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38-646: The entire length of the canal right of way in Connecticut (covering 25 segments and a total area of 247.6 acres) from Suffield to New Haven was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 under the name "Farmington Canal-New Haven and Northampton Canal". The 1984 NRHP nomination document provides a detailed history, and describes 45 separate bridges, aqueducts, weirs and other surviving features. The Farmington Canal Lock in Cheshire, Connecticut, and

76-424: A CDP name "be one that is recognized and used in daily communication by the residents of the community" (not "a name developed solely for planning or other purposes") and recommend that a CDP's boundaries be mapped based on the geographic extent associated with inhabitants' regular use of the named place. There is no provision, however, that this name recognition be unanimous for all residents, or that all residents use

114-653: A New England town. Named for the Kent family of Suffield, the Kent Memorial Library is an important research center for source materials, records, and documents from north-central Connecticut. A walk along Main Street reveals many examples of 18th and 19th century architecture. The Dr. Alexander King House, on the corner of Kent Avenue, and the Phelps-Hatheway House, a little farther north on Main Street, are museums open to

152-455: A population of at least 10,000. For the 1970 Census , the population threshold for "unincorporated places" in urbanized areas was reduced to 5,000. For the 1980 Census , the designation was changed to "census designated places" and the designation was made available for places inside urbanized areas in New England. For the 1990 Census , the population threshold for CDPs in urbanized areas

190-736: A slave belonging to early Suffield settler, Lieut. Joshua Leavitt, died November 5, 1732. Some of Leavitt's descendants became ardent abolitionists , including Joshua Leavitt and his cousin Roger Hooker Leavitt , who operated an Underground Railroad station in Charlemont, Massachusetts . One of the earliest graduates of the Yale Medical School was one of Suffield's earliest physicians. Dr. Asaph Leavitt Bissell, born in 1791 at Hanover, New Hampshire , to parents originally from Suffield, attended Dartmouth College , and later graduated in

228-411: Is restored and has movable lock gates to simulate function but does not actually function as a lock because there is not enough water flow to fill the lock, and the lock gates do not seal well enough to allow the lock to fill and raise the water level. The lock keeper's house at gate 12 has also been restored. Lock 13 is in the woods and overgrown. The lock keeper's house for lock 13 is no longer standing;

266-532: 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 as self-governing cities , towns , and villages , for the purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data. CDPs are populated areas that generally include one officially designated but currently unincorporated community, for which

304-534: Is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts NECTA . It was once within the boundaries of Massachusetts . Originally known as Southfield—pronounced "Suffield," on May 20, 1674, the committee for the settling of the town petitioned: ...that the name of the place may be Suffield, it being the southernmost town that either at present is, or like to be in that Countrey, and neere adjoining to the south border of our Patent in those parts. [ sic ] The petition

342-584: Is water. The town center ( Suffield Depot CDP ) has a total area of 2.0 square miles (5.1 km ), all of it land. Suffield is on the west bank of the Connecticut River , 8 miles (13 km) south of the river's largest city, Springfield, Massachusetts , and 16 miles (26 km) north of Connecticut's capital, Hartford . Two bridges span the river to the town of Enfield : the Amtrak/Springfield Terminal Railroad Bridge and

380-643: The 1890 Census , in which the Census mixed unincorporated places with incorporated places in its products with "town" or "village" as its label. This made it confusing to determine which of the "towns" were or were not incorporated. The 1900 through 1930 Censuses did not report data for unincorporated places. For the 1940 Census , the Census Bureau compiled a separate report of unofficial, unincorporated communities of 500 or more people. The Census Bureau officially defined this category as "unincorporated places" in

418-455: The 1950 Census and used that term through the 1970 Census. For the 1950 Census, these types of places were identified only outside " urbanized areas ". In 1960 , the Census Bureau also identified unincorporated places inside urbanized areas (except in New England , whose political geography is based on the New England town , and is distinctly different from other areas of the U.S.), but with

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456-550: The Enfield–Suffield Veterans Bridge . The Metacomet Ridge , a mountainous trap rock ridgeline that stretches from Long Island Sound to nearly the Vermont border, runs through the center of Suffield from south to north as West Suffield Mountain . The 51-mile (82 km) Metacomet Trail traverses the ridge. As of the census of 2000, there were 13,552 people, 4,660 households, and 3,350 families residing in

494-545: The Farmington Canal Lock No. 13 in Hamden, Connecticut were listed separately on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1973 and 1982, respectively. Those are locks 12 and 13 out of 28 original locks on the canal. Ground was broken for the canal in 1825 and by 1828 the canal was open from New Haven to Farmington . By 1835 the complete route to Northampton was finished and operating. The canal, however,

