Trumbull, Connecticut
Encyclopedia
Trumbull, a town
in Fairfield County
, Connecticut
in the New England
region of the United States
, is bordered by the towns of Monroe
, Shelton
, Stratford
, Bridgeport
, Fairfield
and Easton
along Connecticut's Gold Coast
. The population was 36,018 according to the 2010 census.
Family Circle
magazine selected Trumbull as the 7th "Best Town for Families" in the US, and U.S. News & World Report
magazine ranked Trumbull as one of the top 15 "Best Places to Retire" in Connecticut.
, and remained under their control until 1797. The northwest farmers of Stratford first petitioned the Colony of Connecticut to establish their own separate village
apart from Stratford in 1725. The farmers wished to call the new village "Nickol's Farms" for the family that owned the large farm in its center. A separate village was approved in October 1725, called "Unity", but it still remained under Stratford's control.
In 1744, Unity merged with the Long Hill
parish (organized in 1740) of the Stratfield section of Stratford to form the Society of North Stratford. North Stratford controlled its own religious and educational affairs. However, to have a voice in governmental functions such as adopting laws and establishing taxes, the inhabitants were required to attend town meetings in Stratford, an overnight journey.
After ten years of unsuccessful petitions, the Connecticut General Assembly
granted complete town rights in October 1797. The new town was named for George Washington's
staunch supporter, Revolutionary War
Governor, patriot
, statesman
and merchant
, Jonathan Trumbull
(1710–1785).
is the only major waterway in Trumbull, beginning northwest of Old Mine Park at the Monroe
border and flowing southeasterly through the Pequonnock River Valley State Park, Trumbull Center and Twin Brooks Park. The river leaves Trumbull and continues into Beardsley Park in Bridgeport
.
Major bodies of water include Canoe Brook Lake, Pinewood Lake
, Tashua Hills Golf Club Pond, and the six Twin Brooks Park ponds. Minor bodies of water include Dogwood Lake, Frog Pond, Kaatz Pond, Kaechele Pond, Porters Pond, Secret Pond, Thrush Wood Lake and Unity Park Pond.
, the town has a total area of 23.5 square miles (60.9 km²), of which 23.3 square miles (60.3 km²) is land and 0.2 square mile (0.517997622 km²), or 0.98%, is water. According to the U.S. Geological Survey in 1986, the lowest point in town is approximately 40 feet (12.2 m) above sea level at Beach Park. The highest point is the top of Tashua Hill at 615 feet (187.5 m) above sea level.
State parks
The town of Trumbull, the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and the Bridgeport Hydraulic Company agreed to make a joint Town and State purchase of land in the Pequonnock River Valley in 1989. The 382 acres (154.6 ha) parcel cost $9,275,000 and is maintained by the Department of Environmental Protection.
of 2000, there were 34,243 people, 11,911 households, and 9,707 families residing in the town. The population density
was 1,470.6 people per square mile (567.7/km²). There were 12,160 housing units at an average density of 522.2 per square mile (201.6/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 94.02% White, 1.88% Black or African American
, 0.11% Native American, 2.38% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.71% from other races
, and 0.88% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.70% of the population.
There were 11,911 households out of which 37.5% had children under the age of 18 living within them, 71.7% were married couples
living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.5% were non-families. 16.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.17.
In the town the population was spread out with 26.0% under the age of 18, 5.0% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 92.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.9 males.
As of the 2000 census, males had a median income of $62,201 versus $41,384 for females. The per capita income
for the town was $34,931. About 1.4% of families and 2.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.4% of those under age 18 and 3.6% of those over age 65.
2008 estimates
According to the American Community Survey (ACS) 2008 estimate there were 37,134 people, 12,338 households, and 10,021 families residing in the town.
The population density was 1,593.73 people per square mile. There were 12,651 housing units (93% ownership, 7% rental) with an average density of 542.9 per square mile.
There were 12,338 households out of which 40.9% had children under the age of 18 living within them, 69% were married couples living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.8% were non-families. 17.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.31.
In the town the population includes 25.5% under the age of 18 and 20.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.4 years. For every 100 females there were 87.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.8 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $103,082, and the median income for a family was $115,686.The per capita income for the town was $46,307. About 1.7% of families and 2.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.6% of those under age 18 and 2.8% of those over age 65.
The racial makeup of the town was 92.0% White, 4.1% Asian, 2.9% Black or African American, 0.5% from other races, and 0.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.70% of the population. The ten largest ethnicities were Italian 11,025 (29.70%), Irish 9,166 (24.70%), German 4,363 (11.70%), English 3,112 (8.40%), Polish 2,762 (7.40%), Russian 1,558 (4.20%), Hungarian 1,447 (3.90%), French (except Basque) 1,087 (2.90%), Portuguese 885 (2.40%), & Slovak 881 (2.40%).
The town's Bicentennial fountain is located at the corner of Quality Street and Church Hill Road (Connecticut Route 127
), near the main branch of the library and the town hall. It features the Trumbull town seal and a memorial plaque of donors. In 1997 a time capsule was laid at the base of the Bicentennial Fountain with an opening date of October 12, 2097, Trumbull's tricentennial.
For 2009, Trumbull maintained a AA bond rating on $26.3 million in new general obligation issues. The total of Trumbull GOs is $98.1 million. Trumbull has approximately 1400 businesses.
The Westfield Trumbull
Mall, located on Route 111, or Main Street, in the Long Hill section of town, has over 180 stores including Abercrombie & Fitch
, J.C. Penney
and Macy's
.
The Hawley Lane Mall
located off Route 108, or Nichols Avenue, in the Nichols section of town, features Best Buy
, Kohl's
and Target
.
Corporate and industrial parks
Located northeast of the Hawley Lane Mall, 93000 square feet (8,640 m²) of commercial space is zone and includes offices for large firms such as Helicopter Support, Sun Products, Unilever
, and United Healthcare. It is also home to the Market Integrity office of the NASDAQ OMX Group
.
Public schools are managed by the Trumbull Public Schools System and include approximately 6,955 students, 450 teachers and 240 staff. The district has been ranked 18th (of 164) in Connecticut by the National Center for Education Statistics
.
The system includes Trumbull High School
, which is also home to an Agriscience & Biotechnology program, the Alternative High School, and REACH. Trumbull has two middle schools: Hillcrest Middle School and Madison Middle School. The six elementary schools in town include Booth Hill Elementary, Daniels Farm Elementary, Frenchtown Elementary, Jane Ryan Elementary School, Middlebrook Elementary, and Tashua Elementary. The Trumbull Early Childhood Education Center serves as the town's pre-school.
