Sandy Hook, Connecticut | |
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| Village of Sandy Hook | |
 Sandy Hook in 2007 | |
 Location within theWestern Connecticut Planning Region and the state ofConnecticut | |
| Coordinates:41°25′7″N73°16′33″W / 41.41861°N 73.27583°W /41.41861; -73.27583 | |
| Country | United States |
| U.S. state | Connecticut |
| County | Fairfield |
| Metropolitan area | Danbury |
| Town | Newtown |
| Established | 1711 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 06482 |
| Area codes | 203/475 |
Sandy Hook is avillage in thetown ofNewtown, Connecticut, United States, founded in 1711. It was listed as acensus-designated place prior to the2020 census.[1] According to the United States Census Bureau in 2021, it has a population of 9,114.[2]
Sandy Hook was founded in 1711[3] when several proprietors with land in the area relocated together to reduce isolation. Within a year of the settlement of Newtown, some of its proprietors began moving away from the central village to some of their larger parcels. Colonists found that the Pootatuck River at Sandy Hook allowed for saw and gristmills, leading to it becoming one of the first outlying areas to be settled.[4]
In 1839, the chemist and engineerCharles Goodyear accidentally invented the process of vulcanization while living on Glen Road, to the north of Sandy Hook center. This led to the creation and prosperity of the Goodyear Rubber Packing factory in the following 15 years, and hugely impacted themanufacturing industry in the following decades.[5][6]
The Sandy Hook neighborhood did not grow dramatically until the mid-19th century post-industrialization, due to innovation and economic growth caused by businesses such as the Goodyear Rubber Packing Factory.[4]
On December 14, 2012[update], 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed his mother at home, and then drove toSandy Hook Elementary School[7] where he killed 20 children aged 6–7 along with six adults. He died by suicide when police arrived at the school. It was the second-deadliest[update] mass shooting in U.S. history at the time, after the 2007Virginia Tech shootings.[8][9]Following the shooting, both the Lanza family home and Sandy Hook Elementary School were demolished, in 2013 and 2016 respectively; a new school being rebuilt at the same site.[10][11]
Located within Newtown, Sandy Hook borders theNewtown borough and the village ofBotsford to the south, as well as the towns ofMonroe,Southbury, andOxford along theHousatonic River, to the east. The immediate area surrounding Sandy Hook village contains multiple amenities and green spaces includingRocky Glen State Park andPaugussett State Forest, as well as Timothy B. Treadwell Memorial Park and the Sandy Hook Memorial Park.
Sandy Hook includes the communities of Berkshire, Riverside, Walnut Tree Hill, and Zoar. It also extends for a short distance into the town of Monroe along Old Zoar Road and Bagburn Hill/Jordan Hill Road.
Sandy Hook has a few historic landmarks on theNational Register of Historic Places.
The Newtown United Methodist Church was created for the Newtown Methodist in the 1850s. In 1972 it was moved to its current location, in the centre of Sandy Hook.[12]
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