Tariffville

History

In 1825 (or 1827), The first steel manufacturing plant in the country was established in Tariffville at a site on the Farmington River in 1727.

Geography

Tariffville is in the northeastern corner of the town of Simsbury, on the inside of a sharp bend in the Farmington River. The northeastern and northwestern borders of the CDP follow the river, with the northeastern part also forming the town line with East Granby. The southeastern border of the CDP follows the crest of Talcott Mountain and is the town line with Bloomfield. The southern border of the CDP follows a line just south of West Point Terrace, from Talcott Mountain back down to the river. Connecticut Route 189 (Hartford Avenue) runs through the eastern end of Tariffville, leading north to Granby and south to Hartford. Connecticut Route 315 passes through the center of Tariffville as Elm Street and Tariffville Road. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 7.98%, is water.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Hall High School
  High · West Hartford · 1,408 students · 14.7:1 ratio
• Simsbury High School
  High · Simsbury · 1,217 students · 12.2:1 ratio
• Windsor High School
  High · Windsor · 1,100 students · 9.3:1 ratio
• Achievement First Hartford Academy
  Other · Hartford · 1,041 students · 12.1:1 ratio
• Avon High School
  High · Avon · 923 students · 10.9:1 ratio
• Ana Grace Academy of the Arts
  Elementary · Bloomfield · 863 students · 23.3:1 ratio
• King Philip Middle School
  Middle · West Hartford · 815 students · 11:1 ratio
• Academy of Aerospace and Engineering
  High · Windsor · 768 students · 13:1 ratio