Long Hill, Trumbull, Connecticut
Encyclopedia
Long Hill is a village
located in the western section of Trumbull
in Fairfield County
, Connecticut
in New England
. It is an area lying west of the Pequonnock River
and north of the Merritt Parkway
. The main thoroughfare is Connecticut Route 111
, present-day Main Street.
, settled in 1639. By the mid 1650s, the Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation
began to petition the Court of the Colony of Connecticut for compensation for lost territory taken by the encroaching English settlement at Stratford. This legal action led the court to set the town boundary on May 15 1656 to include all of the territory 12 miles (19.3 km) inland from Long Island Sound between the Housatonic River
and the Fairfield
town line, including all of Long Hill.
The English continued to purchase territory from the Native Americans entering the deeds of transfer into the land records. In April 1662, Lt. Joseph Judson
, Joseph Hawley
and John Minor, secured the last written deed of transfer from the Paugussett Indian Nation for the entire western part of Trumbull, referred to simply as the; Long Hill purchase. Land on Long Hill was granted to individuals shortly after 1662.
In May 1740, upon the petition of Jonathan Edwards, the farmers at Stratfield's winter parish on Long Hill were granted their own individual Village
and Parish
and the funding for education by the legislature. In 1744, the Unity Parish
and the Long Hill parish of the Stratfield section of Stratford, asked permission to combine and become the Society of North Stratford. North Stratford remained as a village under the control of the town of Stratford for a period of 53 years until it became a part of the town of Trumbull when it incoporated in 1797.
were built on the Pequonnock River
in the 1700s and the main road that connected the Stratfield section of Stratford, now Bridgeport
with Newtown
. The present-day roads; Main Street (Connecticut Route 111
), Broadway Road and Whitney Avenue. North Farrars Brook, a tributary of the Pequonnock River
, flows on the north side of the green. The green was enlarged to its present size in 1801, when the Bridgeport and Newtown Turnpike Company shifted the road west, to straighten out the route.
The first Long Hill school district was formed in November 1761. The district had its own committee, which was appointed regularly and consisted of three persons. In 1762, Long Hill was split into two districts; Upper Long Hill and Lower Long Hill. Lower Long Hill School closed in 1920.
On December 2 1795, the school district set new boundaries; Long Hill South and Long Hill North. The physical description of the new districts listed landmark houses, roads and geographical locations in the boundary descriptions that included; Canoe Brook, Daniel Salmon's, Mr. Seeley Burrough's, Mr. Benjamin Beardslee's, the Weston and Stratfield Parish town lines as well as Mr. Enoch Gregory's, Mr. John Jones, Mr. John Fitch and the Newtown Road, present day Main Street Connecticut Route 111
.
in May 1826 and was formally known as the Monroe and Zoar Bridge Turnpike. At that time, the road from Bridgeport to Trumbull was already a toll road known as the Bridgeport and Newtown Turnpike, connecting its namesake towns and had been in operation since 1801.
In 1922, the former Monroe and Zoar Bridge Turnpike (more commonly known as simply the Monroe Turnpike) became part of the Connecticut state highway system. It was given the designation State Highway 308 and ran from modern Route 25 to modern Route 34. The continuation into Bridgeport, which would later become Route 25, was at the time part of State Highway 122.
Modern Route 111, Main Street, was created in the 1932 state highway renumbering
from old State Highway 308 and was previously called called Long Hill Street. In 1982, with the opening of the Route 25 freeway, the former southern section of Route 25 within Trumbull was reassigned to Route 111, while the portion in Bridgeport reverted to the town.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
located in the western section of Trumbull
Trumbull, Connecticut
Trumbull, a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut in the New England region of the United States, is bordered by the towns of Monroe, Shelton, Stratford, Bridgeport, Fairfield and Easton along Connecticut's Gold Coast. The population was 36,018 according to the 2010 census.Family Circle magazine...
in Fairfield County
Fairfield County, Connecticut
Fairfield County is a county located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The county population is 916,829 according to the 2010 Census. There are currently 1,465 people per square mile in the county. It is the most populous county in the State of Connecticut and contains...
, Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
in New England
New England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
. It is an area lying west of the Pequonnock River
Pequonnock River
The Pequonnock River is a waterway in eastern Fairfield County, Connecticut, flowing through the city of Bridgeport. The river has a penchant for flooding, particularly in spring since the removal of a retention dam in Trumbull in the 1950s. There seems to be a sharp difference of opinion among...
and north of the Merritt Parkway
Merritt Parkway
The Merritt Parkway is a historic limited-access parkway in Fairfield County, Connecticut. The parkway is known for its scenic layout, its uniquely styled signage, and the architecturally elaborate overpasses along the route. It is designated as a National Scenic Byway and is also listed in the...
. The main thoroughfare is Connecticut Route 111
Connecticut Route 111
Route 111 is a state highway in southwestern Connecticut, United States, running from the Merritt Parkway in Trumbull to Route 34 in Monroe. The junction with the Merritt Parkway is currently the only single-point urban interchange in the entire state....
, present-day Main Street.
History
Long Hill was originally and entirely settled as a part of Stratford, ConnecticutStratford, Connecticut
Stratford is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located on Long Island Sound at the mouth of the Housatonic River. It was founded by Puritans in 1639....
, settled in 1639. By the mid 1650s, the Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation
Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation
The Golden Hill Paugussetts are the Connecticut state-recognized tribal descendents of the Paugussett Nation of Native Americans that occupied much of western Connecticut prior to the arrival of Europeans...
began to petition the Court of the Colony of Connecticut for compensation for lost territory taken by the encroaching English settlement at Stratford. This legal action led the court to set the town boundary on May 15 1656 to include all of the territory 12 miles (19.3 km) inland from Long Island Sound between the Housatonic River
Housatonic River
The Housatonic River is a river, approximately long, in western Massachusetts and western Connecticut in the United States. It flows south to southeast, and drains about of southwestern New England into Long Island Sound...
and the Fairfield
Fairfield, Connecticut
Fairfield is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is bordered by the towns of Bridgeport, Trumbull, Easton, Redding and Westport along the Gold Coast of Connecticut. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 59,404...
town line, including all of Long Hill.
The English continued to purchase territory from the Native Americans entering the deeds of transfer into the land records. In April 1662, Lt. Joseph Judson
Joseph Judson
Joseph Judson was a Connecticut settler, local official and militia officer....
, Joseph Hawley
Joseph Hawley (Captain)
Joseph Hawley , born in Parwich, Derbyshire, England, was the first of the Hawley name to come to America in 1629. He settled at Stratford, Connecticut in 1650, becoming the town's first town clerk or record keeper, tavern keeper and a shipbuilder.-Surname:The surname of Hawley is one of locality...
and John Minor, secured the last written deed of transfer from the Paugussett Indian Nation for the entire western part of Trumbull, referred to simply as the; Long Hill purchase. Land on Long Hill was granted to individuals shortly after 1662.
In May 1740, upon the petition of Jonathan Edwards, the farmers at Stratfield's winter parish on Long Hill were granted their own individual Village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
and Parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
and the funding for education by the legislature. In 1744, the Unity Parish
Nichols, Connecticut
Nichols, a historic village in southeastern Trumbull on the Gold Coast of Fairfield County, was named after the family who maintained a large farm in its center for almost 300 years. The Nichols Farms Historic District, which encompasses part of the village, is listed on the National Register of...
and the Long Hill parish of the Stratfield section of Stratford, asked permission to combine and become the Society of North Stratford. North Stratford remained as a village under the control of the town of Stratford for a period of 53 years until it became a part of the town of Trumbull when it incoporated in 1797.
1720 Green
The Long Hill Green is the triangle of land created by the intersection of roads leading down to where millsMills
Mills is the plural form of mill, but may also refer to:*Mills , a common family name of English or Gaelic origin*Mills , a fictional British secret agent created by Manning O'Brine*Another name for the board game Nine Men's Morris...
were built on the Pequonnock River
Pequonnock River
The Pequonnock River is a waterway in eastern Fairfield County, Connecticut, flowing through the city of Bridgeport. The river has a penchant for flooding, particularly in spring since the removal of a retention dam in Trumbull in the 1950s. There seems to be a sharp difference of opinion among...
in the 1700s and the main road that connected the Stratfield section of Stratford, now Bridgeport
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city had an estimated population of 144,229 at the 2010 United States Census and is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area...
with Newtown
Newtown, Connecticut
Newtown is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 27,560 at the 2010 census. Newtown was founded in 1705 and incorporated in 1711.-Government:...
