Editing Winsted, Connecticut

{{short description|CDP in Connecticut, United States}}
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|name                     = Winsted, Connecticut
|official_name            = City of Winsted
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| subdivision_name3       = [[Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut|Northwest Hills]]
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| subdivision_name4       = [[Winchester, Connecticut|Winchester]]
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|government_type          = [[New England town]] (Winchester)
|leader_title             = [[Board of selectmen]]
|leader_name              = Todd Arcelaschi, Mayor<br>Steven Sedlack<br>William Hester<br>Troy Lamere<br>Paul Marino<br>Althea Candy Perez<br>William Pozzo<ref>{{cite web |title=Board of Selectmen |url=https://www.townofwinchester.org/entities/board-of-selectmen-9 |website=www.townofwinchester.org |access-date=April 14, 2024}}</ref>
|leader_title1            = [[Town Manager]]
|leader_name1             = Robert Geiger (interim) <ref>{{cite web |title=Town Manager's Office |url=https://www.townofwinchester.org/entities/town-manager |website=www.townofwinchester.org |access-date=April 14, 2024}}</ref>
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'''Winsted''' is a [[census-designated place]] and an incorporated city<ref>Although Winsted is recognized by the state as an incorporated city (it is listed as such in the [http://www.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?a=3188&q=392430#CITIES_IN_CONNECTICUT_WITH_DATE_OF_INCORPORATION State Register and Manual] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081106201524/http://ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?a=3188&q=392430#CITIES_IN_CONNECTICUT_WITH_DATE_OF_INCORPORATION |date=November 6, 2008 }} and as a [https://www.townofwinchester.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif1461/f/uploads/winsted_zoning_map_7-17.pdf special zoning map]), it was removed from the rolls of Census-recognized incorporated cities sometime between 1970 and 1980. The Census Bureau decided to stop recognizing Winsted as an incorporated place because the city does not maintain a separate, active existence from the town of Winchester, and because the nature of its relationship with the town of Winchester makes it more of a special-purpose district than a general-purpose municipality.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}</ref> in [[Litchfield County, Connecticut]], United States. It is part of the town of [[Winchester, Connecticut|Winchester]]. The population of Winsted was 7,192 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], a decrease from 7,712 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010 DP">{{cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/SF1DP1/1600000US0987350| title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (DP-1), Winsted CDP, Connecticut| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| website=American FactFinder| access-date=November 1, 2019| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213153001/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/SF1DP1/1600000US0987350| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="census1">U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Results, Winsted CDP, Connecticut https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?searchType=web&cssp=SERP&q=Winsted%20CDP,%20Connecticut</ref> It comprises the majority of the town of Winchester's 10,224 population. Winsted is part of the [[Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut|Northwest Hills Planning Region]].

==History==
[[Image:South View of Winsted, Winchester.jpg|thumb|left|Winsted in 1836, a [[woodblock print]] drawn by [[John Warner Barber]]]]
Settled in 1750,<ref name="EB1911"/> the city of Winsted was formed at the junction of the Mad River and Still River and was one of the first [[mill town]]s in Connecticut. Manufactured products started with [[scythe]]s at the Winsted Manufacturing Company in 1792. The city is within the town of Winchester, and its name derives from the fact that it is the business center for the towns of Winchester and [[Barkhamsted, Connecticut|Barkhamsted]].

Winsted, along with [[New Haven, Connecticut]], was a center for the production of [[clock#History of time-measuring devices|mechanical clocks]] in the 1900s. The [[Gilbert Clock Factory|Gilbert Clock Company]], located along the Still River north of town, was founded in 1871 by William L. Gilbert (1806–1890) and became one of the largest clock companies in the world around the start of the 20th century.

[[File:Bird's eye view of Winsted, Connecticut 1908. LOC 75693170.jpg|thumb|[[Panoramic map]] of Winsted with building images inset and sights listed (1908)]]
The Winsted post office contains an oil on canvas [[mural]], ''Lincoln's Arbiter Settles the Winsted Post Office Controversy'', painted by muralist [[Amy Jones (artist)|Amy Jones]] in 1938. Federally commissioned murals were produced from 1934 to 1943 in the United States through the [[Section of Painting and Sculpture]], later called the Section of Fine Arts, of the [[United States Department of the Treasury|Treasury Department]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Arnesen |first=Eric |date=2007 |title=Encyclopedia of U.S. Labor and Working-Class History |volume=1 |location=New York |publisher=Routledge |page=1540 |isbn=9780415968263}}</ref>

The [[Gilbert School]], originally endowed with more than $600,000 by William L. Gilbert,<ref name="EB1911">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Winsted|volume=28|pages=733–734}}</ref> is a private secondary school that serves as the public high school for the town of Winchester.

