Windsor, Connecticut

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Windsor
Town of Windsor
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Windsor Town Hall, located on Broad Street
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Motto(s): 
First in Connecticut, First for its Citizens
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Windsor, Connecticut
Windsor, Connecticut
Windsor, Connecticut
Coordinates: 41°51′10″N72°38′35″W / 41.85278°N 72.64306°W / 41.85278; -72.64306
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
U.S. state Flag of Connecticut.svg  Connecticut
County Hartford
Region Capitol Region
SettledSeptember 26, 1633
IncorporatedFebruary 21, 1637
Named for Windsor, Berkshire
Government
  Type Council-manager [1]
   Town manager Peter Souza
  Town councilNuchette Blacke-Burke (D),
Mayor;
Darlene Klase (D),
Deputy Mayor;
Lenworth Walker (R);
Ojala Naeem (D);
Kristin Gluck-Hoffman (R);
William Pelkey(R);
Mary Armstrong (D);
Leroy Smith (D);
Ronald Eleveld (R)
Area
  Total31.0 sq mi (80.2 km2)
  Land29.5 sq mi (76.4 km2)
  Water1.5 sq mi (3.8 km2)
Elevation
55 ft (17.37 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total29,492
  Density950/sq mi (370/km2)
Demonym Windsor-head
Time zone UTC−5 (Eastern)
  Summer (DST) UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP Code
06095
Area code(s) 860/959
FIPS code 09-87000
GNIS feature ID0212354
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State Routes Connecticut Highway 20.svg Connecticut Highway 75.svg Connecticut Highway 159.svg Connecticut Highway 178.svg Connecticut Highway 187.svg Connecticut Highway 218.svg Connecticut Highway 305.svg
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Website www.townofwindsorct.com
Elevation noted at Town Hall.

Windsor is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, and was the first English settlement in the state. It lies on the northern border of Connecticut's capital, Hartford. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. The population of Windsor was 29,492 at the 2020 census. [2]

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Poquonock ( /pəˈkwɒnək/ ) is a northern area of Windsor that has its own zip code (06064) for post-office box purposes. [3] Other unincorporated areas in Windsor include Rainbow and Hayden Station in the north, and Wilson and Deerfield in the south.

The Day Hill Road area is known as Windsor's Corporate Area, although other centers of business include New England Tradeport, Kennedy Industry Park and Kennedy Business Park, all near Bradley International Airport and the Addison Road Industrial Park.

History

The coastal areas and riverways were traditional areas of settlement by various American Indian cultures, who had been in the region for thousands of years. They relied on the rivers for fishing, water and transportation. Before European contact, the historic Pequot and Mohegan tribes had been one Algonquian-speaking people. After they separated, they became competitors and traditional enemies in the Connecticut region.

During the first part of the 17th century, the Pequot and Mohegan nations had been at war. The Podunk were forced to pay tribute to the more powerful Pequot, who claimed their land. Eventually, the Podunk invited a small party of settlers from Plymouth, Massachusetts, to settle as a mediating force between the other tribes. In exchange they granted them a plot of land at the confluence of the Farmington River and the west side of the Connecticut River. After Edward Winslow came from Plymouth to inspect the land, William Holmes led a small party, arriving at the site on September 26, 1633, where they founded a trading post. [4] The spot of the trading post is at the confluence of the Farmington and Connecticut Rivers. The Loomis Chaffee School currently owns the land as the spot is now the school's sports fields.

Native Americans referred to the area as Matianuck. It was about 50 miles (80 km) up river from Long Island Sound, at the end of waters navigable by ship and above the Dutch fort at Hartford, offering an advantageous location for the English to trade with the Indians before they reached the Dutch. (The Sicaog tribe had made a similar offer to mediate to the Dutch in New Amsterdam. New Netherland had far fewer European settlers than New England, and they were not in a position to take up the opportunity.)

In 1635, a party of around 30 people, sponsored by Sir Richard Saltonstall, and led by the Stiles brothers, Francis, John and Henry, settled in the Windsor area. Governor John Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Company acknowledged in a letter to Saltonstall that the Stiles party was the second group to settle Connecticut.

The first group of 60 or more people were led by Roger Ludlow, primary framer of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, having trekked overland from Dorchester, Massachusetts. [5] They had arrived in the New World five years earlier on the ship Mary and John from Plymouth, England, and settled in Dorchester. [6] Reverend Warham promptly renamed the Connecticut settlement "Dorchester". During the next few years, more settlers arrived from Dorchester, outnumbering and soon displacing the original Plymouth contingent, who returned to Plymouth in 1638 after selling their parcel to a Matthew Allyn of Hartford. [7]

On February 21, 1637, the colony's General Court changed the name of the settlement from Dorchester to Windsor, [8] named after the town of Windsor, Berkshire, on the River Thames in England. [9] The same day, Windsor was incorporated as a town along with Hartford and Wethersfield.

