup Champions Manchester High School (grades 9-12) Manchester Regional Academy (grades 9-12) Howell Cheney Technical High School (state technical school [grades 9-12]) Magnet schools positioned in the greater Hartford region are administered by the Regional School Choice Office, and the Capitol Region Education Council.

Manchester Community College, a two-year improve college Manchester is home to a small-town newspaper, the Journal Inquirer, which serves all of Manchester and the encircling areas.

The Hartford Courant also has a facility in Manchester and can be bringed anywhere in town.

Ambulance Service of Manchester (ASM) is a private, for profit business that operates out of a station on New State Road in Manchester, and provides basic life support-level transport service.

ASM also provides intercept and transport paramedic service to a number of suburbs in Hartford, Tolland, and Windham counties.

Manchester Fire-Rescue-EMS The Town of Manchester Fire-Rescue-EMS Department was organized in 1897 after a fire finished the Weldon company block.

All five companies furnish a range of services including fire suppression, fire prevention, rescue, hazardous material response, and Advanced Life Support (paramedic level) medical care. Manchester Fire Department-Eighth Utilities District The Manchester Fire Department-Eighth Utilities District is a combination paid and volunteer fire department, established in 1888 as a separate fire department inside the northwest corner of the town.

The Manchester Police Department was established in 1896.

Manchester has parts of three interstate highways (I-84, I-384, and I-291) and Route 6 and Route 44 together constitute Manchester's principal east/west arterial.

Connecticut Route 30 is an east/west arterial in the northern section of town.

Connecticut Route 83 is Manchester's principal north/south arterial.

Manchester is served by the Hartford division of Connecticut Transit.

The 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 88, and 121 routes connect Manchester directly to the town/city of Hartford. Freight service from Hartford is provided by Connecticut Southern Railroad. Hartford-Brainard Airport and Bradley International Airport are both positioned about a fifteen minutes drive from Manchester.

Manchester has a several on and off-road bicycle routes.

Dorian Shainin (lived in Manchester until his death in 2000 ), character/reliability engineer and consultant Christopher Spencer (born in Manchester and worked for Cheney Brothers), inventor of Spencer repeating rifle Manchester Memorial Hospital Manchester Road Race, annual road race dating back to 1927, with at least 9,000 participants every year since 1991 Manchester Silkworms Truth Serum, an Eisner-nominated comic which takes place in Manchester Wickham Park (Manchester, Connecticut) a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Manchester CDP, Connecticut".

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