East Windsor, Connecticut Explained

East Windsor, Connecticut
Official Name:Town of East Windsor
Settlement Type:Town
Nickname:East Side/East Borough/E-Dubb
Motto:Unity, Strength
Coordinates:41.9167°N -72.5578°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: United States
Subdivision Type1:U.S. state
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Hartford
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Capitol Region
Parts Type:Villages
Parts:Broad Brook
Melrose
Scantic
Warehouse Point
Windsorville
Established Title:Settled
Established Date:1680
Established Title2:Incorporated
Established Date2:1768
Government Type:Selectman-town meeting
Leader Title:First Selectman
Leader Name:Jason E. Bowsza (D)
Leader Title1:Selectmen
Leader Name1:Marie DeSousa (D)
Alan Baker (D)
Sarah Muska (R)
Charlie Nordell (R)
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:69.5
Area Land Km2:68.0
Area Water Km2:1.5
Elevation Ft:49
Population Total:11190
Population As Of:2020
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:Eastern
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:Eastern
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Postal Code Type:ZIP Codes
Postal Code:06016, 06088
Area Code:860/959
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:09-24800
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:0212329
Blank3 Name:Major highways
Blank4 Name:U.S. Routes

East Windsor is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. The population was 11,190 at the 2020 census.[1] The town has five villages: Broad Brook, Melrose, Scantic, Warehouse Point and Windsorville.

History

In 1633, Settlers laid claim to the area now known as Windsor, 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, was William Pynchon, the founder of Springfield, 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 the Enfield Falls—the first major falls in the Connecticut River, the head of navigation where seagoing vessels were forced to terminate their voyages and transship to smaller shallops. By constructing a warehouse at Warehouse Point, Pynchon essentially forced all northern Connecticut River business to run through him and his settlement at Springfield.

Meanwhile, most of today's East Windsor was part of the prominent Windsor settlement on the east side of the river. Settlers avoided the East Side of the river due to the Podunk tribe who inhabited the area, particularly following King Philip's War in 1675. Simon Wolcott was the first settler in today's East Windsor. East Windsor also included today's Ellington and South 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 to Yale University and eventually be identified as Dinosaur fossils, specifically one of an Anchisaurus. Though not the first fossils to be found, their discovery led to the dinosaur discovery craze later in the century as these were the first bones to be known as a dinosaur, four years before William 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 as Bradley International Airport and Hartford. A new mini strip mall was built on the site of the mill.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 69.5km2, of which 68km2 is land and 1.5km2, or 2.11%, is water.[2]

East Windsor is bordered by the town of Enfield to the north, South Windsor to the south, Ellington to the east, and Windsor Locks and Windsor to the west, across the Connecticut 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.

Demographics

See also: List of Connecticut locations by per capita income. As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 9,818 people, 4,078 households, and 2,556 families residing in the town. The population density was 373.5sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 4,356 housing units at an average density of 165.7sp=usNaNsp=us. 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% from other races, and 1.41% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino 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% were married 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. The per capita income for the town was $24,899. About 3.5% of families and 4.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.9% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.

Government and politics

Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of October 30, 2012[4]
PartyActive VotersInactive VotersTotal VotersPercentage
Democraticalign = center 2,369align = center 106align = center 2,475align = center 31.94%
Republicanalign = center 1,460align = center 48align = center 1,508align = center 19.46%
Unaffiliatedalign = center 3,499align = center 218align = center 3,717align = center 47.96%
Minor partiesalign = center 49align = center 1align = center 50align = center 0.65%
Totalalign = center 7,377 align = center 373align = center 7,750align = center 100%