Private education
Trumbull has several private schools, including the (non-denominational) Christian Heritage School
(K-12) and (Catholic
) St. Catherine of Siena School (K-8), St. Joseph High School, and St. Theresa School (K-8)
. A private pre-school, the Montessori Center for Early Learning, is located in Trumbull.
Continuing education
Trumbull provides adult education in a variety of subjects at Trumbull High School, typically in the early evening.
Trumbull EMS is an all-volunteer organization founded in 1976. Trumbull EMS Headquarters is at 250 Middlebrooks Avenue. EMT-B and EMT re-certification classes are regularly offered.
Fire departments
Firefighting in the town of Trumbull is served by three independent and all-volunteer fire departments. Each fire department handles its own tax structure and fund raising, but receives no funding from the town. There are a total of seven fire stations, equipped with and an apparatus fleet of nine engines, three trucks (including one ladder tender/air truck), one quint, three rescues, one squad engine, one satellite maxi-water unit, one fire boat, one town-wide command trailer, five utility units, and numerous support units. The current Town Fire Marshal is Megan Murphy.
Police department
The Trumbull Police Department was created in 1941 through an act of the State Legislature. It is under the jurisdiction of a six-member Board of Police Commissioners appointed by the First Selectman. The department currently has seventy officers and ten civilian workers, including the dog warden. The current Chief of Police is Thomas Kiely. The police department is located at 158 Edison Road. The 2009–2010 revised departmental budget is $6,819,421.00.
magazine has ranked Trumbull 7th in their "10 Best Towns for Families" 2011. U.S. News & World Report
magazine has ranked Trumbull one of the best 15 places to retire in Connecticut. RelocateAmerica.com ranked Trumbull in their annual list of America's "Top 100 Places to Live". Money magazine
ranked Trumbull #68 in their 100 best places to live rankings of U.S. cities in 2007 and #77 in 2009.
, Taiwan
, in the championship game of the 1989 Little League World Series
.
Library
The Trumbull Library System (TLS) is the town's main lending library with a staff of fifteen and two locations. The library features online book searches & renewal, statewide inter-library loan, adult & youth sections, and several meeting rooms. Internet terminals and photocopy machines are also available for use. Various groups utilize the library for meetings and workshops. The catalog of the library includes over 148,000 printed materials, 10,000 video materials, 4,500 audio materials and 200 subscriptions available as audio books on CD/tape/MP3, books, DVD's, graphic novels, magazines, music CD's, and VHS tapes. Annual circulation exceeds 373,000 transactions.
There are two branches of the library:
Places of worship
The town of Trumbull features over twenty houses of worship representing numerous faiths.
Movies filmed (or partially filmed) in Trumbull
New England town
The New England town is the basic unit of local government in each of the six New England states. Without a direct counterpart in most other U.S. states, New England towns are conceptually similar to civil townships in other states, but are incorporated, possessing powers like cities in other...
in Fairfield County
Fairfield County, Connecticut
Fairfield County is a county located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The county population is 916,829 according to the 2010 Census. There are currently 1,465 people per square mile in the county. It is the most populous county in the State of Connecticut and contains...
, Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
in the New England
New England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
region of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, is bordered by the towns of Monroe
Monroe, Connecticut
Monroe is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 19,479 at the 2010 census. The current first selectman is Steve Vavrek....
, Shelton
Shelton, Connecticut
Shelton is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 39,559 at the 2010 census.-Origins:Shelton was settled by the English as part of the town of Stratford, Connecticut, in 1639...
, Stratford
Stratford, Connecticut
Stratford is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located on Long Island Sound at the mouth of the Housatonic River. It was founded by Puritans in 1639....
, Bridgeport
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city had an estimated population of 144,229 at the 2010 United States Census and is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area...
, Fairfield
Fairfield, Connecticut
Fairfield is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is bordered by the towns of Bridgeport, Trumbull, Easton, Redding and Westport along the Gold Coast of Connecticut. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 59,404...
and Easton
Easton, Connecticut
Easton is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 7,490 at the 2010 census. Easton contains the historic district of Aspetuck....
along Connecticut's Gold Coast
Gold Coast (Connecticut)
The Gold Coast, also known as Southwestern Connecticut or Lower Fairfield County, is a region of the state of Connecticut, United States, that includes the entire southern portion of Fairfield County as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, Super-Public Use Microdata Area Region 09600.This area is...
. The population was 36,018 according to the 2010 census.
Family Circle
Family Circle
Family Circle is an American women's magazine published 15 times a year by Meredith Corporation. It began publication in 1932 as a magazine distributed at supermarkets such as Piggly Wiggly and Safeway. Cowles Magazines and Broadcasting bought the magazine in 1962. The New York Times Company bought...
magazine selected Trumbull as the 7th "Best Town for Families" in the US, and U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
magazine ranked Trumbull as one of the top 15 "Best Places to Retire" in Connecticut.
History
Trumbull was settled in 1639 as a part of the town of Stratford, ConnecticutStratford, Connecticut
Stratford is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located on Long Island Sound at the mouth of the Housatonic River. It was founded by Puritans in 1639....
, and remained under their control until 1797. The northwest farmers of Stratford first petitioned the Colony of Connecticut to establish their own separate village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
apart from Stratford in 1725. The farmers wished to call the new village "Nickol's Farms" for the family that owned the large farm in its center. A separate village was approved in October 1725, called "Unity", but it still remained under Stratford's control.
In 1744, Unity merged with the Long Hill
Long Hill, Trumbull, Connecticut
Long Hill is a village located in the western section of Trumbull in Fairfield County, Connecticut in New England. It is an area lying west of the Pequonnock River and north of the Merritt Parkway. The main thoroughfare is Connecticut Route 111, present-day Main Street.-History:Long Hill was...
parish (organized in 1740) of the Stratfield section of Stratford to form the Society of North Stratford. North Stratford controlled its own religious and educational affairs. However, to have a voice in governmental functions such as adopting laws and establishing taxes, the inhabitants were required to attend town meetings in Stratford, an overnight journey.
After ten years of unsuccessful petitions, the Connecticut General Assembly
Connecticut General Assembly
The Connecticut General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is a bicameral body composed of the 151-member House of Representatives and the 36-member Senate. It meets in the state capital, Hartford. There are no term limits for either chamber.During...
granted complete town rights in October 1797. The new town was named for George Washington's
George Washington
George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...
staunch supporter, Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
Governor, patriot
Patriot (American Revolution)
Patriots is a name often used to describe the colonists of the British Thirteen United Colonies who rebelled against British control during the American Revolution. It was their leading figures who, in July 1776, declared the United States of America an independent nation...
