Official Name: | Hawleyville, Connecticut |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | U.S. state |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Fairfield |
Subdivision Type3: | Metropolitan area |
Subdivision Name3: | Bridgeport-Stamford |
Subdivision Type4: | Town |
Subdivision Name4: | Newtown |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Connecticut#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Hawleyville |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Coordinates: | 41.4258°N -73.3556°W |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | Eastern |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 06440-9992 |
Area Code: | 203/475 |
Hawleyville is an unincorporated community in Fairfield County in the town of Newtown, Connecticut, about 1 mile outside the borough of Newtown. It was listed as a census-designated place prior to the 2020 census.
Hawleyville is named after the family of Glover Hawley. This was a condition Hawley included in the sale of land to the Housatonic Railroad Company in the nineteenth century.[1] Hawleyville briefly emerged as a railroad center, causing Newtown's population to grow to over 4,000 circa 1881.[2] The railroads included the New York and New England Railroad and the Hawleyville Branch of the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad. As of 2018, the Housatonic Railroad Company owns a lumber distribution and bulk transfer facility in Hawleyville.[3]
Hawleyville gained a sewer system in 2001, which was subsequently expanded upon in 2016. It utilizes the nearby Danbury, Connecticut, sewage plant.[4]
The area is served by Hawleyville Volunteer Fire and Rescue.[5]