Several "daughter towns" were formed from Windsor's original boundaries. These include portions or all of Barkhamsted, Bloomfield, Bolton, Colebrook, Coventry, East Granby, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Granby, Harwinton, Litchfield, Manchester, Morris, Simsbury, South Windsor, Suffield, Tolland, Torrington, Vernon, and Windsor Locks. [10]

The first "highway" in the Connecticut Colony opened in 1638 between Windsor and Hartford. Two years later, the highway was extended north to the colony's 1636 settlement at Springfield, with the road also connecting to Wethersfield and thus the four settlements that came to dominate the region for much of colonial history were connected.

In the summer of 1640, an event took place that would forever change the boundaries of the Connecticut River Valley. During a grain famine, the founder of Springfield, William Pynchon, [11] was given authority by Windsor and Hartford to negotiate a price for grain for the three settlements with the natives. First, the natives refused to sell grain at the usual market price, and then refused to sell it at "a reasonable price". Pynchon refused to buy it, attempting to teach the natives a peaceful lesson about integrity and reliability. Windsor's cattle were starving, however, and the citizens of Hartford were furious. With Windsor's consent, Hartford commissioned the famous Indian fighter John Mason to travel to Springfield with "money in one hand and a sword in the other" to threaten the natives, and thereby force the grain trade. The natives capitulated and ultimately sold their grain. After "negotiating the trade", Mason refused to share the grain with Springfield, and, to add further insult, insisted that Springfield pay a tax when sailing ships passed Windsor. Outraged, Springfield forever sided with the Massachusetts Bay Colony, a Puritan settlement in Boston, rather than with the Connecticut Colony, which was much closer geographically and far more compatible ideologically. Windsor played a neutral role in the colonial rivalry between Hartford and Springfield; however, Windsor's direct border with both settlements caused many discussions about whether to align with Massachusetts or Connecticut. Ultimately, Windsor sided with Connecticut. [12] [13]

The Hartford & Springfield Street Railway, a trolley, connected with the Connecticut Company in Windsor Center until 1925. Buses replaced trolleys between Rainbow (a northern section of Windsor) and Windsor Center in 1930. Trolley cars continued to run from Windsor to Hartford until 1940. [14]

The original Windsor settlers have many descendants around the country and beyond. Many are members of the Descendants of the Founders of Ancient Windsor (DFAW).

When the Springfield Line of the NY, New Haven & Hartford RR was built, station stops included Windsor station in Windsor Center with stations also at Wilson in the south of town and Hayden in the north, named for owners who provided land for the railroad right of way. The line was double tracked until the late 1990s and redouble tracked in 2018. Sidings at Windsor station allowed cars to be spotted at the freight house and on the Loomis trestle just to its south. The trestle was removed in the late 1980s. An 1856 brownstone arch bridge carries the tracks over Pleasant St and the Farmington River. Incorporating a horizontal curve, its engineering was noteworthy when built. Following a fatal grade crossing accident, a three-track-wide plate girder bridge was installed to carry tracks over Palisado Avenue.

The Wolcott House, Windsor, early drawing Wolcott House Windsor Connecticut.jpeg
The Wolcott House, Windsor, early drawing

Geography

Captain John Bissell Memorial Bridge spanning the Connecticut River between the towns of Windsor and South Windsor IMG 4337 Captain John Bissell Memorial Bridge.jpg
Captain John Bissell Memorial Bridge spanning the Connecticut River between the towns of Windsor and South Windsor

Windsor's highest point is on Day Hill at 230 feet (70 m) above sea level. [15] Windsor's lowest point is on the Connecticut River, at 5 feet (1.5 m) above sea level.

[15] The Connecticut River defines Windsor's eastern border. The city of Hartford, the capital of Connecticut, is adjacent to Windsor to the south. The town of Windsor Locks, home of Bradley International Airport, is adjacent to Windsor to the north. Prior to its incorporation in 1854, it was known as the Pine Meadow section of Windsor. The towns of East Windsor and South Windsor are on the east side of the Connecticut River. The town of Bloomfield is to the west. The town of East Granby is to the northwest.

The Farmington River joins the Connecticut River in Windsor. The Farmington River is dammed in the northwestern corner of Windsor to form the 234-acre (0.95 km2) Rainbow Reservoir. [16]

Historical points of interest

The Joseph Kesselring stage play and Frank Capra movie Arsenic and Old Lace was inspired by actual events that took place in a three-story brick house on Prospect Street, just off the north end of the Windsor green. Sixty men died between 1907 and 1917 while in the care of Amy Archer-Gilligan. Most were proven to be victims of arsenic poisoning.

