East Windsor, Connecticut | |
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Town | |
| Town of East Windsor | |
 The dam and Opera House in theBroad Brook section of town | |
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| Nickname: East Side/East Borough/E-Dubb | |
| Motto(s): Unity, Strength | |
 Hartford County and Connecticut Capitol Planning Region and Connecticut | |
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| Coordinates:41°55′00″N72°33′28″W / 41.91667°N 72.55778°W /41.91667; -72.55778 | |
| Country |  United States |
| U.S. state |  Connecticut |
| County | Hartford |
| Region | Capitol Region |
| Settled | 1680 |
| Incorporated | 1768 |
| Villages | Broad Brook Melrose Scantic Warehouse Point Windsorville |
| Government | |
| • Type | Selectman-town meeting |
| • First Selectman | Jason E. Bowsza (D) |
| • Selectmen | Marie DeSousa (D) Alan Baker (D) Sarah Muska (R) Charlie Nordell (R) |
| Area | |
• Total | 26.8 sq mi (69.5 km2) |
| • Land | 26.3 sq mi (68.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0.58 sq mi (1.5 km2) |
| Elevation | 49 ft (15 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 11,190 |
| • Density | 426/sq mi (165/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (Eastern) |
| ZIP Codes | 06016, 06088 |
| Area codes | 860/959 |
| FIPS code | 09-24800 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0212329[1] |
| Major highways |   |
| U.S. Routes |  |
| Website | www |
East Windsor is a town inHartford County,Connecticut, United States. The town is part of theCapitol Planning Region. The population was 11,190 at the2020 census.[2] The town has five villages:Broad Brook, Melrose, Scantic, Warehouse Point and Windsorville.
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In 1633, Settlers laid claim to the area now known asWindsor, which included East Windsor. No English settlers lived on the east side of the river. The first English settler in what is today known as East Windsor, wasWilliam Pynchon, the founder ofSpringfield, Massachusetts. In 1636, he erected a warehouse for his settlement's transshipment of goods at what is now known as "Warehouse Point". Warehouse Point served as the southern border of Springfield, Massachusetts, for 132 years—until 1768—when Warehouse Point, Connecticut, was annexed by the Connecticut Colony. Pynchon selected the site of Warehouse Point because of its location near theEnfield Falls—the first major falls in the Connecticut River, thehead of navigation where seagoing vessels were forced to terminate their voyages and transship to smallershallops. By constructing a warehouse at Warehouse Point, Pynchon essentially forced all northern Connecticut River business to run through him and his settlement at Springfield.[3]
Meanwhile, most of today's East Windsor was part of the prominentWindsor settlement on the east side of the river. Settlers avoided the East Side of the river due to thePodunk tribe who inhabited the area, particularly followingKing Philip's War in 1675. Simon Wolcott was the first settler in today's East Windsor. East Windsor also included today'sEllington andSouth Windsor. Eventually on May 10, 1768, The East Windsor parish was partitioned from Windsor. The center of town became what is now East Windsor Hill in today's South Windsor. The North Part of town center was Scantic.
In 1818, resident Solomon Ellsworth Jr, was blasting a hole for a well alongside his house in town. While in the process, he found some odd bones. These bones would later be sent toYale University and eventually be identified asDinosaur fossils, specifically one of anAnchisaurus. Though not the first fossils to be found, their discovery led to thedinosaur discovery craze later in the century as these were the first bones to be known as a dinosaur, four years beforeWilliam Buckland determined it. The bones are still at Yale and the Ellsworth Homestead still stands on Rye Street near the South Windsor line.
In 1832, the Broad Brook Mill was created at the waterfall of the Mill Pond.