Elections

East Windsor town vote
by party in presidential elections[5] [6]
YearDemocraticRepublicanThird Parties
202053.22% 3,00844.96% 2,5411.82% 103
201646.05% 2,44149.16% 2,6064.79% 254
201256.84% 2,85742.02% 2,1121.13% 57
200858.81% 3,10639.77% 2,1001.42% 75
200454.34% 2,57143.84% 2,0741.82% 86
200054.60% 2,31339.50% 1,6735.90% 250
199652.42% 2,10432.26% 1,29515.32% 615
199239.25% 1,89133.17% 1,59827.58% 1,329
198848.36% 1,94050.52% 2,0271.12% 45
198438.45% 1,45461.26% 2,3170.29% 11
198041.82% 1,57243.31% 1,62814.87% 559
197653.26% 1,92646.29% 1,6740.44% 16
197244.48% 1,53654.24% 1,8731.27% 44
196850.22% 1,59542.79% 1,3596.99% 222
196469.37% 2,17230.63% 9590.00% 0
196054.28% 1,67345.72% 1,4090.00% 0
195637.15% 1,03962.85% 1,7580.00% 0
Election results from statewide races
YearOfficeResults
2018GovernorStefanowski 52.06–41.47%
U.S. SenatorMurphy 52.44–46.50%
Larson 53.54–45.15%
2016PresidentTrump 49.16–46.05%
U.S. SenatorBlumenthal 58.72–38.88%
U.S. RepresentativeLarson 54.91–42.65%
2014GovernorFoley 53.71–44.71%
U.S. RepresentativeLarson 54.57–43.42%
2012PresidentObama 56.8–42.0%
U.S. SenatorMurphy 52.3–45.4%
U.S. RepresentativeLarson 65.1–32.7%
2010GovernorFoley 56.0–42.0%
U.S. SenatorBlumenthal 50.7–47.4%
Larson 53.1–45.3%
2008PresidentObama 58.8–39.8%
U.S. RepresentativeLarson 69.6–27.1%
2006GovernorRell 63.8–34.7%
U.S. SenatorLieberman 46.8–39.8–12.5%
Larson 71.7–28.3%
2004PresidentKerry 54.3–43.8%
U.S. SenatorDodd 66.8–31.1%
U.S. RepresentativeLarson 56.8–43.2%

Education

Elementary

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.

Middle school

East Windsor Middle School serves students in grades five through eight. Its principal is Timothy Field.

High school

East Windsor High School serves students in grades nine through twelve. Its principal is Allison Anderson.

Transportation

U.S. Route 5 runs through the town from the border with South Windsor to Enfield.

East Windsor is halfway between Hartford and Springfield, each away. Interstate 91 serves East Windsor with exits 44 and 45. Windsor Locks station is the nearest passenger train station.

Bradley International Airport is 5miles away. Skylark Airport is a small airstrip to help young aviators learn how to fly.

Crime

East Windsor crime, according to city-data.com[7] is relatively low against U.S. averages. Between 1999 and 2004, not including 2003, there was one murder, 26 rapes, 43 robberies, 41 assaults, 254 burglaries, 1248 thefts, and 177 car thefts.

Points of interest

Notable people

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census - Geography Profile: East Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. December 15, 2021.
  2. Web site: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): East Windsor town, Hartford County, Connecticut. https://archive.today/20200212163139/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US0900324800. dead. February 12, 2020. U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. November 26, 2012.
  3. Web site: U.S. Census website . . January 31, 2008 .
  4. Web site: Registration and Party Enrollment Statistics as of October 30, 2012 . Connecticut Secretary of State . October 2, 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121030010101/http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/lib/sots/electionservices/registration_and_enrollment_stats/nov12re.pdf. dead . October 30, 2012.
  5. Web site: General Elections Statement of Vote 1922. CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website.
  6. Web site: Election Night Reporting. live. May 1, 2021. CT Secretary of State. https://web.archive.org/web/20160428192536/http://ctemspublic.pcctg.net:80/ . April 28, 2016 .
  7. Web site: East Windsor, Connecticut (CT 06016) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news, sex offenders. www.city-data.com.
  8. Book: Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 . Marquis Who's Who . Chicago . 1963.
  9. Web site: Buel. Richard. 1999. Wolcott, Erastus (1722-1793), influential Connecticut political leader and judge. live. February 20, 2021. American National Biography. en. 10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0101002. 978-0-19-860669-7 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180605043958/http://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-0101002 . June 5, 2018 .