, statesman
Statesman
A statesman is usually a politician or other notable public figure who has had a long and respected career in politics or government at the national and international level. As a term of respect, it is usually left to supporters or commentators to use the term...
and merchant
Merchant
A merchant is a businessperson who trades in commodities that were produced by others, in order to earn a profit.Merchants can be one of two types:# A wholesale merchant operates in the chain between producer and retail merchant...
, Jonathan Trumbull
Jonathan Trumbull
Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. was one of the few Americans who served as governor in both a pre-Revolutionary colony and a post-Revolutionary state...
(1710–1785).
Bodies of water
The Pequonnock RiverPequonnock River
The Pequonnock River is a waterway in eastern Fairfield County, Connecticut, flowing through the city of Bridgeport. The river has a penchant for flooding, particularly in spring since the removal of a retention dam in Trumbull in the 1950s. There seems to be a sharp difference of opinion among...
is the only major waterway in Trumbull, beginning northwest of Old Mine Park at the Monroe
Monroe, Connecticut
Monroe is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 19,479 at the 2010 census. The current first selectman is Steve Vavrek....
border and flowing southeasterly through the Pequonnock River Valley State Park, Trumbull Center and Twin Brooks Park. The river leaves Trumbull and continues into Beardsley Park in Bridgeport
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city had an estimated population of 144,229 at the 2010 United States Census and is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area...
.
Major bodies of water include Canoe Brook Lake, Pinewood Lake
Pinewood Lake
Pinewood Lake is a natural lake located on the west side of tall Mischa Hill in the Nichols Farms Historic District section of Trumbull, Connecticut.-Pinewood Lake Association:...
, Tashua Hills Golf Club Pond, and the six Twin Brooks Park ponds. Minor bodies of water include Dogwood Lake, Frog Pond, Kaatz Pond, Kaechele Pond, Porters Pond, Secret Pond, Thrush Wood Lake and Unity Park Pond.
Land
According to the United States Census BureauUnited States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the town has a total area of 23.5 square miles (60.9 km²), of which 23.3 square miles (60.3 km²) is land and 0.2 square mile (0.517997622 km²), or 0.98%, is water. According to the U.S. Geological Survey in 1986, the lowest point in town is approximately 40 feet (12.2 m) above sea level at Beach Park. The highest point is the top of Tashua Hill at 615 feet (187.5 m) above sea level.
Parks
Trumbull has 871.23 acres (3.5 km²) of park facilities. These areas include:- Abraham Nichols Park/Wood's Estate (13.8 acres (55,846.7 m²))
- Aldo Memorial Park (Westwind Road) (7 acres (28,328 m²))
- Robert G. Beach Memorial Park (331 acres (1.3 km²))
- Davidow Park (15.2 acres (61,512.3 m²))
- Great Oak Park (69.9 acres (282,875.5 m²))
- Gunther Pond Park (1.3 acres (5,260.9 m²))
- Indian Ledge Park (104.6 acre (0.423301556 km²))
- Island Brook Park (47 acres (190,202.4 m²))
- Kaatz Pond Park ( 17.5 acres (70,820.1 m²))
- Kaechele Soccer Fields (12.23 acres (49,493.1 m²))
- Long Hill Green (0.1 acres (404.7 m²))
- Middlebrooks Park (13.7 acres (55,442 m²))
- Mischee Brook Park (16.6 acres (67,177.9 m²))
- Nothnagle Memorial Field (4 acres (16,187.4 m²))
- Old Mine Park (Historic Mine Area Dedication) (72.1 acres (291,778.6 m²))
- Parlor Rock Historic Amusement Area (2.5 acres (10,117.2 m²))
- Strawberry Brook Estates (4.4 acres (17,806.2 m²))
- Tashua Recreation Area (20 acres (80,937.2 m²))
- Twin Brooks Park (83.2 acres (336,698.8 m²))
- Unity Park (35.1 acres (142,044.8 m²))
- Current Superintendent of Parks is Dmitri Paris.
State parks
The town of Trumbull, the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and the Bridgeport Hydraulic Company agreed to make a joint Town and State purchase of land in the Pequonnock River Valley in 1989. The 382 acres (154.6 ha) parcel cost $9,275,000 and is maintained by the Department of Environmental Protection.
Neighborhoods
- Chestnut Hill
- Daniel's Farm
- Long HillLong Hill, Trumbull, ConnecticutLong Hill is a village located in the western section of Trumbull in Fairfield County, Connecticut in New England. It is an area lying west of the Pequonnock River and north of the Merritt Parkway. The main thoroughfare is Connecticut Route 111, present-day Main Street.-History:Long Hill was...
- NicholsNichols, ConnecticutNichols, a historic village in southeastern Trumbull on the Gold Coast of Fairfield County, was named after the family who maintained a large farm in its center for almost 300 years. The Nichols Farms Historic District, which encompasses part of the village, is listed on the National Register of...
- Sterling Park
- Tashua
- Trumbull Center
Roads
- Route 8Route 8 (Connecticut)Route 8 is the portion of the multistate New England Route 8 within the state of Connecticut. It is a state highway running north–south from Bridgeport, through Waterbury, all the way to the Massachusetts state line where it continues as Route 8...
runs through the southeast part of town. Route 8 is a freeway that leads to WaterburyWaterbury, ConnecticutWaterbury is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, on the Naugatuck River, 33 miles southwest of Hartford and 77 miles northeast of New York City...
and Interstate 84Interstate 84 in ConnecticutInterstate 84 is an East–West Interstate highway across the state of Connecticut into Danbury, Waterbury, Hartford and Union.-Route description:...
, continues into MassachusettsMassachusettsThe Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
as New England Interstate Route 8 and finally terminates in Searsburg, VermontSearsburg, VermontSearsburg is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 96 at the 2000 census.Searsburg is the home of a six megawatt wind turbine farm owned by Green Mountain Power. The town officers have supported the electrical generating station consisting of multiple towers atop a...
. Nichols residents petitioned the legislature and won a bypass for Route 8 which was initially proposed to be built directly through the center of the historic village in the early 1900s.
- Route 15Route 15 (Connecticut)Route 15 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Connecticut that runs from a connection with New York's Hutchinson River Parkway in Greenwich, Connecticut to its northern terminus intersecting with Interstate 84 in East Hartford, Connecticut...