532-510: The CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions and, occasionally, other, smaller unincorporated communities as well. CDPs include small rural communities, edge cities , colonias located along the Mexico–United States border , and unincorporated resort and retirement communities and their environs. The boundaries of any CDP may change from decade to decade, and

570-478: The Census Bureau may de-establish a CDP after a period of study, then re-establish it some decades later. Most unincorporated areas within the United States are not and have not been included in any CDP. The boundaries of a CDP have no legal status and may not always correspond with the local understanding of the area or community with the same name. However, criteria established for the 2010 census require that

608-572: The Main/Whiting Street intersection in Plainville to Townline Road sees limited use. The canal makers reached a problem at the "great level" (the level stretch of land between locks 8 and 9, which was the longest distance of the canal at the same water level; once the Farmington river was reached, the canal was about 50 feet (15 m) above river level, and the canal and river could not merge, so

646-485: The aqueduct was built. The 280-foot (85 m) aqueduct was spanned with 7 arches, spaced 40 feet (12 m) apart. The pillars that remained after the canal closed were noted as a state landmark in the 50s, but the 1955 flood damaged the pillars beyond repair, and they were removed in 1956–58. The aqueduct's remnants are now preserved as part of the Farmington Land Trust . The Whitings basin, or Bristol basin,

684-407: The average family size was 3.04. In the town, the population was spread out, with 22.1% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 116.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 121.1 males. The median income for a household in the town

722-484: The boundaries for CDPs. The PSAP was to be offered to county and municipal planning agencies during 2008. The boundaries of such places may be defined in cooperation with local or tribal officials, but are not fixed, and do not affect the status of local government or incorporation; the territories thus defined are strictly statistical entities. CDP boundaries may change from one census to the next to reflect changes in settlement patterns. Further, as statistical entities,

760-419: The boundaries of the CDP may not correspond with local understanding of the area with the same name. Recognized communities may be divided into two or more CDPs while on the other hand, two or more communities may be combined into one CDP. A CDP may also cover the unincorporated part of a named community, where the rest lies within an incorporated place. By defining an area as a CDP, that locality then appears in

798-588: The community for which the CDP is named for services provided therein. There is no mandatory correlation between CDP names or boundaries and those established for other human purposes, such as post office names or zones, political precincts, or school districts. The Census Bureau states that census-designated places are not considered incorporated places and that it includes only census-designated places in its city population list for Hawaii because that state has no incorporated cities. In addition, census city lists from 2007 included Arlington County, Virginia 's CDP in

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836-483: The construction of a sawmill, and used two of his slaves, Harry and Roco, for the construction. Suffield's third minister, Reverend Ebenezer Devotion, became minister in 1710, and "sixteen years later the town voted to give him £20 to purchase a slave. Reverend Ebenezer Gay, Devotion's successor, owned six slaves throughout his long term, 1742–1796. Reverend Ebenezer Gay Jr. manumitted his family's three remaining slaves in 1812. They were Titus, Ginny and Dinah. "Princess,"

874-485: The foundation and well remain behind the lock. Lock 14 is still recognizable; however, walls have collapsed, and the inside of lock 14 is dry. The lock keeper's house is still standing, and plans to convert it for municipal services building are planned. During the 1990s, the railroad right-of-way was converted to a rail trail for recreational use. The New Haven and Northampton Canal Greenway runs from downtown New Haven to Northampton , Massachusetts , closely following

912-717: The largest landowner in America; composer Timothy Swan ; architect Henry A. Sykes ; sculptor Olin Levi Warner ; Seth Pease, surveyor of the Western Reserve lands in Ohio, most of which were controlled by Suffield financiers and speculators; and Thaddeus Leavitt , inventor of an early cotton gin , merchant and patentee of the Western Reserve lands. Thanks to the town's early prominence and wealth, it boasts an astonishing collection of early New England architecture. The Kent family, for whom

950-543: The list with the incorporated places, but since 2010, only the Urban Honolulu CDP, Hawaii, representing the historic core of Honolulu, Hawaii , is shown in the city and town estimates. The Census Bureau reported data for some unincorporated places as early as the first census in 1790 (for example, Louisville, Kentucky , which was not legally incorporated in Kentucky until 1828), though usage continued to develop through

988-595: The path of Connecticut Route 10 . Suffield, Connecticut Suffield is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut , United States. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region , and located in the Connecticut River Valley . As of the 2020 census , the population was 15,752. The town center is a census-designated place listed as Suffield Depot . Bordering Massachusetts , Suffield