In 1955, [[Hurricane Connie]] and [[Hurricane Diane]] passed over Connecticut within one week, [[1955 Connecticut floods|flooding]] the Mad River and Still River through downtown. The Mad River, which parallels Main Street, caused flooding up to {{convert|10|ft}} deep through the center of town. This damaged the buildings between Main Street and the river such that all buildings on that side of Main Street through the center of town were subsequently removed and Main Street widened to four lanes. The buildings on the north side of Main Street for the most part survived and were repaired. Further downstream, the Still River flowed between the buildings of the Gilbert Clock Company. The flooding caused extensive damage to their buildings, and this was the final blow to a company which was already in poor financial condition.

[[Northwestern Connecticut Community College]] was founded in 1965 by Winsted residents, including [[Ralph Nader]]'s older brother, [[Shafeek Nader|Shafeek]]. It occupies the original Gilbert School building. NCCC was one of the first four [[community college]]s in Connecticut, and is accredited by both the Connecticut Board of Governors for Higher Education and by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. The Northwestern Community College Foundation was incorporated in 1981 to support the mission of Northwestern Connecticut Community College. NCCF generates private funds for the purpose of benefiting the students attending NCCC and the community of Winsted.

In 2013, Henry Centrella, the former city finance director, was served a complaint which stated that over $2.2 million was misappropriated during his 30-year tenure.<ref>{{cite web|title=State of Connecticut Complaint|url= https://www.scribd.com/doc/153013458/Centrella-Complaint|work=Web page|publisher=State of Connecticut|access-date=August 7, 2013}}</ref>

[[Ralph Nader]] opened the [[American Museum of Tort Law]] in 2015, inside the former Winsted Savings Bank building at 654 Main Street.<ref>https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/to-teach-tort-law-ralph-nader-builds-a-museum PBS NewsHour: Inside Ralph Nader’s American Museum of Tort Law</ref>

==Pictures==

<gallery mode="packed">
File:1877, Harvey, Sarah E., Winsted, Connecticut.jpg|Sarah E. Harvey, ''Winsted, Connecticut'', {{circa|1877}}, [[Princeton University Art Museum]]
File:PostcardWinstedCTViewFromHubbardStreet1906.jpg|View from Hubbard Street, {{circa|1906}}
File:PostcardEastWinstedCTBirdsEyeView1879.jpg|View from Highland Park, 1879
File:PostcardWinstedCTEastFrRockwellSt1876.jpg|View east from Rockwell Street, 1876
File:PostcardWinstedCTGilbertSchool1921.jpg|The Gilbert School, {{circa|1921}}
File:PostcardLitchfieldCoHospWinsteadCTca1904.jpg|Litchfield County Hospital, {{circa|1904}}
File:West Main Street, Looking East, Winsted, CT.jpg|West Main Street, {{circa|1912}}
File:View of Meadow Street, Winsted, CT.jpg|Meadow Street, {{circa|1906}}
File:PostcardWinstedCTGilbertSchool1908.jpg|The Gilbert School, {{circa|1910}}
File:PostcardWinstedCTFirstDistrictSchoolNorthMainStreet1908.jpg|First District School, {{circa|1908}}
File:Winsted Conn.jpg|County hospital as seen from Henry Street, {{circa|1910}}
</gallery>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|12.4|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|12.0|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.5|km2|order=flip}}, or 3.73%, are water.<ref name=Gazetteer>{{cite web| url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_09.txt| title=U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Connecticut| website=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division| access-date=November 1, 2019}}</ref>

Winsted sits in the eastern part of the town of Winchester at the confluence of the [[Still River (Housatonic River tributary)|Still]] and [[Mad River (Connecticut)|Mad Rivers]]. This Mad River is one of seven rivers with the same name in New England, one other of which is also in Connecticut. The Still River continues north as a tributary of the [[Farmington River]] and is part of the [[Connecticut River]] watershed.

The city is laid out in a horseshoe-shaped valley ringed by seven hills; two other hills stand amid this, comprising a total of nine named hills.

There are five stone churches in a crescent from east to west. In their exact center is the Castle Tower Civil War monument, a stone tower of over 40 feet erected in 1890.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMQ714_Castle_Tower_Civil_War_Monument_Winsted_in_Winchester_CT |title=Castle Tower Civil War Monument - Winsted in Winchester, CT |author=neoc1 |date=January 1, 2016 |website=Waymarking.com |access-date=August 24, 2020}}</ref>

The city is crossed by [[U.S. Route 44#Connecticut|U.S. Route 44]], [[Connecticut Route 8]], [[Connecticut Route 183]] and [[Connecticut Route 263]]. US 44 leads southeast {{convert|25|mi}} to [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]], the state capital, and northwest {{convert|17|mi}} to [[North Canaan, Connecticut|North Canaan]]. Route 8 leads south {{convert|9|mi|0}} to [[Torrington, Connecticut|Torrington]] and {{convert|28|mi}} to [[Waterbury, Connecticut|Waterbury]], and north {{Convert|26|mi}} to [[U.S. Route 20 in Massachusetts|U.S. Route 20]] in [[West Becket, Massachusetts]].

