Orange, Connecticut Orange, Connecticut Orange Town Hall Orange Town Hall Flag of Orange, Connecticut Flag Official seal of Orange, Connecticut Location in New Haven County, Connecticut Location in New Haven County, Connecticut Orange is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
The Paugusset, an Algonquian citizens , once lived in the region that is now Orange.
Peter Prudden purchased the territory from the Indians for six coats, ten blankets, one kettle, twelve hatchets, twelve hoes, two dozen knives and a dozen small mirrors. When originally settled by English colonists, Orange was simply the northern and easterly precinct of the now neighboring town/city of Milford; however, by 1822, the populace of the region had grown to the point where inhabitants desired to form their own separate community, thus forming the town of Orange.
The town is titled after William III of England, who was Prince of Orange from birth.
As early as 1848, a separation of Orange and West Haven was considered.
It was not until 1921 that the two were officially separated by act of the Connecticut General Assembly and the new town/city of West Haven was formed out of the southeastern portion of Orange. This gave the remnant town of Orange a very non-urban feel, as the bulk of the urbanized populace was ceded to West Haven.
A toll road through Orange, from New Haven to Derby, was assembled starting in 1800.
The toll home was positioned in Orange; tolls ended in 1887. The New Haven and Derby Railroad ran through Orange starting in 1871, with a station in Orange.
The advent of a street car from New Haven to Derby (starting in 1904 and running until 1937) hastened the end to rail service (in 1925). Later, the assembly of the Wilbur Cross Parkway and Interstate 95 brought highways through the area.
Built in 1810, it is thought to have been assembled by David Hoadley, who assembled the Orange Congregational Church.
This global style home was instead of in 1949 and featured at the time in the New Haven Register as "The House of Tomorrow".
Orange Center Historic District Roughly Orange Center Road from Orange Cemetery to Nan Drive (added August 10, 1989).
The precinct was originally established by the town January 13, 1978. The Orange Congregational Church, designed by David Hoadley and assembled in 1810 on the town green, is a centerpiece of the district.
The home later served as housing for dairy farm employees and was ultimately bought by the Town of Orange in 2000 to be restored for use as a exhibition. Amity Middle School, seven through eighth grades (Orange campus) Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy (formerly New Haven Hebrew Day School) Orange is served by the county-wide Amity Regional High School in Woodbridge. Orange CT historic Orange exhibits its non-urban roots at the annual Orange Country Fair.
It has continued since then featuring horse, oxen and tractor pulls as well as exhibits of animals, flowers, fruits, vegetables and baked goods. In early August, the town also promotes the Orange Volunteer Fireman's Carnival, which raises funds to support the volunteer fire department.
During the Cold War, Orange served as a locale for the permanent deployment of Nike missiles for the defense of Greater New Haven.
In the early nineteenth century, pioneer from Orange established Orange, Ohio, then part of Connecticut's Western Reserve.
On August 18, 2005 the Orange Little League Girls softball team lost the championship game of the Little League Softball World Series to a team from Mc - Lean, Virginia. On March 15 17, 2009, Orange hosted the 2009 Conn - Jam, a Boy Scout event in which over 3,000 Boy Scouts from the Connecticut Yankee Council attended affairs and camped over the weekend. Orange is the home of the North American command posts of Pez candies. It is also the home of the command posts of Southern Connecticut Gas and the command posts of The United Illuminating Company. Tangoe, Inc., a provider of telecommunications management software, is headquartered in Orange. Orange was the home of the US command posts of Saab-Scania from 1972 until 1992 when the business relocated to Norcross, Georgia. From 1973-2010, Hubbell, a manufacturer of electrical products, was headquartered in Orange. In February 2013, the University of New Haven announced plans to purchase the former Hubbell command posts buildings to redevelop as a graduate school campus. Yale's West Campus is positioned on the Orange-West Haven town line, on a 136-acre property that was formerly occupied by Bayer.
In August 2013, the Yale School of Nursing will relocate to a building on the West Campus that is mostly on the Orange side of the town border. Woodruff, historian, author of The History of Orange, North Milford, Connecticut, 1639 - 1949.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 17.4 square miles (45.1 km ), of which 17.2 square miles (44.5 km ) is territory and 0.2 square miles (0.6 km ), or 1.38%, is water.
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Orange town, New Haven County, Connecticut".
History of Orange Archived September 26, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
"The Derby Turnpike, Priscilla Searles, Business New Haven, Jan 27, 1997".
Orange Connecticut Historic District a b Liz Deluca, "The Historic District, A Walking Tour", Our Town Newspaper, June 10, 1997, pages 9-11.
The more densely settled easterly part of Orange was split off as the town of West Haven in 1921, dominant to the drop in population.
"Orange Country Fair, Library of Congress Local Legacies".
The New Haven Register.
"103rd Airlift Wing, Connecticut Air National Guard - Proud Heritage".
"SOUR ENDING Orange's bid for crown, perfection denied".
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"Candy Land: PEZ draws fans to Orange command posts for tours".
The New Haven Register.
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"SAAB-SCANIA of America 60 Marsh Hill Rd, Orange, CT".
"Hubbell Plans Housing for Its Orange Site".
The New Haven Register.
"Move-in day nears for Yale's new nursing school, ground on Orange-West Haven line bustling".
The New Haven Register.
Town of Orange official website Orange Historical Society Orange Local History Collection at Case Memorial Library History of Orange, North Milford, Connecticut, 1639-1949, compiled by Mary R.
Orange School District Orange Town News Orange Town Magazine Derby / Woodbridge New Haven Municipalities and communities of New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
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