1026-410: The population. There were 4,660 households, out of which 32.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.2% were married couples living together, 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.1% were non-families. Of all households, 23.3% were made up of individuals, and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and

1064-451: The public from May to October. Sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places include: The town's public school system, Suffield Public Schools , includes Spaulding Elementary School, McAlister Intermediate School, Suffield Middle School, and Suffield High School . Suffield is also the home of Suffield Academy , a private coeducational preparatory school. Census-designated place A census-designated place ( CDP )

1102-457: The same category of census data as incorporated places. This distinguishes CDPs from other census classifications, such as minor civil divisions (MCDs), which are in a separate category. The population and demographics of the CDP are included in the data of county subdivisions containing the CDP. Generally, a CDP shall not be defined within the boundaries of what the Census Bureau regards to be an incorporated city, village or borough. However,

1140-508: The second class of the Yale Medical School. Bissell moved to Suffield, where he rode horseback to make house calls on his patients. Bissell's saddlebags are today in the collection of the Yale Medical School's Historical Society. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 42.9 square miles (111.2 km ), of which 42.3 square miles (109.5 km ) is land and 0.69 square miles (1.8 km ), or 1.58%,

1178-893: The town's library is named, originated in Gloucester, Massachusetts , and boasted relations to many prominent early New England families, including the Dwight family of Northampton, Massachusetts , the Hooker family of Hartford, the Dudleys of Guilford, Connecticut , and the Leavitts of Suffield. Descendants of Robert Olds, who arrived from Sherborne , Dorset , in 1667, include automotive pioneer Ransom Eli Olds , Copperhead Ohio politician Edson Baldwin Olds , his great-grandson USAAF General Robert Olds , and his son, iconic USAF fighter pilot Robin Olds . Slavery

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1216-427: The town. The population density was 321.0 inhabitants per square mile (123.9/km ). There were 4,853 housing units at an average density of 115.0 per square mile (44.4/km ). The racial makeup of the town was 88.67% White , 6.95% African American , 0.24% Native American , 0.94% Asian , 0.04% Pacific Islander , 2.03% from other races , and 1.13% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.25% of

1254-522: Was $ 66,698, and the median income for a family was $ 79,189. Males had a median income of $ 52,096 versus $ 35,188 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 28,171. About 1.8% of families and 3.6% of the population were below the poverty line , including 2.5% of those under age 18 and 6.2% of those age 65 or over. Main Street, a designated historic district with the Green, three churches, Suffield Academy and vintage colonial and Victorian homes, typifies

1292-645: Was common throughout the Connecticut River Valley during the 18th century, and the 1774 Census for the Colony of Connecticut listed 37 slaves in Suffield. Throughout the Connecticut Valley, wealthy merchants, tavern owners and town ministers owned slaves. When Major John Pynchon originally purchased from the Pequonnocks and Agawam tribes a six-mile tract of land, which he called Stoney Brooke Plantation, he first ordered

1330-681: Was granted by the Massachusetts Bay court on June 8, 1674. Suffield was incorporated as a town in March 1682. Also, on early 17th and 18th century maps, Suffield was alternatively spelled as Suthfield. Suffield and the surrounding area were part of the Equivalent Lands compromise with Massachusetts in 1715–1716. Suffield's native and adopted sons include The Rev. Ebenezer Gay, a renowned Congregational minister; U.S. Postmaster General Gideon Granger ; real estate speculator Oliver Phelps , once

1368-442: Was located in Plainville, between Whiting Street and West Main Street. Edna Whiting built a general store, and had doors leading directly to the canal for drop offs. Whiting's general store sold a variety of jelly, spices, grains, etc. Other notable items that passed through and were dropped off at Bristol basin were the original Eli Terry clock weights, for the notable pillar and scroll clock. Locks 1-8 have been demolished. Lock 12

1406-477: Was never successful financially. Competition with railroads threatened the canal. The New Haven and Northampton Railroad was built along the canal's right of way in 1848. Joseph Earl Sheffield was involved with the financing of both the canal and railroad. This railroad merged with the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1887. Portions of the railway were in use up until the 1980s. A two-mile section from

1444-477: Was reduced to 2,500. From 1950 through 1990, the Census Bureau specified other population requirements for unincorporated places or CDPs in Alaska , Puerto Rico , island areas, and Native American reservations . Minimum population criteria for CDPs were dropped with the 2000 Census . The Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP) allows designated participants to review and suggest modifications to

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