Hazardville is a
section of the
town of
Enfield,
Connecticut, in
Hartford County
Hartford County is a county located in the north central part of the U.S. state of Connecticut. According to the 2020 census, the population was 899,498, making it the second-most populous county in Connecticut. Hartford County contains th ...
. It is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
(CDP) that had a total population of 4,599 as of the 2010 census.
History
Hazardville originated as an
industrial village centered around the manufacture of
gunpowder using
water power from the
Scantic River
The Scantic River (pronounced SKAN-tik) is a river that flows through the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut and is tributary to the Connecticut River.
The Scantic River's tributaries rise in the towns of Hampden, Wilbraham, East Long ...
. The first small black powder mill was established in 1835 by Allen Loomis in an area then known as Powder Hollow. This became the
Hazard Powder Company
The Hazard Powder Company is a former American manufacturer of gunpowder and explosives. It was located in Hazardville within the town of Enfield, Connecticut.
History
The company was founded on the Scantic River in 1835 by Allen Loomis in ...
.
Hazardville takes its name from Colonel
Augustus George Hazard.
Historic district
A area in and near Hazardville was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as the
Hazardville Historic District.
The district is an irregularly shaped area that surrounds two interior areas that are not historical and are not included in the district.
[ and ] The district is focused on resources associated with the powder works, and includes industrial archaeological resources on either side of the Scantic River.
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Geography
The Hazardville CDP includes, in addition to the original Hazardville village, newer suburban developments east of the Central New England Railroad line to the Somers town line. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all of which is land.
One parcel of the Scantic River State Park is in the Powder Hollow portion of Hazardville.Scantic River State Park, Map 1 of 4
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, 10/1/2006
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 4,900 people, 1,832 households, and 1,337 families residing in the CDP. The
population density was 575.0/km
2 (1,487.6/mi
2). There were 1,876 housing units at an average density of 220.2/km
2 (569.6/mi
2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.45%
White, 1.41%
African American
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of enslav ...
, 0.22%
Native American, 1.41%
Asian, 0.02%
Pacific Islander
Pacific Islanders, Pasifika, Pasefika, or rarely Pacificers are the peoples of the Pacific Islands. As an ethnic/ racial term, it is used to describe the original peoples—inhabitants and diasporas—of any of the three major subregions of Oce ...
, 0.45% from
other races, and 1.04% from two or more races. 1.41% of the population were
Hispanic or
Latino of any race.
There were 1,832 households, out of which 32.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were
married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.0% were non-families. 22.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.07.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 24.3% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 18.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.2 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $54,596, and the median income for a family was $61,183. Males had a median income of $40,606 versus $28,806 for females. The
per capita income for the CDP was $22,293. 3.7% of the population and 2.1% of families were below the
poverty line. 2.1% of those under the age of 18 and 2.1% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.
References
Further reading
* Arthur Pine Van Gelder and Hugo Schlatter (1927). ''History of the Explosives Industry in America''. New York: Columbia University Press.
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Census-designated places in Hartford County, Connecticut
Neighborhoods in Connecticut
Enfield, Connecticut
Census-designated places in Connecticut
Company towns in Connecticut