The town has five sections of town, Warehouse Point, Broad Brook, Scantic, Melrose, and Windsorville. The oldest section of town is Warehouse Point, which, as mentioned, was first used by William Pynchon in the 1630s, and later settled as part of Springfield in the 1680s. The Scantic section of town was the center of town until the mills were built. The Windsorville section of town was once its own community, featuring a church, post office, mini-mart, and a park. Mulnite Farms is a tobacco farm on Graham Road, established in 1905. In 1897, the town's voluntary fire department was created in the mill. The Broad Brook Elementary school was established in 1951. In 1961, the town hall burned down. The new town hall is on Rye Street, across from the elementary school. The new volunteer fire department building and senior center was built on the same site of the old town hall. On Memorial Day Weekend 1986, the Broad Brook Mill caught on fire during renovations, with the mill and the tire shop (on the site of the mill) burned down and the smoke being seen as far asBradley International Airport and Hartford. A new mini strip mall was built on the site of the mill.
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 26.8 square miles (69.5 km2), of which 26.3 square miles (68.0 km2) is land and 0.58 square miles (1.5 km2), or 2.11%, is water.[4]
East Windsor is bordered by the town ofEnfield to the north,South Windsor to the south,Ellington to the east, and Windsor Locks andWindsor to the west, across theConnecticut River.
By virtue of its location on the Connecticut River, Windsor functioned as a vital port. Merchants on both sides of the river shipped timber products, brick, livestock, wheat, tobacco and other produce to supply plantations in the West Indies, importing sugar, molasses, salt, and British manufactured textiles, ceramics, hardware and glass on return trips. Windsor's Hooker and Chaffee mercantile firm maintained a store and packing houses right off Windsor's Palisado Green. Small scale shipbuilding took place at the mouth of the Scantic River in what is now South Windsor, Warehouse Point in what is now East Windsor, and along the Farmington from as far upriver as today's village of Poquonock.[citation needed]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1820 | 3,400 | — | |
| 1840 | 3,600 | — | |
| 1850 | 2,633 | −26.9% | |
| 1860 | 2,580 | −2.0% | |
| 1870 | 2,882 | 11.7% | |
| 1880 | 3,019 | 4.8% | |
| 1890 | 2,890 | −4.3% | |
| 1900 | 3,158 | 9.3% | |
| 1910 | 3,362 | 6.5% | |
| 1920 | 3,741 | 11.3% | |
| 1930 | 3,815 | 2.0% | |
| 1940 | 3,967 | 4.0% | |
| 1950 | 4,859 | 22.5% | |
| 1960 | 7,500 | 54.4% | |
| 1970 | 8,513 | 13.5% | |
| 1980 | 8,925 | 4.8% | |
| 1990 | 10,081 | 13.0% | |
| 2000 | 9,818 | −2.6% | |
| 2010 | 11,162 | 13.7% | |
| 2020 | 11,190 | 0.3% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[5] | |||
As of thecensus[6] of 2000, there were 9,818 people, 4,078 households, and 2,556 families residing in the town. The population density was 373.5 inhabitants per square mile (144.2/km2). There were 4,356 housing units at an average density of 165.7 per square mile (64.0/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 91.47%White, 4.09%African American, 0.16%Native American, 2.00%Asian, 0.04%Pacific Islander, 0.83% fromother races, and 1.41% from two or more races.Hispanic orLatino of any race were 2.11% of the population.
There were 4,078 households, out of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.7% weremarried couples living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.3% were non-families. 30.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.94.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 22.2% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 33.1% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.6 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $51,092, and the median income for a family was $60,694. Males had a median income of $39,785 versus $33,446 for females. Theper capita income for the town was $24,899. About 3.5% of families and 4.1% of the population were below thepoverty line, including 2.9% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.
| Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of October 31, 2024[7] | |||||
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| Party | Active Voters | Inactive Voters | Total Voters | Percentage | |
| Democratic | 2,612 | 86 | 2,698 | 28.33% | |
| Republican | 2,028 | 69 | 2,097 | 22.02% | |
| Unaffiliated | 4,421 | 150 | 4,571 | 48.00% | |
| Minor parties | 148 | 8 | 156 | 1.64% | |
| Total | 9,209 | 313 | 9,522 | 100% | |
| Year | Democratic | Republican | Third Parties |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 53.22%3,008 | 44.96%2,541 | 1.82%103 |
| 2016 | 46.05%2,441 | 49.16%2,606 | 4.79%254 |
| 2012 | 56.84%2,857 | 42.02%2,112 | 1.13%57 |
| 2008 | 58.81%3,106 | 39.77%2,100 | 1.42%75 |
| 2004 | 54.34%2,571 | 43.84%2,074 | 1.82%86 |
| 2000 | 54.60%2,313 | 39.50%1,673 | 5.90%250 |
| 1996 | 52.42%2,104 | 32.26%1,295 | 15.32%615 |
| 1992 | 39.25%1,891 | 33.17%1,598 | 27.58%1,329 |
| 1988 | 48.36%1,940 | 50.52%2,027 | 1.12%45 |
| 1984 | 38.45%1,454 | 61.26%2,317 | 0.29%11 |
| 1980 | 41.82%1,572 | 43.31%1,628 | 14.87%559 |
| 1976 | 53.26%1,926 | 46.29%1,674 | 0.44%16 |
| 1972 | 44.48%1,536 | 54.24%1,873 | 1.27%44 |
| 1968 | 50.22%1,595 | 42.79%1,359 | 6.99%222 |
| 1964 | 69.37%2,172 | 30.63%959 | 0.00%0 |
| 1960 | 54.28%1,673 | 45.72%1,409 | 0.00%0 |
| 1956 | 37.15%1,039 | 62.85%1,758 | 0.00%0 |
| Year | Office | Results |
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| 2018 | Governor | Stefanowski 52.06–41.47% |
| U.S. Senator | Murphy 52.44–46.50% | |
| U.S. Representative | Larson 53.54–45.15% | |
| 2016 | President | Trump 49.16–46.05% |
| U.S. Senator | Blumenthal 58.72–38.88% | |
| U.S. Representative | Larson 54.91–42.65% | |
| 2014 | Governor | Foley 53.71–44.71% |
| U.S. Representative | Larson 54.57–43.42% | |
| 2012 | President | Obama 56.8–42.0% |
| U.S. Senator | Murphy 52.3–45.4% | |
| U.S. Representative | Larson 65.1–32.7% | |
| 2010 | Governor | Foley 56.0–42.0% |
| U.S. Senator | Blumenthal 50.7–47.4% | |
| U.S. Representative | Larson 53.1–45.3% | |
| 2008 | President | Obama 58.8–39.8% |
| U.S. Representative | Larson 69.6–27.1% | |
| 2006 | Governor | Rell 63.8–34.7% |
| U.S. Senator | Lieberman 46.8–39.8–12.5% | |
| U.S. Representative | Larson 71.7–28.3% | |
| 2004 | President | Kerry 54.3–43.8% |
| U.S. Senator | Dodd 66.8–31.1% | |
| U.S. Representative | Larson 56.8–43.2% |
East Windsor Elementary School System serves students in pre-kindergarten through grade four. The Connecticut Children's Place runs from grade five through grade 12. Its principal is Joyce Welch. Homebound schooling runs from Pre-K through 12. The Broad Brook Elementary School principal is Laura Foxx.
East Windsor Middle School serves students in grades five through eight. Its principal is Timothy Field.
East Windsor High School serves students in grades nine through twelve. Its principal is Allison Anderson.
U.S. Route 5 runs through the town from the border withSouth Windsor toEnfield.
East Windsor is halfway betweenHartford andSpringfield, each 12 miles (19 km) away.Interstate 91 serves East Windsor with exits 44 and 45.Windsor Locks station is the nearest passenger train station.
Bradley International Airport is 5 miles (8 km) away. Skylark Airport is a small airstrip to help young aviators learn how to fly.
East Windsorcrime, according to city-data.com[10] is relatively low against U.S. averages. Between 1999 and 2004, not including 2003, there was onemurder, 26rapes, 43robberies, 41assaults, 254burglaries, 1248thefts, and 177car thefts.
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