. The present-day roads; Main Street (Connecticut Route 111
Connecticut Route 111
Route 111 is a state highway in southwestern Connecticut, United States, running from the Merritt Parkway in Trumbull to Route 34 in Monroe. The junction with the Merritt Parkway is currently the only single-point urban interchange in the entire state....
), Broadway Road and Whitney Avenue. North Farrars Brook, a tributary of the Pequonnock River
Pequonnock River
The Pequonnock River is a waterway in eastern Fairfield County, Connecticut, flowing through the city of Bridgeport. The river has a penchant for flooding, particularly in spring since the removal of a retention dam in Trumbull in the 1950s. There seems to be a sharp difference of opinion among...
, flows on the north side of the green. The green was enlarged to its present size in 1801, when the Bridgeport and Newtown Turnpike Company shifted the road west, to straighten out the route.
Public education
The spirit of public education was fostered early in Long Hill when the Stratford selectmen voted on January 11 1716 to allow the farmers settled there, use of the; forty shillings per thousand allowed by law for seven years ensuing, provided they educate their children according to law.The first Long Hill school district was formed in November 1761. The district had its own committee, which was appointed regularly and consisted of three persons. In 1762, Long Hill was split into two districts; Upper Long Hill and Lower Long Hill. Lower Long Hill School closed in 1920.
On December 2 1795, the school district set new boundaries; Long Hill South and Long Hill North. The physical description of the new districts listed landmark houses, roads and geographical locations in the boundary descriptions that included; Canoe Brook, Daniel Salmon's, Mr. Seeley Burrough's, Mr. Benjamin Beardslee's, the Weston and Stratfield Parish town lines as well as Mr. Enoch Gregory's, Mr. John Jones, Mr. John Fitch and the Newtown Road, present day Main Street Connecticut Route 111
Connecticut Route 111
Route 111 is a state highway in southwestern Connecticut, United States, running from the Merritt Parkway in Trumbull to Route 34 in Monroe. The junction with the Merritt Parkway is currently the only single-point urban interchange in the entire state....
.
Main Street
The road from Long Hill to Stevenson was chartered as a turnpikeToll road
A toll road is a privately or publicly built road for which a driver pays a toll for use. Structures for which tolls are charged include toll bridges and toll tunnels. Non-toll roads are financed using other sources of revenue, most typically fuel tax or general tax funds...
in May 1826 and was formally known as the Monroe and Zoar Bridge Turnpike. At that time, the road from Bridgeport to Trumbull was already a toll road known as the Bridgeport and Newtown Turnpike, connecting its namesake towns and had been in operation since 1801.
In 1922, the former Monroe and Zoar Bridge Turnpike (more commonly known as simply the Monroe Turnpike) became part of the Connecticut state highway system. It was given the designation State Highway 308 and ran from modern Route 25 to modern Route 34. The continuation into Bridgeport, which would later become Route 25, was at the time part of State Highway 122.
Modern Route 111, Main Street, was created in the 1932 state highway renumbering
1932 state highway renumbering (Connecticut)
In 1932, the Highway Department of the U.S. state of Connecticut , decided to completely renumber all its state highways. The only exceptions were the U.S. Highways and some of the New England Interstate Routes. Between 1922 and 1932, Connecticut used a state highway numbering system shared with...
from old State Highway 308 and was previously called called Long Hill Street. In 1982, with the opening of the Route 25 freeway, the former southern section of Route 25 within Trumbull was reassigned to Route 111, while the portion in Bridgeport reverted to the town.
Emergency services
Long Hill is served by the Trumbull Police Department and EMS, but does have three firehouses. Long Hill Fire Company #1 was formed in January 1921 and was officially recognized by the state on March 8, 1921.Notable residents
- Harvey HubbellHarvey HubbellHarvey Hubbell II , was a U.S. inventor, entrepreneur and industrialist. His best known inventions are the electrical plug, and the pull-chain light socket....
(1857–1927), inventor. - Igor SikorskyIgor SikorskyIgor Sikorsky , born Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky was a Russian American pioneer of aviation in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft...
, (1889–1972), aviation pioneer and HelicopterHelicopterA helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...
inventor.