Hawleyville, Connecticut
Census-designated place in Connecticut, United States
41°25′33″N 73°21′20″W / 41.42583°N 73.35556°W / 41.42583; -73.35556
United States
Connecticut06440-9992
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.[1]
History
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.[2] Hawleyville briefly emerged as a railroad center, causing Newtown's population to grow to over 4,000 circa 1881.[3] 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.[4]
Hawleyville gained a sewer system in 2001, which was subsequently expanded upon in 2016. It utilizes the nearby Danbury, Connecticut, sewage plant.[5]
Emergency services
The area is served by Hawleyville Volunteer Fire and Rescue.[6]
References
- ^ "Hawleyville Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ H. Roger Grant, Railroads and the American People, p. 251, Indiana University Press, 2012 ISBN 0253006376.
- ^ Ronald Dale Karr (1995). The Rail Lines of Southern New England, A Handbook of Railroad History. Branch Line Press. ISBN 0-942147-02-2.
- ^ "Freight market analysis report" (PDF). www.dotdata.ct.gov. 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
- ^ "Developer Challenges Proposed Water Pollution Control Plan". www.newtownbee.com.
- ^ "Top of the Mountain". www.newtownbee.com.
External links
- List of Principal Communities in Connecticut
- Hawleyville on Google Maps
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- Botsford
- Hattertown
- Hawleyville
- Newtown Borough
- Sandy Hook
- Newtown PS
- Newtown HS
- Caleb Baldwin Tavern
- Camps Nos. 10 and 41 of Rochambeau's Army
- Glover House
- John Glover House
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Reservoir Road
- Nathan B. Lattin Farm
- New York Belting and Packing Co.
- Newtown Borough Historic District
- Nichols Satinet Mill Site
