Hawleyville is an unincorporated community in

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in the town of Newtown,

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, about 1 mile outside the borough of Newtown. It was listed as a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...

prior to the 2020 census.

History

Hawleyville is named after the family of Glover Hawley. This was a condition Hawley included in the sale of land to the

Housatonic Railroad Company The Housatonic Railroad ( ) is a Class III railroad operating in southwestern New England and eastern New York. It was chartered in 1983 to operate a short section of ex-New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in northwestern Connecticut, and ...

in the nineteenth century. Hawleyville briefly emerged as a railroad center, causing Newtown's population to grow to over 4,000 circa 1881. The railroads included the

New York and New England Railroad The New York and New England Railroad (NY&NE) was a railroad connecting southern New York State with Hartford, Connecticut; Providence, Rhode Island; and Boston, Massachusetts. It operated under that name from 1873 to 1893. Prior to 1873 it was ...

and the Hawleyville Branch of the

Danbury and Norwalk Railroad The Danbury and Norwalk Railroad, chartered in 1835 as the Fairfield County Railroad, was an independent American railroad that operated between the cities of Danbury and Norwalk, Connecticut from 1852 until its absorption by the Housatonic Rai ...

. As of 2018, the Housatonic Railroad Company owns a lumber distribution and bulk transfer facility in Hawleyville. Hawleyville gained a sewer system in 2001, which was subsequently expanded upon in 2016. It utilizes the nearby Danbury, Connecticut, sewage plant.

Emergency services

The area is served by Hawleyville Volunteer Fire and Rescue.

References

External links

List of Principal Communities in ConnecticutHawleyville on Google Maps
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