Editing Haddam, Connecticut

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Haddam
| official_name            = Town of Haddam
| settlement_type          = [[New England town|Town]]
| image_skyline            = Brainerd Memorial Library, Haddam CT.jpg
| image_caption            = Brainerd Memorial Library
| image_seal               = HaddamCTseal.gif
| image_map                = {{switcher|[[File:Haddam CT lg.PNG|230px|frameless|alt=Haddam's location within Middlesex County and Connecticut]]|&nbsp;[[Middlesex County, Connecticut|Middlesex County]] and Connecticut|[[File:Lower Connecticut River Valley incorporated and unincorporated areas Haddam highlighted.svg|250px|frameless|alt=Haddam's location within the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region and the state of Connecticut]]|&nbsp;[[Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut|Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region]] and Connecticut|default=1}}
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| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = {{US}}
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state]]
| subdivision_name1        = {{flag|Connecticut}}
| subdivision_type2        = [[County (United States)|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Middlesex County, Connecticut|Middlesex]]
| subdivision_type3        = [[Councils of governments in Connecticut|Region]]
| subdivision_name3        = [[Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut|Lower CT River Valley]]
| established_title        = Incorporated
| established_date         = 1668<ref>{{cite book|title=The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qoEyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA332|year=1903|publisher=Connecticut Magazine Company|page=332}}</ref>
| government_type          = [[Board of selectmen|Selectman-town meeting]]
| leader_title             = First selectman
| leader_name              = Robert McGarry (R)
| leader_title1            = Selectman
| leader_name1             = Sean Kennedy-Wonneberger (D)
| leader_title2            = Selectman
| leader_name2             = Kate Anderson (R)
| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_total_km2           = 120.2
| area_total_sq_mi         = 46.4
| area_land_km2            = 114.0
| area_land_sq_mi          = 44.0
| area_water_km2           = 6.0
| area_water_sq_mi         = 2.3
| elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft             = 371
| population_footnotes     = <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/popest/cities/files/SUB-EST2005_9.csv |title=U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates |access-date=December 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629085255/http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/files/SUB-EST2005_9.csv |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| population_total         = 8452
| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_density_km2   = 74.1
| population_density_sq_mi = 
| timezone                 = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]
| utc_offset               = -5
| timezone_DST             = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]
| utc_offset_DST           = -4
| postal_code_type         = ZIP code
| postal_code              = 06424, 06438, 06441
| area_codes                = [[Area codes 860 and 959|860/959]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 09-35230
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 0213439<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|213439}}</ref>
| website                  = {{URL|http://www.haddam.org/}}
}}
'''Haddam''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Middlesex County, Connecticut]], United States. The town is part of the [[Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut|Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region]]. The population was 8,452 at the time of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It is the only town in Connecticut that the [[Connecticut River]] runs through the middle of instead of at the town's border edge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US0900735230|title=Census - Geography Profile: Haddam town, Middlesex County, Connecticut|access-date=December 16, 2021}}</ref> The town was also home to the now-decommissioned [[Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.connyankee.com/|title=Connecticut Yankee|website=www.connyankee.com|access-date=May 1, 2017}}</ref>

==History==

Haddam, in Middlesex County, is located in south-central Connecticut in the lower Connecticut River Valley. It is also home to Cockaponset State Forest. It was incorporated in October 1668 as Hadham,{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}} but unusually for the many New England towns ending in -ham, the spelling eventually came to reflect the phonetic pronunciation. Haddam is the only town in Connecticut divided by the Connecticut River, and only one of three divided towns along the entire Connecticut River, the other two being [[Northfield, Massachusetts]], and [[Pittsburg, New Hampshire]]. Haddam contains five villages: Hidden Lake, Higganum, Shailerville, and Tylerville on the west side of the river, and Haddam Neck on the east. For the first two hundred years of the town's existence, the Connecticut River was a major source of income and transportation. Today, the town of Haddam is a residential community.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://connecticuthistory.org/towns-page/haddam/#sthash.wyMLtbr4.dpuf|title=Haddam {{!}} ConnecticutHistory.org|website=connecticuthistory.org|date=September 12, 2011 |language=en-US|access-date=May 1, 2017}}</ref>

The town was named for [[Much Hadham]] and [[Little Hadham]] in [[Hertfordshire]], England, collectively known as ''The Hadhams''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Stewart|first1=George R.|title=American place-names; a concise and selective dictionary for the continental United States of America|url=https://archive.org/details/americanplacenam00geor|url-access=registration|date=1970|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York}}</ref>

==Demographics==

{{US Census population
|1790= 2195
|1800= 2307
|1810= 2205
|1820= 2478
|1830= 3025
|1840= 2599
|1850= 2279
|1860= 2307
|1870= 2071
|1880= 2419
|1890= 2095
|1900= 2015
|1910= 1958
|1920= 1736
|1930= 1755
|1940= 2069
|1950= 2636
|1960= 3466
|1970= 4934
|1980= 6383
|1990= 6769
|2000= 7157
|2010= 8346
|2020= 8452
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
{{See also|List of Connecticut locations by per capita income}}
As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 7,157 people, 2,701 households, and 2,101 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|162.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,822 housing units at an average density of 24.7 persons/km<sup>2</sup> (64.1 inhabitants/mi<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 96.86% White, 1.03% [[African American]], 0.11% [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]], 0.82% [[Asia]]n, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.17% from other races, and 0.98% from two or more races. 1.06% of the population were [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race.