On historic Palisado Avenue, one can find the First Church in Windsor, Congregational, and adjacent graveyard. [17]

Across the street on the Palisado Green stands a statue of John Mason, a founder of Windsor and a colonial leader in the Pequot War.

Further north is the home of Oliver Ellsworth, third Chief Justice of the United States. [18]

The town center is well-planned in comparison to many others in the Greater Hartford area. It has a relative diversity of chains and local shops, as well as a restored Amtrak train station dating to the 1850s. The Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut is located in Windsor. [19]

From 1957 to 2006, the town was the location of the S1C Nuclear Powered Training Unit; a prototype nuclear power plant for the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. The former site has the distinction of being the first nuclear reactor site to receive unrestricted release after demolition and decontamination efforts. [20]

Other notable sites

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Oliver Ellsworth Homestead
Windsor War Memorial, sculpted by Evelyn Beatrice Longman (1928), Windsor Town Green at Broad Street. Windsor War Memorial (1928), Windsor, CT - April 2016 (1).JPG
Windsor War Memorial, sculpted by Evelyn Beatrice Longman (1928), Windsor Town Green at Broad Street.

Windsor is home to the following locations on the National Register of Historic Places: [22]

Tobacco farming

Tobacco farming in Connecticut has a long history. When the first settlers came to the valley in the 1630s, tobacco was already being grown by the native population. By 1700 it was being exported via the Connecticut River to European ports. The use of Connecticut tobacco as a cigar wrapper leaf began in the 1820s. [24]

Area farmers grew tobacco for the two outside layers of cigars, the binder and the wrapper. Approximately 34,000 acres (140 km2) of land in Connecticut is covered by Windsor Soil, named after the town. [25]

The movie Parrish, starring Troy Donahue and Karl Malden, was set and filmed in the tobacco farms of Windsor. The film was released in 1961.

The Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum, [26] containing authentic farming implements and tools, can be found at Northwest Park in Windsor. [27]

Civic Organizations and Local Non-Profit Organizations

Community Health Resources - CHR

Easterseals Capital Region & Eastern Connecticut

Kiwanis Club of Windsor

Mary's Place, A Center for Grieving Children and Families

Rotary Club of Windsor

Saint Casmir's Lithuanian Society Inc.

VFW-Veterans of Foreign Wars-Windsor Post 4740

Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut

Windsor Art Center

Windsor Food and Fuel Bank

Windsor Historical Society

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1820 3,008
1850 3,294
1860 2,278−30.8%
1870 2,78322.2%
1880 3,0589.9%
1890 2,954−3.4%
1900 3,61422.3%
1910 4,17815.6%
1920 5,62034.5%
1930 8,29047.5%
1940 10,06821.4%
1950 11,83317.5%
1960 19,46764.5%
1970 22,50215.6%
1980 25,20412.0%
1990 27,81710.4%
2000 28,2371.5%
2010 29,0442.9%
2020 29,4921.5%
U.S. Decennial Census [28]

Population

As of the census of 2010, there were 29,044 people, 11,233 households, and 7,881 families residing in the town. The population density was 984.5 persons per square mile (380.2/km2). There were 11,767 housing units at an average density of 398.9 per square mile (154.0/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 54.7% White, 34.3% African American, 0.2% Native American, 4.5% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 3.1% some other race, and 3.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.4% of the population. [29]

There were 11,233 households, out of which 28.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.9% were headed by married couples living together, 14.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.8% were non-families. 24.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.8% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.04. [29]

In the town, the population was spread out, with 21.5% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 23.9% from 25 to 44, 31.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.8 males. [29]

Income

According to the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, for the period 2009–2011, median income for a household in the town was $78,211, and median income for a family was $89,726. Male full-time year-round workers had a median income of $58,668 versus $50,529 for females. The per capita income for the town was $34,899. About 3.1% of families and 4.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.0% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or over. [30]

Windsor was one of a handful of towns in the country where, in the 2000 United States Census, median income for black households ($64,159) was larger than white households ($63,624). Asian households had a median income of $75,716. Hispanic or Latino (of any race) households have a median income of $69,808. [31]

High school demographics

Windsor High School has 1,471 students enrolled. Demographics for 2004–2005 were:

Economy

Top employers

Top employers in Windsor according to the town's 2023 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report [33]

#Employer# of Employees
1 Amazon.com 7,223
2Town of Windsor1,181
3 Voya Financial 723
4 Walgreens 700
5SS & C Technologies Inc500
6 Eversource Energy 400
7Dollar Tree375
8 Waste Management 375
9TLD GSE350
10Barnes Aerospace300