, the historic Merritt ParkwayMerritt ParkwayThe Merritt Parkway is a historic limited-access parkway in Fairfield County, Connecticut. The parkway is known for its scenic layout, its uniquely styled signage, and the architecturally elaborate overpasses along the route. It is designated as a National Scenic Byway and is also listed in the...
, runs north (east) to New Haven (eventually connecting to Interstate 91Interstate 91Interstate 91 is an Interstate Highway in the New England region of the United States. It provides the primary north–south thoroughfare in the western part of New England...
) and south (west) towards New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. Route 15 was built through Nichols center displacing a home, the old Nichols Store and Trinity Episcopal Church in 1939.
- Route 25Route 25 (Connecticut)Route 25 is a , primary state highway connecting the city of Bridgeport and the town of Brookfield in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Route 25 is a six-lane freeway from Bridgeport to northern Trumbull and a two-lane surface road the rest of the way to Brookfield.Route 25 was...
runs north to south, merging with Route 8 at the BridgeportBridgeport, ConnecticutBridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city had an estimated population of 144,229 at the 2010 United States Census and is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area...
line and continues overlapped with Route 8 (commonly known as the Route 8/25 connector) into Bridgeport ending at Interstate 95Interstate 95 in ConnecticutInterstate 95, the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, runs in a general east–west compass direction for 111.57 miles in Connecticut from the Rhode Island state line to the New York State line. I-95 Southbound from East Lyme to the New York State...
. Continuing north on Route 25, the freeway ends as it crosses Route 111 and continues as a surface road towards I-84 in NewtownNewtown, ConnecticutNewtown is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 27,560 at the 2010 census. Newtown was founded in 1705 and incorporated in 1711.-Government:...
leading to DanburyDanbury, ConnecticutDanbury is a city in northern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It had population at the 2010 census of 80,893. Danbury is the fourth largest city in Fairfield County and is the seventh largest city in Connecticut....
.
- Route 108, also known as Nichols Avenue and Huntington Turnpike, heads north into Trumbull from Stratford at Hawley Lane. The Nichols Avenue portion in Trumbull was laid out in 1696 and is considered to be the third oldest documented highway in Connecticut. It terminates in Shelton at the intersection with Route 110 (Howe Avenue). Route 108 can be reached via exit 52 from Route 15 or exit 8 from Route 8.
- Route 111, also known as Main Street in Trumbull and Bridgeport, runs north to south. Continuing north on Route 111, the road crosses Route 25 and eventually heads into MonroeMonroe, ConnecticutMonroe is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 19,479 at the 2010 census. The current first selectman is Steve Vavrek....
, terminating at Route 34Route 34 (Connecticut)Route 34 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Route 34 is long, and extends from Washington Street near I-84/US 6 in Newtown to the junction of I-95 and I-91 in New Haven. The highways connects the New Haven and Danbury areas via the Lower Naugatuck River Valley...
. Main Street continues south past Route 15 (where it is exit 48 from Route 15) and past the Westfield TrumbullWestfield TrumbullWestfield Trumbull is one of two shopping malls in Trumbull, Connecticut. The mall is a two-story structure located on Main Street . Current anchor stores include JCPenney, Lord and Taylor, Macy's and Target. Built in 1964, the Trumbull Shopping Park was the first enclosed shopping mall in...
shopping mall into the North End of Bridgeport.
- Route 127, also known as White Plains Road and Church Hill Road, runs through the town center from south to north from the East Side of Bridgeport. The section in Trumbull was laid out to Pulpit Rock in 1705. Route 127 ends at the intersection of Main Street (Route 111) at the Town Hall.
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of 2000, there were 34,243 people, 11,911 households, and 9,707 families residing in the town. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 1,470.6 people per square mile (567.7/km²). There were 12,160 housing units at an average density of 522.2 per square mile (201.6/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 94.02% White, 1.88% Black or African American
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, 0.11% Native American, 2.38% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.71% from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 0.88% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.70% of the population.
There were 11,911 households out of which 37.5% had children under the age of 18 living within them, 71.7% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.5% were non-families. 16.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.17.
In the town the population was spread out with 26.0% under the age of 18, 5.0% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 92.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.9 males.
As of the 2000 census, males had a median income of $62,201 versus $41,384 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the town was $34,931. About 1.4% of families and 2.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.4% of those under age 18 and 3.6% of those over age 65.
2008 estimates
According to the American Community Survey (ACS) 2008 estimate there were 37,134 people, 12,338 households, and 10,021 families residing in the town.
The population density was 1,593.73 people per square mile. There were 12,651 housing units (93% ownership, 7% rental) with an average density of 542.9 per square mile.
There were 12,338 households out of which 40.9% had children under the age of 18 living within them, 69% were married couples living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.8% were non-families. 17.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.31.
In the town the population includes 25.5% under the age of 18 and 20.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.4 years. For every 100 females there were 87.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.8 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $103,082, and the median income for a family was $115,686.The per capita income for the town was $46,307. About 1.7% of families and 2.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.6% of those under age 18 and 2.8% of those over age 65.
The racial makeup of the town was 92.0% White, 4.1% Asian, 2.9% Black or African American, 0.5% from other races, and 0.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.70% of the population. The ten largest ethnicities were Italian 11,025 (29.70%), Irish 9,166 (24.70%), German 4,363 (11.70%), English 3,112 (8.40%), Polish 2,762 (7.40%), Russian 1,558 (4.20%), Hungarian 1,447 (3.90%), French (except Basque) 1,087 (2.90%), Portuguese 885 (2.40%), & Slovak 881 (2.40%).
Notable locations
Bicentennial fountain and time capsuleThe town's Bicentennial fountain is located at the corner of Quality Street and Church Hill Road (Connecticut Route 127
Connecticut Route 127
Route 127 is a state highway in southwestern Connecticut, running entirely from Bridgeport to Trumbull. It serves as a minor arterial, connecting all four major limited access highways in the Bridgeport area.-Route description:...
), near the main branch of the library and the town hall. It features the Trumbull town seal and a memorial plaque of donors. In 1997 a time capsule was laid at the base of the Bicentennial Fountain with an opening date of October 12, 2097, Trumbull's tricentennial.
On the National Register of Historic Places
- Christ Episcopal Church and Tashua Burial GroundChrist Episcopal Church and Tashua Burial GroundChrist Episcopal Church and Tashua Burial Ground is a historic site including an Episcopal Church building and cemetery at 5170 Madison Avenue in Trumbull, Connecticut....
