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West Hartford, Connecticut West Hartford is a town/small city located in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The town was incorporated in 1854. Prior to that date, the town was a parish of Hartford.The population was estimated at 61,173 in 2005. The town is primarily an upmarket inner-ring suburb of Hartford. The town has a downtown area called West Hartford Center. This area is centered around Farmington Avenue and South/North Main Street. West Hartford Center has been the community's hub since the late 17th century.In 2010, Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine listed West Hartford as one of the nation's '10 Great Cities for Raising Families.'In 2010, Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine ranked West Hartford #9 on its '10 Best Cities for the Next Decade' list.In 2010, CNN Money ranked West Hartford as the 55th best small city in America.In 2010, the national online magazine travelandleisure.com cited West Hartford as one of 10 'coolest' suburbs in the nation. The magazine called the West Hartford Reservoir off Farmington Avenue 'West Hartford’s version of Central Park,' and it also noted the town's 'vacation-worthy hot spots, with cutting-edge restaurants, great shopping, and plenty of parking.' Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 22.4 square miles (57.9 km²), of which 22.0 square miles (56.9 km²) is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km² or 1.70%) is water.The west side of West Hartford is flanked by the Metacomet Ridge, a mountainous traprock ridgeline that stretches from Long Island Sound to nearly the Vermont border. Notable features of the Metacomet Ridge in West Hartford include Talcott Mountain and a number of highland water reservoirs belonging to the Metropolitan District, which maintains watershed and recreation resources on the property. The 51-mile (82 km) Metacomet Trail traverses the ridge.West Hartford is adjacent to and west of Hartford, the State capital, and neighbors Bloomfield, Newington, Farmington, and Avon. West Hartford is approximately 100 miles (160 km) southwest of Boston, Massachusetts and 100 miles northeast of New York City. I-84 runs through West Hartford. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 63,589 people, 24,576 households, and 15,925 families residing in the town. The population density was 2,892.6 people per square mile (1,117.0/km²). There were 25,332 housing units at an average density of 1,152.3/square mile (445.0/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 85.96% White, 4.78% African American, 0.12% Native American, 4.80% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 2.61% from other races, and 1.66% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.27% of the population.There were 24,576 households out of which 29.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.9% were married couples living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.2% were non-families. 29.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 3.00.In the town the population was spread out with 22.1% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 19.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 85.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.6 males.The median income for a household in the town was $61,665, and the median income for a family was $77,865 (these figures had risen to $79,443 and $97,873 respectively as of a 2007 estimate). Males had a median income of $52,450 versus $39,051 for females. The per capita income for the town was $33,468. About 2.9% of families and 4.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.4% of those under the age of 18 and 5.1% ages 65 or older. Transportation West Hartford is accessible by major thoroughfares including Interstate 84 which passes through the mid-southern portion of town. U.S. Route 44, Albany Avenue, passes through the town from Hartford over Talcott Mountain to Avon, CT. The northern section of town is traversed by CT Route 218 along North Main Street, which starts at the intersection of U.S. Route 44 in Bishops Corner and leads to Bloomfield, CT.West Hartford is served by several bus routes of Connecticut Transit Hartford. Major roads served are Albany Avenue (Route 58), New Britain Avenue (Routes 37 and 39), Park Street (Routes 31 and 33), Farmington Avenue (Routes 60, 62, 64, and 66), Asylum Avenue (Route 72), Hillside Avenue (Route 63), and Boulevard/South Quaker Lane (Route 69).Amtrak's Union Station in Hartford is approximately ten minutes from the center of town by way of Farmington Avenue. Educational institutions In 2006 Money Magazine ranked West Hartford as the 10th most educated town in the United States, as measured by the percentage of town residents holding graduate or professional degrees. Connecticut Magazine 2006 rankings put West Hartford Public School education in the top three be among all the cities and towns in Connecticut and for its population class of greater than 50,000 people behind only Greenwich and Fairfield. Public schools The town is home to two public high schools, Conard High School and Hall High School, as well as 11 elementary schools and three middle schools in the West Hartford Public Schools. The elementary schools are Aiken, Braeburn, Bugbee, Charter Oak, Duffy, Morley, Norfeldt, Smith, Webster Hill, Whiting Lane and Wolcott. The three middle schools are King Philip, Sedgwick, and the newest Bristow Middle School, located where Kingswood-Oxford Middle school was formerly located. The eleven elementary schools are evenly distributed to either King Philip or Sedgwick, and those that enroll at Bristow are chosen by lottery. After middle school students continue onto high school with their same student body. Those at Sedgwick go on to Conard High