Government

Windsor has a council–manager government. The legislative function is performed by a bipartisan Council of nine members, who are elected biennially for two-year terms. The Town Council elects a Mayor from its membership for the two-year term, and also appoints the Town Manager. Peter Souza has served as Windsor's town manager since 2004. [34]

Connecticut House of Representatives:

Connecticut Senate:

United States House of Representatives:

Voter registration and party enrolment as of October 26, 2010 [42]
PartyActive votersInactive votersTotal voters
Democratic 9,4313429,773
Republican 2,8611493,010
Unaffiliated 7,4434507,893
Minor parties54155
Total19,78994220,731

The following minor parties have registered voters in Windsor: the Green Party, Libertarian Party, Working Families Party, and Independent Party.

Infrastructure

Transportation

Windsor train station in the former Hartford & New Haven Railroad Depot. The station is served by the Hartford Line and Amtrak. HartfordNewHavenRRDepotWindsorCT.jpg
Windsor train station in the former Hartford & New Haven Railroad Depot. The station is served by the Hartford Line and Amtrak.
Windsor Art Center, in the former Hartford & New Haven Freight Depot HartfordFreightDepotWindsorCT.jpg
Windsor Art Center, in the former Hartford & New Haven Freight Depot

Emergency services

Police

Windsor Police Department is located off of Day Hill Road, at 100 Addison Road. [44]

Fire department

Windsor Volunteer Fire Department has five stations: Windsor Station (at the Windsor Safety Complex), Wilson Station, Poquonock Station, Rainbow Road Station and Hayden Station. [45]

Emergency medical services

Windsor Volunteer Ambulance is also located at the Windsor Safety Complex. [46]

Education

The public schools in Windsor are a part of the Windsor Public Schools:

The magnet schools in Windsor are managed by the Capital Region Education Council:

There is one public library with two branches:

There are several private schools in Windsor:

[50]

Recreation and activities

Parks

Windsor Meadows State Park is in the southeast corner of town [58] and runs along the shore of the Connecticut River.

Keney Park, in the south, straddles Windsor and Hartford; it includes cricket fields and a golf course. [59]

Northwest Park, Windsor's largest park, is located in the northwest corner of Windsor. It includes a nature center, trails and an animal barn showcasing a burro, sheep, chickens, goats, rabbits, ducks, and a turkey. [60]

Welch Park is in the neighborhood of Poquonock on the Farmington River and is home to a public pool, a basketball court, numerous baseball diamonds, tennis courts, and a small playground.

Stroh Park is off Route 159 near Wilson Congregational Church towards the south end of town. It is home to a public pool, tennis courts, a playground, and a pond.

Strawberry Hills Park is located on River Street. It is a popular location in the summer months for those interested in canoeing and kayaking the Farmington River.

Mill Brook Open Space, the former Mill Brook and Traditions golf course headed to housing development was purchased and protected as open space by The Trust for Public Land in 2014. [61] [62] This 95 acre property cost $2.1million dollars, with a $1,086,000 grant from the State of Connecticut to help preserve this open meadow. [63] This property will serve as "land for passive recreation, wildlife habitat, community character along with water quality & storm water protection purposes". [63] The proximity of the park to the town is also important in that it will put more than 1,200 residents within a 10-minute-walk to the property. [62]

Events

The Northwest Park Country Fair is held every fall. [64]

The Shad Derby Festival is held every spring in the town center. [65]

The Carol sing and torchlight parade mark the holiday season in December.

Entertainment

Religion

  • Sanctuary of Faith and Glory Church
  • Hopewell Baptist Church
  • Truth & Freedom Ministry (Home Church)
  • Pilgrim Way Baptist Church
  • Grace Baptist Church
  • Greater St. Paul's Baptist Church of Deliverance
  • Saint Gabriel's Church, Roman Catholic
  • Saint Gertrude's Church, Roman Catholic
  • Saint Joseph's Church, Roman Catholic
  • The First Church in Windsor, United Church of Christ
  • Poquonock Community Church, Congregational
  • Wilson Congregational Church, United Church of Christ
  • Holy Zion Church of the Jubilee
  • Mount Carmel Christian Ministries
  • Faith Community Church
  • Grace Episcopal Church
  • Archer Memorial AME Zion Church
  • Trinity United Methodist Church
  • Christ the King Lutheran Church
  • Congregation Beth Ahm, Jewish
  • Oasis Christian Church of Connecticut
  • Tohrah Judea
  • Connecticut Valley Church of Christ
  • Praise Power & Prayer Christian Temple
  • Islamic Center of Connecticut
  • International Gospel Fellowship

Notable people

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Oliver Ellsworth

Principal communities

See also

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