— 5170 Madison Ave. (added May 25, 2001) - David Mallett Jr. House — 420 Tashua Road (added March 20, 1986)
- Kaatz IcehouseKaatz IcehouseThe Kaatz Icehouse was located in Trumbull, Connecticut. The building was built in 1908 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 19, 1977. The building was razed in 1978 due to deterioration...
— 255 Whitney Ave. (added October 19, 1977), demolished - Nichols Farms Historic DistrictNichols Farms Historic DistrictAccording to Stratford land records, Abraham Nichols purchased several old farms and large parcels of land in 1696. Nichols exchanged his land for of Lt. Joseph Judsons old farm which had a barn on it, or half the land owned by Jeremiah Judson, and of land from Benjamin Curtiss...
— Center Road, 1681–1944 Huntington Turnpike, 5–34 Priscilla Place, and 30-172 Shelton Road (added September 20, 1987) - Old Mine Park Archeological SiteOld Mine Park Archeological SiteThe Old Mine Park Archaeological Site is a historic site in the Long Hill, Trumbull, Connecticut section of Trumbull, Connecticut. It was mined from 1828 to 1920 and during 1942-1946...
(added 1990)
Notable people, past and present
- Dick AllenDick Allen (poet)Dick Allen is an American poet, literary critic and academic born in Troy, New York who is serving a five-year term as poet laureate of the state of Connecticut from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2015....
(b. 1939), American poet. - John W. Beach (b. 1825), seventh President of Wesleyan UniversityWesleyan UniversityWesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...
- Truman Bradley (1826–1900), American IndianNative Americans in the United StatesNative Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
from the SchaghticokeSchaghticoke (tribe)The Schaghticoke are a Native American tribe of the Eastern Woodlands consisting of descendants of Mahican , Potatuck , Weantinock, Tunxis, Podunk, and other people indigenous to what is now Connecticut, New York, and Massachusetts. They amalgamated after encroachment of white settlers on their...
tribe. - Craig BreslowCraig BreslowCraig Andrew Breslow is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. He throws left-handed, and is considered a lefty specialist....
, professional baseball player (pitcher) Oakland AthleticsOakland AthleticsThe Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum....
and Boston Red SoxBoston Red SoxThe Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...
, 1998 Trumbull High School graduate. - Joseph DiMennaJoseph DiMennaJoseph A. DiMenna, Jr. is an American hedge fund manager and Managing Director of Zweig-DiMenna Associates with total assets under management exceeding $3.5 billion. He has been the Head Portfolio Manager of the Zweig-DiMenna partnerships and funds since he co-founded the first Zweig-DiMenna...
, hedge-fund manager and patron of the arts. - Chris DruryChris DruryChristopher Drury is an American retired professional ice hockey player. Drury is a Hobey Baker Award-winner with Boston University, a Calder Trophy winner with the Colorado Avalanche, a Stanley Cup champion with the Avalanche, a two-time Olympic silver medalist with the United States, and a...
, professional hockey player New York RangersNew York RangersThe New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...
(forward), Stanley CupStanley CupThe Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
winner Colorado AvalancheColorado AvalancheThe Colorado Avalanche are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver, Colorado, United States. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup twice, in 1995–96 and 2000–01. The franchise...
, 2-time Olympic silverOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
medalist and member of 1989 Little League World SeriesLittle League World SeriesThe Little League Baseball World Series is a baseball tournament for children aged 11 to 13 years old. It was originally called the National Little League Tournament and was later renamed for the World Series in Major League Baseball. It was first held in 1947 and is held every August in South...
champions from Trumbull. - Will GeerWill GeerWill Geer was an American actor and social activist. His original name was William Aughe Ghere. He is remembered for his portrayal of Grandpa Zebulon Tyler Walton in the 1970s TV series, The Waltons....
, (1902–78), actor and folklorist - Nero HawleyNero HawleyNero Hawley , born into slavery in North Stratford, now Trumbull, Connecticut, enlisted in place of his owner, Daniel Hawley, in the Continental Army on April 20, 1777 during the American Revolution and earned his freedom...
, (1742–1817), NegroNegroThe word Negro is used in the English-speaking world to refer to a person of black ancestry or appearance, whether of African descent or not...
slave, served in the Continental ArmyContinental ArmyThe Continental Army was formed after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the colonies that became the United States of America. Established by a resolution of the Continental Congress on June 14, 1775, it was created to coordinate the military efforts of the Thirteen Colonies in...
earning his freedom. - Robert HawleyRobert HawleyRobert Hawley , Captain, raised provisions for the Continental soldiers and fought in the American Revolutionary War.BiographyCaptain Robert Hawley was born June 5, 1726, in North Stratford, now Trumbull, Connecticut, in New England...
, (1729–1799), Captain North Stratford Train Band in the American Revolutionary WarAmerican Revolutionary WarThe American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
. - Carolyn HaxCarolyn HaxCarolyn Hax is a writer and columnist for the Washington Post and the author of the eponymous advice column Carolyn Hax — formerly titled Tell Me About It. The column debuted in 1997 and is published Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday – syndicated in more than 200 newspapers...
(b. 1966), writer and columnist for the Washington Post and the author of the advice column "Tell Me About It," born in Bridgeport and grew up in Trumbull. - Tony HortonTony Horton (exercise instructor)Anthony Sawyer "Tony" Horton, Jr. is a fitness guru best known for the boot camp style P90X home fitness program...
, actor, bodybuilder and creator of p90x home fitness program. - Harvey HubbellHarvey HubbellHarvey Hubbell II , was a U.S. inventor, entrepreneur and industrialist. His best known inventions are the electrical plug, and the pull-chain light socket....
(1857–1927), inventor. - Burt KearnsBurt KearnsBurt Kearns is an American television and film producer, writer, director, journalist and author, known for his influential work in reality television and his controversial 1999 tabloid television memoir, Tabloid Baby.-Early career:...
, television and motion picture writer and producer, journalist and Tabloid BabyTabloid BabyTabloid Baby is a 1999 memoir by veteran journalist and television news producer Burt Kearns detailing his years as producer on tabloid television shows like A Current Affair and Hard Copy. Regarded as the definitive work on the rise and fall of the tabloid television genre...
author. - Lisa LampanelliLisa LampanelliLisa Lampanelli is an American stand-up comedian and insult comic. She is noted for her racy and raunchy style of comedy, which frequently includes taboo subjects such as race and homosexuality....
, comedian, actress and writer. - January LaVoyJanuary LaVoyJanuary LaVoy is an American actress, most recognized as Noelle Ortiz on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live. LaVoy will make her Broadway debut in the Broadway premiere of the play Enron at The Broadhurst Theatre on April 27, 2010.-Credits:LaVoy played the character Risa in the 2007 Lucille...
