South Kent is a village located in

Litchfield County Litchfield County is in northwestern Connecticut. As of the 2020 census, the population was 185,186. The county was named after Lichfield, in England. Litchfield County has the lowest population density of any county in Connecticut and is th ...

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the ...

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...

, alongside the border with New York, and within and part of

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

. South Kent has its own Post Office whose ZIP code is 06785. South Kent is also home to

South Kent School South Kent School, a private all-boys boarding school in South Kent, Connecticut, United States, is located on a campus in western Litchfield County. It is sited on Spooner Hill east of Bull's Bridge, overlooking the former Housatonic Valley ...

, a private prep school.

Geography

South Kent is located in

. Its location is . South Kent's terrain is mostly hilly, with small valleys and upland plateaus. There are several bodies of water in South Kent, including Hatch Pond, Mill Pond, Mud Pond, and South Spectacle Lake.

Demographics

As of the

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses inc ...

of 2000, there were 578 people living in the town, living in 224 households. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 2.99. The median income for a household in the town was $60,208, and the median income for a family was $56,964. Males had a median income of $58,875 versus $34,135 for females. The

per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or total income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population. Per capita i ...

for the town was $59,245.

Facts of note

*South Kent, CT was home to artist Robert Nisbett (1879–1961). *Philip W. Camp, farmer and author of a series of books known a
Phil Camp's Stories
was a lifelong resident. *South Kent is currently home to the oldest and largest herd of the rare

Randall Cattle The Randall Lineback or Randall is an American breed of cattle. It originated in Bennington County, Vermont, and is critically endangered. History The Randall derives from traditional linebacked or color-sided cattle once widespread in Ne ...

breed and the breed Registry.

References

External links

Town WebsiteSouth Kent School
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