18 Facts About Middletown Connecticut

In 1923, the City of Middletown Connecticut was consolidated with the Town, making the city limits extensive.

Middletown Connecticut was the county seat of Middlesex County from its creation in 1785 until the elimination of county government in 1960.

Middletown, Connecticut is considered the southernmost city in the Hartford-Springfield Knowledge Corridor Metropolitan Region, which features a combined metro population of 1.

Some settlers held enslaved Africans as workers in the early economy of Middletown Connecticut; they worked as domestic servants, laborers, and in shipping.

In 1841, Middletown Connecticut established the state's first public high school, which at first enrolled all students from age nine through age sixteen who had previously attended district schools.

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Middletown Connecticut briefly was the home of a major-league baseball team, the Middletown Connecticut Mansfields of the National Association.

Middletown Connecticut was hit by floods in 1927 and 1936, and by The Great New England Hurricane in 1938.

West side of Middletown Connecticut is flanked by the Metacomet Ridge—a mountainous trap rock ridgeline that stretches from Long Island Sound to nearly the Vermont border.

Notable mountains of the Metacomet Ridge in Middletown Connecticut include Higby Mountain and the north side of Lamentation Mountain.

Top employers in Middletown Connecticut according to the town's 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.

In recent decades, Middletown Connecticut has focused on balancing the needs and comforts of its residents with the commercial development required to help fund services.

Middletown Connecticut today retains Middlesex Superior Court, and the Judicial District remains that of the former county court.

Culturally and politically, Middletown Connecticut is in the midst of an effort to revitalize its historically disadvantaged North End.

The Middletown Connecticut community held many fundraising events to raise money for the diner's rebuilding.

Middletown Connecticut is the only location of a well-known youth theater group, Oddfellows Playhouse, which is located on Washington Street and pulls in children of all ages from all over the state to learn theater skills.

Middletown Connecticut is host to the Kidcity Children's Museum located in a renovated and recently expanded former home of Judge Elmer, which was moved 400 feet down Washington Street to its current location.

The Middletown Connecticut Press is a daily broadsheet which covers news in the Middletown Connecticut area.

Middletown Area Transit provides public transportation services throughout Middletown; the New Britain Transportation Company provides connecting service to New Britain and the surrounding area; and Connecticut Transit provides local and express service to Hartford as well as express service to New Haven.