Hazardville

History

Hazardville originated as an industrial village centered around the manufacture of gunpowder using water power from the Scantic River. The first small black powder mill was established in 1835 by Allen Loomis in an area then known as Powder Hollow. This became the Hazard Powder Company. Hazardville takes its name from Colonel Augustus George Hazard. A area in and near Hazardville was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as the Hazardville Historic District. The district is an irregularly shaped area that surrounds two interior areas that are not historical and are not included in the district. The district is focused on resources associated with the powder works, and includes industrial archaeological resources on either side of the Scantic River.

Geography

The Hazardville CDP includes, in addition to the original Hazardville village, newer suburban developments east of the Central New England Railroad line to the Somers town line. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land. One parcel of the Scantic River State Park is in the Powder Hollow portion of Hazardville.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  23,713
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  20,783
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  19,942
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  19,929
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  19,434
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  17,171
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  16,467
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  16,012

Largest nearby schools

• Enfield High School
  High · Enfield · 1,490 students · 12:1 ratio
• John F. Kennedy Middle School
  Middle · Enfield · 1,096 students · 10.9:1 ratio
• Rockville High School
  High · Vernon · 932 students · 11.2:1 ratio
• Academy of Aerospace and Engineering
  High · Windsor · 768 students · 13:1 ratio
• Ellington High School
  High · Ellington · 737 students · 11.2:1 ratio
• Suffield High School
  High · West Suffield · 676 students · 10.9:1 ratio
• Somers Elementary School
  Elementary · Somers · 649 students · 12:1 ratio
• Windermere School
  Elementary · Ellington · 644 students · 12.6:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.6 — 2015-01-13
  2 km E of Wauregan, Connecticut
• M 3.3 — 2015-01-12
  0 km NE of Wauregan, Connecticut
• M 2.66 — 2014-08-14
  6 km SW of Deep River Center, Connecticut
• M 2.5 — 2002-06-07
  3 km NNW of Hopedale, Massachusetts