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East Windsor, Connecticut
East Windsor is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 11,190 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. The town has five villages: Broad Brook, Connecticut, Broad Brook, Melrose, Scantic, Warehouse Point and Windsorville. History In 1633, Settlers laid claim to the area now known as Windsor, Connecticut, 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—t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broad Brook
Broad Brook is a neighborhood and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of East Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 4,069. Geography The Broad Brook CDP occupies most of the east-central part of the town of East Windsor. It is bordered to the east by the town of Ellington in Tolland County, to the south by Chamberlain Road and Ketch Brook, to the west by the Scantic River, and to the north by Connecticut Route 140 and a portion of Broad Brook, the community's namesake waterway. The community is north of East Hartford and south of Thompsonville. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.58%, is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 3,469 people, 1,433 households, and 932 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,589 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 91.76% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