, Broadway and television actress most recognized as Noelle Ortiz on the ABC daytime drama One Life to LiveOne Life to LiveOne Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...
. - Mark LongwellMark LongwellMark Longwell was an American soccer defender who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and United Soccer League.-Youth and College:...
, All-New England soccer player at Fairfield UniversityFairfield Stags men's soccerThe Fairfield Stags men's soccer team represents Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut and competes in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference of NCAA Division I. The Stags play their home games at Lessing Field on the campus of Fairfield University...
competed for the United States men's national soccer teamUnited States men's national soccer teamThe United States men's national soccer team represents the United States in international association football competitions. It is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF...
and Tampa Bay Rowdies, a 1977 Trumbull High School graduate. - Manya MakoskiManya MakoskiManya Makoski is an American soccer midfielder currently playing for the Atlanta Beat of Women's Professional Soccer.-External links:* * * * * *...
, professional soccer player (Los Angeles Sol) and three-time state champion. - Wayne Norman, morning radio host at WILI-AMWILI (AM)WILI is a radio station in Willimantic, Connecticut, broadcasting at 1 kW. It is affiliated with the ABC Entertainment Network, the Red Sox Radio Network, the UConn Basketball and Football Networks, and the Connecticut Defenders Radio Network...
, Willimantic, CT since 1970, radio announcer of University of Connecticut basketball and football, and author (Hoop Tales: UConn Huskies Men's Basketball). Graduated Trumbull High in 1966. - Henry E. Pardee (1831–89), New Haven lawyer and judge
- Igor SikorskyIgor SikorskyIgor Sikorsky , born Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky was a Russian American pioneer of aviation in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft...
(1889–1972), aviation pioneer and helicopterHelicopterA helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...
inventor. - Benjamin SillimanBenjamin SillimanBenjamin Silliman was an American chemist, one of the first American professors of science , and the first to distill petroleum.-Early life:...
(1779–1864), first professor of science at YaleYALERapidMiner, formerly YALE , is an environment for machine learning, data mining, text mining, predictive analytics, and business analytics. It is used for research, education, training, rapid prototyping, application development, and industrial applications...
and first to distill petroleumPetroleumPetroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights and other liquid organic compounds, that are found in geologic formations beneath the Earth's surface. Petroleum is recovered mostly through oil drilling...
. - Chris SouleChris SouleChris Soule is an American skeleton racer who competed from 1993 to 2006. He won two medals in the men's skeleton event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 2003 and a bronze in 1997. Soule also won the overall men's 2002-3 Skeleton World Cup title with multiple World Cup victories...
, Olympic skeleton (sport)Skeleton (sport)Skeleton is a fast winter sliding sport in which an individual person rides a small sled down a frozen track while lying face down, during which athletes experience forces up to 5g. It originated in St. Moritz, Switzerland as a spin-off from the popular British sport of Cresta Sledding...
athlete.
Economics
The revised town budget for 2009–2010 is $140,054,187.23.For 2009, Trumbull maintained a AA bond rating on $26.3 million in new general obligation issues. The total of Trumbull GOs is $98.1 million. Trumbull has approximately 1400 businesses.
Commerce
ShoppingThe Westfield Trumbull
Westfield Trumbull
Westfield Trumbull is one of two shopping malls in Trumbull, Connecticut. The mall is a two-story structure located on Main Street . Current anchor stores include JCPenney, Lord and Taylor, Macy's and Target. Built in 1964, the Trumbull Shopping Park was the first enclosed shopping mall in...
Mall, located on Route 111, or Main Street, in the Long Hill section of town, has over 180 stores including Abercrombie & Fitch
Abercrombie & Fitch
Abercrombie & Fitch is an American retailer that focuses on casual wear for consumers aged 18 to 22. It has over 300 locations in the United States, and is expanding internationally....
, J.C. Penney
J.C. Penney
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. is a chain of American mid-range department stores based in Plano, Texas, a suburb north of Dallas. The company operates 1,107 department stores in all 50 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. JCPenney also operates catalog sales merchant offices nationwide in many...
and Macy's
Macy's
Macy's is a U.S. chain of mid-to-high range department stores. In addition to its flagship Herald Square location in New York City, the company operates over 800 stores in the United States...
.
The Hawley Lane Mall
Hawley Lane Mall
Hawley Lane Mall is one of two shopping malls in Trumbull, Connecticut, located near Exit 8 of Connecticut Route 8, and Exit 52 of Route 15, the Merritt Parkway. Current anchor stores include Best Buy, HomeGoods, Kohl's, and Target.-History:...
located off Route 108, or Nichols Avenue, in the Nichols section of town, features Best Buy
Best Buy
Best Buy Co., Inc. is an American specialty retailer of consumer electronics in the United States, accounting for 19% of the market. It also operates in Mexico, Canada & China. The company's subsidiaries include Geek Squad, CinemaNow, Magnolia Audio Video, Pacific Sales, and, in Canada operates...
, Kohl's
Kohl's
Kohl's Corporation is an American department store chain headquartered in the Milwaukee suburb of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, operating , 1,089 stores in 49 states. In 1998, it entered the S&P 500 list, and is also listed in the Fortune 500...
and Target
Target Corporation
Target Corporation, doing business as Target, is an American retailing company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the second-largest discount retailer in the United States, behind Walmart. The company is ranked at number 33 on the Fortune 500 and is a component of the Standard & Poor's...
.
Corporate and industrial parks
Located northeast of the Hawley Lane Mall, 93000 square feet (8,640 m²) of commercial space is zone and includes offices for large firms such as Helicopter Support, Sun Products, Unilever
Unilever
Unilever is a British-Dutch multinational corporation that owns many of the world's consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products....
, and United Healthcare. It is also home to the Market Integrity office of the NASDAQ OMX Group
NASDAQ OMX Group
NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is a United States public company that owns and operates the NASDAQ stock market and eight European stock exchanges in Armenia plus the Nordic and Baltic regions under the OMX banner...
.
Taxes
The town's grand list assesses the taxable value in Trumbull at $5.114 billion, with a mill rate of 23.86. The cumulative value of Trumbull real estate is $4.615 billion.Education
Public educationPublic schools are managed by the Trumbull Public Schools System and include approximately 6,955 students, 450 teachers and 240 staff. The district has been ranked 18th (of 164) in Connecticut by the National Center for Education Statistics
National Center for Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...