There were 2,701 households, out of which 34.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.1% were married couples living together, 6.9% had a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 22.2% were non-families. 18.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.7% under the age of 18, 5.0% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 30.4% from 45 to 64, and 9.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.8 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $78,571, and the median income for a family was $87,026. Males had a median income of $50,500 versus $37,447 for females. The per capita income for the town was $30,519. 3.5% of the population and 1.5% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 4.6% were under the age of 18 and 7.2% were 65 or older.

{| class=wikitable
! colspan = 6 | Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of October 25, 2005<ref>{{cite web|title = Registration and Party Enrollment Statistics as of October 25, 2005 | publisher = Connecticut Secretary of State | access-date = October 2, 2006 | url = http://www.sots.ct.gov/ElectionsServices/lists/2005OctRegEnrollStats.pdf |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060923151511/http://www.sots.ct.gov/ElectionsServices/lists/2005OctRegEnrollStats.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = September 23, 2006}}</ref>
|-
! colspan = 2 | Party
! Active Voters
! Inactive Voters
! Total Voters
! Percentage
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| align = center | 1,493
| align = center | 49
| align = center | 1,542
| align = center | 27.68%
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| align = center | 1,205
| align = center | 44
| align = center | 1,249
| align = center | 22.42%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| [[Independent voter|Unaffiliated]]
| align = center | 2,633
| align = center | 139
| align = center | 2,772
| align = center | 49.77%
|-
| {{party color cell|Libertarian Party (United States)}}
| Minor Parties
| align = center | 6
| align = center | 1
| align = center | 7
| align = center | 0.13%
|-
! colspan = 2 | Total
! align = center | 5,337
! align = center | 233
! align = center | 5,570
! align = center | 100%
|}

==Notable people==
* [[Samuel Arnold (Connecticut politician)|Samuel Arnold]], politician
*[[David Brainerd]], missionary
*[[George Bradford Brainerd]], engineer, photographer, and nature historian
*[[Smith Clark]], lawyer and legislator<ref name="1877 Yale" />
*[[Mary H. Dickerson]], businesswoman
*[[David Dudley Field II]], politician
*[[Stephen Johnson Field]], politician and jurist
*[[Josiah J. Hazen]], college football player and coach
*[[Asahel W. Hubbard]], attorney, judge, and politician
*[[David McDowell]], psychiatrist, author, and consultant
*[[Emil Planeta]], MLB pitcher
*[[Alexander Shaler]], military general
*[[Venture Smith]], enslaved African and author
*[[James Clark Walkley]], politician

==Literary references==
*The "thin men of Haddam" are apostrophized in stanza seven of "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" by [[Wallace Stevens]]:<ref>[http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5761 Poets.org]</ref>
:''O thin men of Haddam,''
:''Why do you imagine golden birds?''
:''Do you not see how the blackbird''
:''Walks around the feet''
:''Of the women about you?''

==Notable locations and historic sites==

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* [[Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant]]
* [[Higganum Landing Historic District]], NRHP-listed
* [[Camp Bethel]] – a historic religious camp at 124 Camp Bethel Road, built in 1877 and added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 2007<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2009a}}</ref>
* The town center village, listed as the [[Haddam Center Historic District]] on the NRHP<ref name=nris/>
* [[James Hazelton House]], NRHP-listed<ref name=nris/>
*[[Thankful Arnold House Museum]], a stop on the Connecticut Women's Heritage Trail<ref>{{Cite web|title=Heritage Trail|url=https://www.cwhf.org/heritage-trail|access-date=January 10, 2022|website=CT Women's Hall of Fame|language=en-US}}</ref>

==References==
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<ref name="1877 Yale">{{citation |date=June 27, 1877 |title=Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College |chapter=1817 |volume=36 |publisher=[[Yale University]] |language=en |pages=6–7 |url=http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1859_1924/1876-77.pdf |access-date=February 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710090355/http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1859_1924/1876-77.pdf |archive-date=July 10, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><!-- exhausted -->

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==External links==
*[http://www.haddam.org/ Town government Web site]
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{{Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut}}
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[[Category:1668 establishments in Connecticut]]
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