==Demographics==
{{See also|List of Connecticut locations by per capita income}}
{{US Census population
|2000= 7321
|2010= 7712
|2020= 7192
|footnote=Population 2000–2020.<ref name="Census 2010 DP"/><ref name="census1"/>
}}

As of the census of 2010, there were 7,712 people, 3,346 households, and 1,920 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|1,668|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 3,828 housing units, of which 482, or 12.6%, were vacant. The racial makeup of the CDP was 91.6% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.2% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.3% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 2.7% [[Race (United States Census)|some other race]], and 2.0% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 6.5% of the population.<ref name="Census 2010 DP"/>

Of the 3,346 households in the community, 28.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.7% were headed by married couples living together, 13.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.6% were non-families. 35.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.4% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28, and the average family size was 2.95.<ref name="Census 2010 DP"/>

21.5% of the CDP population were under the age of 18, 8.7% were from 18 to 24, 24.6% were from 25 to 44, 30.1% were from 45 to 64, and 15.1% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males.<ref name="Census 2010 DP"/>

For the period 2013–2017, the estimated median annual income for a household in the CDP was $45,597, and the median income for a family was $58,962. Male full-time workers had a median income of $41,842 versus $45,208 for females. About 20.1% of families and 23.5% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including 31.8% of people under the age of 18 and 13.0% of those age 65 or over.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?hidePreview=true&g=1600000US0987350&q=Winsted%20CDP,%20Connecticut| title=Winsted, Connecticut, American Community Survey Data| website=data.census.gov| access-date=November 1, 2019}}</ref>

==Public transportation==
The closest major airport is [[Bradley International Airport]] (BDL), {{convert|24|mi}} to the east in [[Windsor Locks, Connecticut]]. [[Amtrak]] stations within a 30-mile radius include [[Windsor, Connecticut|Windsor]] (WND<ref>[http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Station/Station_Page&c=am2Station&cid=1080080552138&ssid=90 WND]</ref>), [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]] (HFD<ref>[http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Station/Station_Page&c=am2Station&cid=1080080551200&ssid=90 HFD]</ref>), [[Berlin, Connecticut|Berlin]] (BER<ref>[http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Station/Station_Page&c=am2Station&cid=1080080551142 BER]</ref>), and [[Springfield, Massachusetts]] (SPG<ref>[http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Station/Station_Page&c=am2Station&cid=1080080552002 SPG]</ref>). [[Greyhound Lines]] also has a bus station.<ref>[http://www.greyhound.com/scripts/en/TicketCenter/terminal.asp?city=060324 Greyhound bus station]</ref>

Public transportation service is provided by the [[Northwestern Connecticut Transit District]], which operates a weekday bus service<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nwcttransit.com/csroute1.html |title=Northwest Connecticut Transit District weekday bus service |access-date=August 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091011053323/http://www.nwcttransit.com/csroute1.html |archive-date=October 11, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and a dial-a-ride service.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nwcttransit.com/darhours8.html |title=Northwest Connecticut Transit District dial-a-ride service |access-date=August 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091011010903/http://www.nwcttransit.com/darhours8.html |archive-date=October 11, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Arts and culture ==
Winsted is home to a growing number of arts and cultural organizations, including the arts and education center the [[American Mural Project]], which holds the record for the largest indoor, collaborative mural in the world. Known in the 1800s as Winsted Hosiery, the largest hosiery manufacturer in the state, Whiting Mills<ref>[https://www.whitingmills.com/ Whiting Mills]</ref> is now home to 56 artisans, small businesses, and retail shops. Since its renovation in 2004, the mill received recognition from New England's ''Yankee Magazine'' as the "2016 Best Artists' Community in Connecticut,”"establishing the former factory building as a vibrant platform for the area's most creative artisans. Also here are the [[Ralph Nader]]'s nonprofit [[American Museum of Tort Law]], and the Winchester Historical Society.

