Rocky Hill, Connecticut Rocky Hill, Connecticut Official seal of Rocky Hill, Connecticut Rocky Hill is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.
The populace was 19,709 at the 2010 census. Rocky Hill was part of Wethersfield, the neighboring town to the north, until it was autonomously incorporated in 1843.
Rocky Hill is a typical bedroom improve as many inhabitants commute to work in the larger urban centers of Hartford to the north and New Haven to the south.
In 2003, Rocky Hill was voted the #1 Sportstown in Connecticut by Sports Illustrated for demonstrating high character involvement in facilitating and enhancing improve sports. In 2007, Rocky Hill was titled #35 in Money magazine's "Best Places to Live Top 100", citing easy commuting to Hartford, small-town job availability, strong schools, and a central locale between New York City and Boston. Rocky Hill is the home of one of the biggest dinosaur track sites in North America, Dinosaur State Park.
Rocky Hill also was once the command posts of Ames Department Stores, which ceased company operations in 2002.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 13.8 square miles (35.8 km2).
Bordering Rocky Hill to the north is Wethersfield, with Newington to the northwest, Berlin to the southwest, and Cromwell to the south.
Route 3 travels from Cromwell through Rocky Hill into Wethersfield, eventually crossing the Connecticut River into Glastonbury.
The town of Rocky Hill is titled after the ridge along the Connecticut River in the northeast section that is now Rocky Hill River Park.
As of the 2000 Census, Rocky Hill had a populace of 17,966 in 7,557 homeholds, with 4,519 families residing in the town.
The median homehold income in the town was $60,247, and the median income for a family was $72,726.
Rocky Hill High School has a student body of approximately 800 students.
West Hill Elementary School has a student body of around 650 students.
Dinosaur State Park, which displays fossilized dinosaur footprints identified in Rocky Hill in the 1960s Quarry Park, an 84.3-acre (34.1 ha) park on a former trap modern quarry in northeast Rocky Hill that originally was in operation from the 1920s to the 1950s The State Veteran's Home and Hospital, positioned in Rocky Hill since 1940 Academy Hall, a exhibition run by the Rocky Hill Historical Society a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Rocky Hill town, Hartford County, Connecticut".
"Rocky Hill Named Sports Illustrated 50th Anniversary Sportstown for the State of Connecticut", December 2, 2003 Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Rocky Hill.
Town of Rocky Hill official website Rocky Hill Historical Society Rocky Hill Parks & Recreation Municipalities and communities of Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
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