Wallingford, Connecticut Wallingford, Connecticut, USA Wallingford Town Hall Wallingford Town Hall Official seal of Wallingford, Connecticut, USA Location in New Haven County, Connecticut Location in New Haven County, Connecticut Wallingford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
The Connecticut General Assembly created the town on October 10, 1667.
In 1697 Wallingford was the site of the last witchcraft trial in New England.
Wallingford has diversified its commercial and industrialized base over the past decade attracting high-technology industries as compared to traditional heavy manufacturing.
The evolution of the Barnes Industrial Park, Casimir Pulaski Industrial Park, Wharton Brook Industrial Park, and the South Turnpike Road region have greatly contributed to this transition.
The Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, the town's biggest taxpayer, has established a research and evolution facility in Wallingford's Med - Way Industrial Park.
In terms of Wallingford's manufacturing and design history, silver-producing companies like Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co.
As well as Wallingford's Watrous Manufacturing later became part of the International Silver Company, which was headquartered in the neighboring town/city of Meriden. Bridge and falls at Quinnipiac River in Wallingford, 1907.
The town of Wallingford has both enhance and private education.
The Wallingford Public School System consists of eight elementary schools, two middle schools, and two high schools.
Wallingford has a private zone of schools offering the following: Choate Rosemary Hall, Heritage Baptist Academy, and Holy Trinity School. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 39.9 square miles (103.3 km ), of which 39.0 square miles (101.1 km ) is territory and 0.9 square miles (2.2 km ), or 2.16%, is water.
The town of Wallingford sits astride the Quinnipiac River in northern New Haven County.
It is 5 miles (8 km) south of Meriden and about 13 miles (21 km) north of New Haven.
Towns bordering Wallingford are Cheshire, Durham, Hamden, Meriden, Middlefield, North Branford and North Haven.
Situated in the Hartford-New Haven-Springfield corridor, Wallingford is traversed by U.S.
Route 5, Interstate 91, and State Highways Route 15 (Wilbur Cross Parkway), Route 68, Route 71 and Route 150.
East Wallingford Wallingford Center There were 17,306 housing units at an average density of 443.5 per square mile (171.2/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town was 94.77% White, 1.02% African American, 0.17% Native American, 1.75% Asian, 1.16% from other competitions, and 1.14% from two or more competitions.
The median homehold income in Wallingford is $91,317.
The per capita income in Wallingford is $40,903.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 24.0% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 24.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
From 1943 to 1944 the Boston Braves held spring training in Wallingford at Choate's Winter Exercise Building. The town is the home of the Connecticut Bearcats, a New England Football League team.
Mc - Guire, member of the United States House of Representatives Ten buildings and districts in Wallingford are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: John Barker House, added August 3, 1974 Theophilus Jones House, added January 30, 1992 Wallingford Center Historic District, added December 2, 1993 Wallingford barns station, added November 19, 1993 "Town of Wallingford, Connecticut".
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