School, while those at King Philip go to Hall High School, and students at Bristow return to the same school district they were in during elementary school. Private Schools Watkinson School Saint Thomas the Apostle Elementary School Saint Timothy Middle School Northwest Catholic High School Saint Brigid Elementary School American School for the Deaf Kingswood-Oxford School Renbrook School theHebrew High School of New England the Solomon Schechter Day School the German School of Connecticut. Colleges and universities Institutions of higher learning located in town include the following colleges and universities:University of Hartford Saint Joseph College University of Connecticut Greater Hartford Campus Media West Hartford Life, monthly newspaper West Hartford News, weekly newspaper WCCC (AM) WWUH West Hartford Community Television (WHCTV) WVIT Utilities serving the town Electric Grid::Connecticut Light & Power Water:Metropolitan District Commission Natural Gas:Connecticut Natural Gas Telephone, ADSL/Fiber Internet, IPTV TelevisionAmerican Telephone & Telegraph Cable Television/Cable Internet:Comcast Notable people In alphabetical order:Chip Arndt, gay rights activist, philanthropist, and winner ofThe Amazing Race 4 Stephen Barnett(1935–2009) legal scholar who opposed theNewspaper Preservation Act of 1970 E. Alexander Bergstrom, (1919 - 1973) conservationist Manute Bol, (1962 - 2010) NBA player Chris Carrabba, singer–songwriter fromDashboard Confessional Joyce Cohen, actress Larry Collins (actor)|Larry Collins, actor John Droney, politician and lawyer Dominick Dunne(1925–2009) andJohn Gregory Dunne, (1932–2003), writers, were born in Hartford and grew up in West Hartford John Franklin Enders,Nobel Laureate 1954 for Medicine Aloise Buckley Heath, writer, conservative activist Liz Janangelo, professional golfer on the LPGA Tour Jared Jordan, drafted 45th by Los Angeles Clippers in the 2007 NBA Draft Vincent Liff, (1950 - 2003) director Frank Luntz, Notable Republican Pollster Edward Lorenz,mathematicianandmeteorologist, early pioneer ofchaos theory, inventor of thestrange attractornotion, and coiner of the termbutterfly effect Joseph Mascolo, actor andsoap operaveteran Edward Morley, namesake of Morley Elementary School, scientist best-known for theMichelson–Morley experiment Rita Morley, actress William Thompson Sedgwick, professor at theMassachusetts Institute of Technologyand a key figure in shaping U.S.public health John O'Hurley, actor who played J. Peterman, clothing proprietor and Elaine Benes's boss onSeinfeldtelevision series Peter Paige, actor John P. Reese, money manager and financial columnist Jimmy Shea, gold medalist in the2002 Winter Olympics Noah Webster, lexicographer, textbook author, Bible translator, spelling reformer, writer, and editor John Woodruff,U.S. Representative Korczak Ziolkowski(1908 - 1982), sculptor ofCrazy Horse MemorialinSouth Dakota Brian Rosenworcel, hand percussionist/drummer fromGuster Conard graduates Marcus Camby, professional basketball player (attended, Graduated From Hartford High School) Peter Dante, actor Kevin Galvin, business/health care advocate David Naughton, class of 1969, actor (An American Werewolf in London) James Naughton, actor, winner of theTony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical(1990, 1997) Robert Romanus, actorFast Times at Ridgemont High, class of 1974 Jim Shea, class of 1987,2002 Olympicgold medalwinner Matt Sinatro, class of 1978,Major League Baseballplayer and coach Jack Sonni, guitarist forDire Straits(1985–1988) Hall graduates Roger Sperry, (1913 - 1994) neuropsychologist andNobel Prizelaureate Wavy Gravy, peace activist and 'official clown' of theGrateful Dead Charlie Kaufman,Academy Award-winning screenwriter (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,Adaptation,Being John Malkovich) David Alan Basche, actor (United 93,War of the Worlds) Brian Rosenworcel, musician and member of the bandGuster Sara Roy, Middle East scholar Michael Schur, writer and producer (The Office,Saturday Night Live) Brad Mehldau, jazz pianist Points of interest West Hartford Center Blue Back Square Bishops Corner (West Hartford) Elizabeth Park Noah Webster House Elmwood (West Hartford) Park Road (West Hartford) Westfarms Mall Notes and references ^abU.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates ^http://www.kiplinger.com/features/archives/10-great-cities-for-raising-families.html#ixzz0yCGo1cPY ^http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/10-best-cities-2010-for-the-next-decade.html ^'Best Places to Live 2010'.CNN.http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2010/top100/index3.html. ^http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/coolest-suburbs-worth-a-visit/9 ^http://www.courant.com/community/west-hartford/hc-west-hartford-another-award-0805-20100804,0,1350520.story ^ ^Figure represents population in the Town of Hartford outside the City of Hartford. ^'American FactFinder'.United States Census Bureau.http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. ^http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=ChangeGeoContext&_county=West+Hartford&_cityTown=West+Hartford&_state=04000US09&pctxt=fph ^'Best Places to Live– Most educated'.CNN Money(Cable News Network). 2006.http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2006/top25s/educated.html. Retrieved 2007-06-11. ^'Rating the Towns 2006: Population Over 50,000'.Connecticut Magazine. 2006-12-04.http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17547448&BRD=2329&PAG=461&dept_id=487245&rfi=6. Retrieved 2007-06-11. ^Grimes, William.'Stephen Barnett, a Leading Legal Scholar, Dies at 73',The New York Times, October 21, 2009. Accessed October 22, 2009. ^Larry Collinsat theInternet Movie Database ^Vincent Liffat theInternet Movie Database ^Rita Morleyat theInternet Movie Database