.
The system includes Trumbull High School
Trumbull High School
-History:Trumbull High School was founded in 1961 following a population increase in Trumbull during the 1950s. The high school was originally situated at 4630 Madison Avenue, in the building currently serving as Madison Middle School. As the 1960s progressed, the town was compelled to commission a...
, which is also home to an Agriscience & Biotechnology program, the Alternative High School, and REACH. Trumbull has two middle schools: Hillcrest Middle School and Madison Middle School. The six elementary schools in town include Booth Hill Elementary, Daniels Farm Elementary, Frenchtown Elementary, Jane Ryan Elementary School, Middlebrook Elementary, and Tashua Elementary. The Trumbull Early Childhood Education Center serves as the town's pre-school.
Private education
Trumbull has several private schools, including the (non-denominational) Christian Heritage School
Christian Heritage School (Connecticut)
Christian Heritage School is a kindergarten through 12th grade private preparatory school that was founded in Trumbull, Connecticut in 1977. A nondenominational Christian school, it enrolls about 550 students...
(K-12) and (Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
) St. Catherine of Siena School (K-8), St. Joseph High School, and St. Theresa School (K-8)
St. Theresa Church (Trumbull, Connecticut)
St. Theresa Parish is a Roman Catholic church in Trumbull, Connecticut, part of the Diocese of Bridgeport.- History :This is the largest Catholic Parish in Trumbull. The cathedral-like church of granite and limestone was designed by noted church architect J. Gerald Phelan in 1961...
. A private pre-school, the Montessori Center for Early Learning, is located in Trumbull.
Continuing education
Trumbull provides adult education in a variety of subjects at Trumbull High School, typically in the early evening.
Emergency services
Emergency Medical ServicesTrumbull EMS is an all-volunteer organization founded in 1976. Trumbull EMS Headquarters is at 250 Middlebrooks Avenue. EMT-B and EMT re-certification classes are regularly offered.
Fire departments
Firefighting in the town of Trumbull is served by three independent and all-volunteer fire departments. Each fire department handles its own tax structure and fund raising, but receives no funding from the town. There are a total of seven fire stations, equipped with and an apparatus fleet of nine engines, three trucks (including one ladder tender/air truck), one quint, three rescues, one squad engine, one satellite maxi-water unit, one fire boat, one town-wide command trailer, five utility units, and numerous support units. The current Town Fire Marshal is Megan Murphy.
- Long Hill Fire District (since 1921)
- Nichols Fire District (since 1917)
- Trumbull Center Fire District (since 1925)
Police department
The Trumbull Police Department was created in 1941 through an act of the State Legislature. It is under the jurisdiction of a six-member Board of Police Commissioners appointed by the First Selectman. The department currently has seventy officers and ten civilian workers, including the dog warden. The current Chief of Police is Thomas Kiely. The police department is located at 158 Edison Road. The 2009–2010 revised departmental budget is $6,819,421.00.
Accolades
Family CircleFamily Circle
Family Circle is an American women's magazine published 15 times a year by Meredith Corporation. It began publication in 1932 as a magazine distributed at supermarkets such as Piggly Wiggly and Safeway. Cowles Magazines and Broadcasting bought the magazine in 1962. The New York Times Company bought...
magazine has ranked Trumbull 7th in their "10 Best Towns for Families" 2011. U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
magazine has ranked Trumbull one of the best 15 places to retire in Connecticut. RelocateAmerica.com ranked Trumbull in their annual list of America's "Top 100 Places to Live". Money magazine
Money (magazine)
Money is published by Time Inc. Its first issue was published in October 1972. Its articles cover the gamut of personal finance topics ranging from investing, saving, retirement and taxes to family finance issues like paying for college, credit, career and home improvement...
ranked Trumbull #68 in their 100 best places to live rankings of U.S. cities in 2007 and #77 in 2009.
Notable sport teams
The National Little League of Trumbull defeated the Kang-Tu Little League of KaohsiungKaohsiung
Kaohsiung is a city located in southwestern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on the west. Kaohsiung, officially named Kaohsiung City, is divided into thirty-eight districts. The city is one of five special municipalities of the Republic of China...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
, in the championship game of the 1989 Little League World Series
1989 Little League World Series
The 1989 Little League World Series took place between August 22 and August 26 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The National Little League of Trumbull, Connecticut defeated the Kang-Tu Little League of Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei in the championship game of the 43rd Little League World...
.
Activities and organizations
- Tashua Recreation Facility, at 268 acres (1.1 km²) in size, includes basketball, tennis courts, swimming pool, playground, picnic area, multi-purpose field and Tashua Knolls, an 18-hole golf course built in 1976 and designed by noted golf architect Al Zikorus. The course features a driving range, two putting greens, pro shop, locker rooms, Eagle's Nest Grille restaurant and banquet facility. There is also Tashua Glen, a 9-hole "Executive style" course opened in 2004. Both courses feature cart paths. There is a Men's Club, Senior Men's Club, Ladies 9-holer, and Ladies 18-holer organizations active at the course.
- The Trumbull Community Women is a group dedicated to promoting civic service. It is open to all women over 18, and runs a Young Women's Club as well. They meet at the Trumbull Library Community Room, generally on the first Tuesday of the month September through June.
- The Town Hall Gazebo is host to concerts most summer Tuesday nights.
- The Nichols Improvement Association gazebo is a fine spot for wedding pictures and social gatherings. Every year Christmas trees are sold at this gazebo.
- The Trumbull Historical Society, founded in 1964, maintains a museum of Trumbull's past at 1856 Huntington Turnpike on the site of Abraham Nichols farm.
- The Trumbull Nature & Arts Center is located at 7115 Main Street and coordinate trips for fishing, butterfly searches, gardening, outdoor photography and other nature related activities.
- The Trumbull Teen Center is located at the barn at Indian Ledge Park and features activities such as air hockey, Foosball, local band concerts, ping pong and basketball for Trumbull resident's
- Trumbull's Senior Center is located at 23 Priscilla Place. The senior transportation department continues to provide effective door-to-door services to seniors age 60 and over with out transportation or unable to drive. Services include doctor’ s appointments, shopping, nutrition program, dentist appointments and legal appointments. It provides a variety of resources such as Continuing Education and Social Services as well as activities.
