Lakeville, Connecticut | |
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 Location in Litchfield County, Connecticut | |
| Coordinates:41°57′52″N73°26′27″W / 41.96444°N 73.44083°W /41.96444; -73.44083 | |
| State | Connecticut |
| County | Litchfield |
| Town | Salisbury |
| Named after | Wononskopomuc Lake |
| Government | |
| • Type | City Council |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.69 sq mi (9.57 km2) |
| • Land | 3.15 sq mi (8.16 km2) |
| • Water | 0.55 sq mi (1.42 km2) |
| Elevation | 720 ft (220 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 928 |
| • Density | 294/sq mi (113.7/km2) |
| ZIP Code | 06039 |
| FIPS code | 09-41830 |
| GNIS feature ID | 208366 |
Lakeville is acensus-designated place (CDP) inLitchfield County,Connecticut, United States, close toDutchess County, New York. It is within the town ofSalisbury, but has its ownZIP Code (06039). As of the2010 census, the population of Lakeville was 928,[1] out of 3,741 in the entire town of Salisbury. TheHotchkiss School is located in Lakeville, and theIndian Mountain School is nearby.
Lakeville is in the southwestern part of the town of Salisbury, onU.S. Route 44, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of the Salisbury town center. US 44 leads northeast 8 miles (13 km) toCanaan village and west 4 miles (6 km) toMillerton, New York.
According to theU.S. Census Bureau, the Lakeville CDP has a total area of 3.7 square miles (9.6 km2), of which 3.2 square miles (8.2 km2) are land and 0.54 square miles (1.4 km2), or 14.8%, are water.[1] Most of the water area is part ofLake Wononscopomuc, the deepest natural lake in the state.
Until 1846, Lakeville was called "Furnace Village", due to the location there of one of the earlyblast furnaces of the historic Salisburyiron industry (one of which was established in the 1760s by future Revolutionary War heroEthan Allen.[2]Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, inventor of theHotchkiss gun was born in nearbyWatertown. A boarding school in his name, theHotchkiss School, was founded by his widowMaria Bissell Hotchkiss in Lakeville in 1891.[3] It later becamecoeducational.[4] TheIndian Mountain School, a boarding school for students Pre-K through 9th, is south of the Lakeville CDP.[5] It was founded in 1922.[6]
Lakeville was the original home to what would eventually relocate and become theMansfield Training School, an institution for mentally challenged residents of Connecticut from 1860 to 1993.[7]
Lakeville is the site of Connecticut's oldestcold case. Camp Sloane camperConnie Smith left the camp on Indian Mountain Road on the morning of July 16, 1952. She was ten years old and was fromSundance, Wyoming; she was the granddaughter of formerWyoming GovernorNels H. Smith. Several people observed Connie walking and hitchhiking toward the center of Lakeville. She was last seen walking alongRoute 44 near the intersection of Belgo Road. Connie's disappearance sparked one of the largest searches ever conducted by the Connecticut State Police. Despite a nationwide search, she was never found, and foul play is suspected. The case remains open and still has a detective assigned to it.[8]
New England's oldestMethodist congregation is in Lakeville.[9]
Lime Rock Park, 4 miles (6 km) southeast of Lakeville, is a motorsport race track that hosts sports car and stock car races.
YMCA Camp Sloane is located in Connecticut, between Indian Mountain Road and Lake Wononpakook, and has operated there since 1928.
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