Wolcott, Connecticut Wolcott, Connecticut Official seal of Wolcott, Connecticut Location in New Haven County, Connecticut Location in New Haven County, Connecticut Wolcott (local / w lk t/) is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.

It is primarily residentiary with a populace of 16,680 at the 2010 census. Known as Farmingbury when it was settled in the 1730s by the Connecticut Colony, the town was retitled Wolcott after being incorporated in 1796. 6 Wolcott enhance schools 7 Wolcott Police Department As the end of the 17th-century interval near, the early suburbs of Waterbury and Farmington had come to occupy a great deal of west-central Connecticut in the Naugatuck River Valley and Farmington River Valley, in the order given.

At that time, the borderlands between these two suburbs were known as Farmingbury, a term derived by simply combining parts of the two town names.

Although individuals were living inside the Farmingbury territory as early as the 1730s, they possessed no official identity apart from the parent suburbs of either Waterbury or Farmington.

By 1770, the inhabitants of Farmingbury successfully petitioned the Connecticut General Assembly to problematic the First Ecclesiastical Society of Farmingbury.

Farmingbury petitioned the Connecticut General Assembly in 1796, requesting that it be incorporated as an autonomous town distinct from Waterbury and Farmington.

The tie-breaking vote in favor of Farmingbury was cast by Lieutenant Governor Oliver Wolcott and the lands of Farmingbury previously owned by Waterbury and Farmington were officially ceded to the new town.

In honor of the Lieutenant Governor's deciding vote, the inhabitants of Farmingbury retitled their newly incorporated town "Wolcott". The 1800 United States Enumeration was the first census conducted after Wolcott's incorporation and counted 948 individuals living inside the town. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 21.1 square miles (55 km2), of which 20.4 square miles (53 km2) is territory and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2), or 3.22%, is water.

Although there aren't any natural lakes of momentous size in Wolcott, there are a several man-made reservoirs created from the damming of small rivers and brooks.

Scovill Reservoir, also known as Woodtick Reservoir, covers 121 acres (49 ha) and was assembled by damming the Mad River in central Wolcott.

Although it was originally constructed in 1917 to supply water for a brass manufacturer, it is now a town-owned recreational lake. Other reservoirs that are at least partially contained inside Wolcott include Chestnut Hill Reservoir, Hitchcock Lake, Southington Reservoir #2, New Britain Reservoir (which extends east into neighboring Southington, Connecticut) and Cedar Lake and Dunham Mill Pond (both of which extend north into neighboring Bristol, Connecticut).

The highest point in New Haven County is found in Wolcott up on Lindsley Hill, which has an altitude of approximately 1,046 feet above sea level. Wolcott is primarily a residentiary, suburban town with a populace density of 816 citizens per square mile, though approximately 56% of the town's territory remains undeveloped.

Residential developments occupy roughly 33% of the town and encompass 6,148 housing units (of which 89.5% are single family homes). Cumulatively, about 11% of the town is presently used for agriculture, commerce/industry, recreation and municipal facilities. In the town, the populace was spread out with 26.0% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 24.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 years of age or older.

The median income for a homehold in the town was $61,376, and the median income for a family was $67,582.

Colleen Ward, Miss Connecticut 2015 is a 2010 graduate of Wolcott High School Governor of Connecticut in 1796 and appointed Brigadier-General, the town of Farmingbury was changed to "Wolcott", Conn.

A Blue Bird "All American RE" school bus, owned and directed by Wolcott Public Schools There are five enhance schools inside the Wolcott Public Schools system: Wolcott High School (WHS) - Mascot is "Eagle" Wolcott Police Department The Wolcott Police Department (WPD) is situated in a single facility positioned on Nichols Road and the current Chief of Police is Edward Stephens. Some parts of the department include the Honor Guard, Emergency Response Team, Detective Division, Accident Investigative Team, Patrol Division, School Resource Officer, Motorcycle Unit, Neighborhood Watch, The D.A.R.E program, Wolcott Police Explorers for teens who are interested in a future longterm position as an officer and the Animal Control Unit. WPD is one of many police departments which have engaged in the use of body cameras. "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Wolcott town, New Haven County, Connecticut".

History of the Town of Wolcott (Connecticut) from 1731 to 1874, with an account of the Centenary Meeting, September 10th and 11th 1873; and with the Genealogies of the Families of the Town.

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History of the town of Wolcott (Connecticut) from 1731 to 1874 by Samuel Orcutt, 1874 (copy) (copy) Town of Wolcott official website Wolcott Public Schools Municipalities and communities of New Haven County, Connecticut, United States

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