Library
The Trumbull Library System (TLS) is the town's main lending library with a staff of fifteen and two locations. The library features online book searches & renewal, statewide inter-library loan, adult & youth sections, and several meeting rooms. Internet terminals and photocopy machines are also available for use. Various groups utilize the library for meetings and workshops. The catalog of the library includes over 148,000 printed materials, 10,000 video materials, 4,500 audio materials and 200 subscriptions available as audio books on CD/tape/MP3, books, DVD's, graphic novels, magazines, music CD's, and VHS tapes. Annual circulation exceeds 373,000 transactions.
There are two branches of the library:
- The Trumbull Library (main branch) is adjacent to Town Hall at 33 Quality Street.
- The Fairchild-Nichols Memorial Library is located at 1718 Huntington Turnpike.
Places of worship
The town of Trumbull features over twenty houses of worship representing numerous faiths.
- http://www.armenianchurch.net/diocese/index.html/Armenian Church Of The Holy Ascension – Armenian Apostolic ChurchArmenian Apostolic ChurchThe Armenian Apostolic Church is the world's oldest National Church, is part of Oriental Orthodoxy, and is one of the most ancient Christian communities. Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity as its official religion in 301 AD, in establishing this church...
] - Calvary Evangelical Free Church – Non-denominational Christian
- http://christchurchtashua.org/Christ Church Tashua, Episcopal Church – EpiscopalEpiscopal Church (United States)The Episcopal Church is a mainline Anglican Christian church found mainly in the United States , but also in Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe...
] - Christ the King Parish – Roman Catholic
- Christ Redeemer Lutheran Church – Lutheran
- Congregation B'Nai Torah – Jewish
- Crossroads Community Church – Non-denominational Christian
- http://www.gracetrumbull.org/templates/System/default.asp?id=47651/Grace Episcopal Church – EpiscopalEpiscopal Church (United States)The Episcopal Church is a mainline Anglican Christian church found mainly in the United States , but also in Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe...
] - Holy Cross Lutheran Church – Lutheran
- Holy Trinity Lutheran Church – Lutheran
- http://lhbaptist.com/Long Hill Baptist Church – BaptistBaptistBaptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
] - Hill United Methodist Church – United Methodist
- http://www.newlifect.com/New Life Assembly Of God Church World – Assemblies of GodAssemblies of GodThe Assemblies of God , officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 140 autonomous but loosely-associated national groupings of churches which together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination...
] - Nichols United Methodist Church – United Methodist
- Saint Catherine Of Siena Roman Catholic Church – Roman Catholic
- http://www.oca.org/OCA/pim/oca-al-trmsgc.html/Saint George Albanian Orthodox Church – Eastern Orthodox ChurchEastern Orthodox ChurchThe Orthodox Church, officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the second largest Christian denomination in the world, with an estimated 300 million adherents mainly in the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece,...
] - Saint Stephen Roman Catholic Church – Roman Catholic
- Saint Theresa Roman Catholic Church – Roman Catholic
- http://www.trinitynichols.org/Trinity Episcopal Church – EpiscopalEpiscopal Church (United States)The Episcopal Church is a mainline Anglican Christian church found mainly in the United States , but also in Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe...
] - http://www.churchofchrist-trumbull.org/Trumbull Church of Christ – Church of ChristChurch of ChristChurches of Christ are autonomous Christian congregations associated with one another through common beliefs and practices. They seek to base doctrine and practice on the Bible alone, and seek to be New Testament congregations as originally established by the authority of Christ. Historically,...
] - Trumbull Congregational Church – Congregationalist
- http://www.unityhillucc.org/index.html/Unity Hill United Church Of Christ – Church of ChristChurch of ChristChurches of Christ are autonomous Christian congregations associated with one another through common beliefs and practices. They seek to base doctrine and practice on the Bible alone, and seek to be New Testament congregations as originally established by the authority of Christ. Historically,...
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Media
Trumbull is served by the following local media outlets:- Trumbull Educational Access Television (“TEC") is available exclusively via Charter Cable on channel 17 with hours of operation from 8AM – 12AM daily. The Educational-access television cable TV station's programming features coverage of school-specific and school system-wide events and programs, Government-access television (GATV) coverage of town governmental commissions, boards, legislative meetings, emergency announcements, event schedules, meeting schedules for governmental departments, commissions, boards and committees as well as community information and announcements regarding town services. TEC began operations in 1996.
- Public-access televisionPublic-access televisionPublic-access television is a form of non-commercial mass media where ordinary people can create content television programming which is cablecast through cable TV specialty channels...
is available via Charter Cable Community Vision 21. - The Trumbull Times is the local community newspaper, published weekly on Thursdays.
Movies filmed (or partially filmed) in Trumbull
- Isn't it Delicious?, Independent film (2011)
- A Dance for Grace (2010)
- Revolutionary RoadRevolutionary Road (film)Revolutionary Road is a 2008 American drama film directed by Sam Mendes, from screenplay by Justin Haythe, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. It is based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Richard Yates....
(2008) - Oprah Winfrey presents For One More Day which aired on ABC in December 2007
See also
- Ephraim Hawley HouseEphraim Hawley HouseThe Ephraim Hawley House, located in New England, is a Colonial American wooden post-and-beam timber-frame farm house built between 1670 and 1690...
- Golden Hill Paugussett Indian NationGolden Hill Paugussett Indian NationThe Golden Hill Paugussetts are the Connecticut state-recognized tribal descendents of the Paugussett Nation of Native Americans that occupied much of western Connecticut prior to the arrival of Europeans...
- Gregory's Four Corners Burial GroundGregory's Four Corners Burial GroundGregory's Four Corners Burial Ground, a cemetery established in Trumbull, Connecticut in 1761, is located on Spring Hill Road near the Monroe town line and is maintained by the Trumbull Parks Commission.-The Legend of Hannah Cranna:...
- Little League World SeriesLittle League World SeriesThe Little League Baseball World Series is a baseball tournament for children aged 11 to 13 years old. It was originally called the National Little League Tournament and was later renamed for the World Series in Major League Baseball. It was first held in 1947 and is held every August in South...
Trumbull 1989 World Champions - Nichols Farms Historic DistrictNichols Farms Historic DistrictAccording to Stratford land records, Abraham Nichols purchased several old farms and large parcels of land in 1696. Nichols exchanged his land for of Lt. Joseph Judsons old farm which had a barn on it, or half the land owned by Jeremiah Judson, and of land from Benjamin Curtiss...
- Unity Burial GroundUnity Burial GroundThe Unity Burial Ground is a small graveyard located on the southeast end of White Plain in the Nichols section of Trumbull, Connecticut. It is located a few rods north of the site of the first meeting house that was built in the parish of Unity. The cemetery was laid out in 1730 and the first...