Simsbury, Connecticut Simsbury, Connecticut Official seal of Simsbury, Connecticut Location in Hartford County, Connecticut Location in Hartford County, Connecticut Simsbury is a suburban town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.
The populace was 23,511 at the 2010 census. The town was incorporated as Connecticut's twenty-first town in May 1670.
Simsbury was titled the 4th best town in Connecticut on Connecticut Magazines list of top places to live 2013 and 9th best town to live in 2015 in the United States by Time magazine. Simsbury boasts a highly recognized educational system.
In 2016 Simsbury High School ranked 4th best high school in CT by Niche and 9th by U.S.
News & World Report. The suburb also homes multiple private schools including The Ethel Walker School, Westminster School, The Master's School, St.
Simsbury assembled the Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center in 2005.
8 Simsbury Public Library At the beginning of the 17th century, the region today known as Simsbury was inhabited by indigenous citizens s.
The Wappingers were one of the Algonquian citizens s, a linguistic grouping which includes hundreds of tribes. One of the Wappinger bands, the Massaco, lived near, but mostly west of what is now called the Farmington River, the region now known as Simsbury and Canton. The river was called the Massaco by the native inhabitants.
In 1633, Windsor was the second town in Connecticut settled by Europeans and the first English settlement (the first European settlement being Huys de Goede Hoop, established by the Dutch in the Hartford region as a frontier settlement for the New Netherland Colony ten years earlier).
For some time, the region of Massaco was considered "an appendix to the towne of Windsor." Settlers in Windsor forested and farmed in the area, but did not come to Massaco permanently for a number of years.
In 1670, Case, along with Joshua Holcomb & Thomas Barber, presented a petition to the General Court, requesting that Massacoe turn into a town of the colony of Connecticut. On May 12 of 1670, the General Court granted the petition, and ordered that the plantation should be called "Simmsbury".
The boundaries at that time were Farmington on the south and Windsor on the east, with the extent of Simsbury running 10 miles (16 km) north of Farmington and 10 miles west of Windsor, although the northern border, subject to dispute with Massachusetts, would be resolved later. This extent covers what is present-day Simsbury as well as Granby and Canton.
One possibility is that the name of Simsbury comes from the English town of Symondsbury. Holcomb, one of the petitioners, originally came from Symondsbury.
The war extended through parts of four colonies, with Simsbury on the edge of the conflict.
In the days dominant up to the war, they ordered pioneer to keep evening watches, and to work in the fields in armed groups of at least six. By the time of the colony's General Court meeting of October 14, 1675, the situation was considered serious enough that the court ordered the inhabitants of Simsbury to move to safety in Windsor.
This Court orders, that the citizens of Simsbury shall have a week's time to secure themselves and their corn there, and at the end of the week from this date, the souldiers, now in garrison at Simsbury, shall be released their attendance there.
In March 1676, the town of Simsbury was first pillaged, then burned to the ground.
This destruction is described as the most extensive of any event of any Indian War in New England. The pioneer remained in Windsor until the spring of 1677, at which time most moved back to Simsbury, although some never returned. He then returned to Simsbury, settled down on a farm and married.
The coins, including the Trader's Currency Token of the Colony of Connecticut, were minted in North Simsbury, now called Granby. These coins were made of pure copper, which is very soft.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 34.3 square miles (88.8 km2), of which 33.9 square miles (87.9 km2) is territory and 0.39 square miles (1.0 km2), or 1.09%, is water. Simsbury lies in the northern end of the Farmington Valley.
The east side of Simsbury is bordered by Talcott Mountain, part of the Metacomet Ridge, a mountainous trap modern ridgeline that stretches from Long Island Sound to nearly the Vermont border.
Notable features of the Metacomet Ridge in Simsbury include Heublein Tower, Talcott Mountain State Park, Penwood State Park, and the Tariffville Gorge of the Farmington River.
Simsbury is roughly equidistant from both New York City (around 90 miles SW) and Boston, Massachusetts (around 90 miles ENE).
The town is often considered a bedroom improve for the close-by city of Hartford, Connecticut, a 35 to 40 minute drive from Simsbury Center, however many inhabitants also commute to other suburbs and metros/cities inside the west-central Connecticut region.
There are four census-designated places in Simsbury: Simsbury Center, Tariffville, Weatogue, and West Simsbury.
Climate data for Simsbury, Connecticut According to Simsbury's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 2 Simsbury Public Schools 732 7 Town of Simsbury 146 The Ethel Walker School, Master's School, St.
Mary's School, and Westminster School are private schools in Simsbury.
Three of the four state parks in Hartford County, Penwood State Park, Stratton Brook State Park, and Talcott Mountain State Park, are in town.