==Education==

[[Winchester Public Schools (Connecticut)|Winchester Public Schools]] is the public school district for grades K-6, while the [[Gilbert School]] serves as the public school for grades 7–12. Prior to 2011, middle school students went to schools operated by the Winchester district.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gilbertschool.org/about-us/history|title=History|publisher=[[Gilbert School]]|accessdate=May 19, 2021}}</ref>

[[Northwestern Regional School District No. 7]] maintains [[Northwestern Regional High School]], which is partly in Winsted.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.townofwinchester.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif1461/f/uploads/winsted_zoning_map_7-17.pdf|title=Winsted Zoning Map|publisher=Town of Winchester|accessdate=May 19, 2021}}</ref> However, the school does not act as the public school for Winsted.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nwr7.com/district/about-us|title=About Us|publisher=[[Northwestern Regional School District No. 7]]|accessdate=May 19, 2021|quote=Regional School District No. 7 is composed of four rural-suburban towns: Barkhamsted, Colebrook, New Hartford and Norfolk.[...]}}</ref> Students who live in Winchester can attend Northwestern Regional High School through their Agricultural Education Program.

Also located in the town is Explorations Charter School. Created to serve a diverse body of students, the school was designed to accommodate the unique educational, social, and emotional needs of its students.

Prior to closing in 2020,<ref>{{cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.stjoseph-winsted.org/saint-anthony-school.html |accessdate=May 19, 2021 |publisher=St. Anthony School}}</ref> the town also had a parochial Catholic school called St. Anthony School, of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Hartford]]. The school opened in 1865,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stanthonyschool-winsted.org/150th-anniversery-celebration/|title=150th Anniversary Celebration|publisher=St. Anthony School|date=August 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807083634/http://www.stanthonyschool-winsted.org/150th-anniversery-celebration/|accessdate=May 19, 2021|archive-date=August 7, 2018}}</ref> and maintained a class of around 200 students. Experiencing a large decrease in enrollment, the school dropped from serving around 200 students, to just 90.<ref>{{cite web|last=Olson|first=Emily M.|url=https://www.registercitizen.com/news/article/Winsted-s-St-Anthony-School-closing-in-June-15138379.php|title=Winsted's St. Anthony School closing in June after 155 years|newspaper=[[Register Citizen]]|date=March 17, 2020|accessdate=May 19, 2021}}</ref> When in operation, it was the oldest school continually operated by the archdiocese.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gugliotti|first=Elio|url=https://archives.rep-am.com/2020/03/17/st-anthony-school-in-winsted-to-close/|title=St. Anthony School in Winsted to close|newspaper=[[Republican American]]|date=March 17, 2020|accessdate=May 19, 2021}}</ref>

[[Northwestern Connecticut Community College]] is also located in Winsted.

Beardsley Library and the Memorial Library is the local public library. Mrs. Eliot Beardsley<!--the wife of Eliot Beardsley--> donated $10,000 to establish the library. The buying of the land was funded by Jenison Whiting, who submitted a [[bequest]] in 1898, with the first building built the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.beardsleylibrary.org/history|title=History|publisher=Beardsley Library|accessdate=May 19, 2021}}</ref>

==Notable people==

{{div col}}
* [[Crane Brinton]], historian
* [[James J. Casey]], politician
* [[Guy Gilchrist]], cartoonist{{div col end}}
* [[James P. Glynn]], congressman
* [[John Groppo]], businessman and politician
* [[David Halberstam]], journalist and author
* [[Mason Hale]], educator
* [[Samuel B. Horne]] (1843–1928), Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil War, entered service in Winsted and is buried there<ref name="Projects">{{cite web|url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/2845|title=Samuel B. Horne|access-date=July 19, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140726014908/http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=2845|archive-date=July 26, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Arphaxed Loomis]], congressman
* [[Ralph Nader]], author and activist
* [[Rose Nader]], activist
* [[Henry R. Pease]], senator
* [[Charles H. Smith (historian of science)|Charles H. Smith]], historian of science
* [[James Wakefield]] (1825–1910), [[United States House of Representatives|congressman]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000026|title=WAKEFIELD, James Beach, (1825 - 1910)|publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date= October 10, 2012}}</ref>

== See also ==
* {{Portal inline|Connecticut}}
* {{Portal inline|New England}}
* {{Portal inline|Cities}}

==References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Winsted, Connecticut}}
* [http://www.townofwinchester.org/ Town of Winchester official website]
* [http://winstedphoenix.org/ Online independent community newspaper]
* [http://www.beardsleyandmemorial.org/ Beardsley & Memorial Library]
* [http://www.museumsusa.org/museums/info/1159628 Winchester Historical Society & Museum]
* [http://www.winsted-ambulance.org Winsted Area Ambulance Association] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509073114/http://www.winsted-ambulance.org/ |date=May 9, 2008 }}
* [http://www.winstedfire.org Winsted Fire Department]
* [http://www.gilbertschool.org/ Gilbert School]

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