Simsbury Airport is a enhance use airport positioned in Simsbury and East Granby.
Ensign-Bickford Industries, established in Simsbury in 1836, is still headquartered in town.
The Pinchot Sycamore, an American sycamore positioned in town, is the biggest tree in Connecticut.
Simsbury Townhouse Simsbury Center Historic District Roughly, Hopmeadow St.
(added 1975) Also, known as the Simsbury House or the 1820 House, this home was assembled by Elisha Phelps but titled after Amos Eno, who used it as a summer residence for many years.
Horace Belden School (now the Town Hall/Police Station) and Central Grammar School 933 Hopmeadow St.
Elisha Phelps House (also known as "Phelps Tavern Museum & Homestead") 800 Hopmeadow St., a 1771 home used as a tavern from 1786 to 1849 (added 1972) Simsbury Bank and Trust Company Building 760 762 Hopmeadow St.
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Simsbury Townhouse 695 Hopmeadow St.
(added 1993) The Simsbury Townhouse was the initial town hall for the town of Simsbury, used as a town hall for almost 100 years.
Shizuka Arakawa ( ) (born 1981), Japanese figure skater who won the gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics, has trained at the International Skating Center of Connecticut in town Oksana Baiul (born 1977), 1994 Olympic champion lived and trained in Simsbury after winning her title National Champion figure skater and silver medalist at the 2006 Olympics, trained in Simsbury with Russian coach Tatiana Tarasova, starting in summer 2002 Ekaterina Gordeeva (born 1971), winner of two Olympic gold medals (1988 and 1994), moved to Simsbury in the 1990s Viktor Petrenko (born 1969), 1992 Olympic champion, trained in Simsbury beginning in 1994 Alexei Yagudin (born 1980), 2002 Olympic champion and four time world champion, lived and trained in Simsbury from 1998 to 2005 with Tatiana Tarasova Lake Bell (born 1979), actress, attended school in Simsbury (1929 1968), worked on a tobacco farm in Simsbury amid the summers of 1944 and 1947 to earn cash for college senator and Simsbury resident who established the 4,200-acre (17 km2) Mc - Lean Game Refuge in town Sigourney Weaver (born 1949), actress, attended Ethel Walker School in Simsbury Law enforcement is provided by the Simsbury Police Department.
Fire protection is provided by the Simsbury Volunteer Fire Company.
The Fire Company has six stations positioned throughout the town and a dispatch center homed at the Main Station.
Emergency medical services are provided by the Simsbury Volunteer Ambulance Association.
SVAA also has a paramedic response unit staffed around the clock by a longterm position paramedic, providing the inhabitants of Simsbury with the highest level of emergency medical care.
Simsbury Public Library Simsbury Public Library The Simsbury Public Library serves more than 800 inhabitants daily and offers many programs and services including homebound bringy, enhance computers, a exhibition pass program, a Business Resource Center, and 24/7 reference assistance.
In 1890 the town assembled a library as part of the Town's center and it directed until the present library was constructed close-by in 1985.
In the last five years,[clarification needed] the Simsbury Public Library has ranked among the top five of Connecticut's enhance libraries as stated to Hennen's American Public Library Ratings.
In 2002, it ranked among the top 100 in the nation (out of 9,000). In 2008 the Simsbury Public Library period with a new addition.
Simsbury High School (Students: 1,457; Location: 34 Farms Village Rd.; Grades: 09 12) Westminster School (Students: 353; Location: 995 Hopmeadow Street; Grades: 9 12) Ethel Walker School (Students: 252; Location: 230 Bushy Hill Road; Grades: 7 12; Girls only) The Master's School (Students: 400; Location: 36 Westledge Road; Grades PK 12) Central School (Students: 479; Location: 29 Massaco St.; Grades: PK 06) Latimer Lane School (Students: 623; Location: 33 Mountain View Rd.; Grades: KG 06) Squadron Line School (Students: 849; Location: 44 Squadron Line Rd.; Grades: KG 06) Tariffville School (Students: 280; Location: 42 Winthrop St.; Grades: KG 06) Tootin' Hills School (Students: 537; Location: 25 Nimrod Rd.; Grades: KG 06) Henry James Memorial School (Students: 840; Location: 155 Firetown Rd.; Grades: 07 08) Mary's School (Students: 264; Location: 946 Hopmeadow Street; Grades: K 8) The Cobb School Montessori (Students: 145; Location: 112 Sand Hill Rd.; Grades: PK 5) National Register of Historic Places listings in Hartford County, Connecticut a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Simsbury town, Hartford County, Connecticut".
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