Lisbon is a

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, United States, by road northeast of

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. The population was 4,195 at the 2020 census. The town center is also known as the village of Newent. The town school is Lisbon Central School. Its only postal code, 06351, is

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, which is a village of the town of Griswold, Connecticut and encompasses all of Lisbon and Griswold.

History

The town incorporated from Norwich in 1786. The community was named after

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits w ...

, the capital of Portugal.

Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 2.29%, is water. The

Taft Tunnel Taft Tunnel is a railroad tunnel in the northeast United States, located in the southwest part of Lisbon, Connecticut. Completed in 1837, it was the first common carrier railroad tunnel built in the United States, though it was not used until 1 ...

carries the

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through the hills along the

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Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 4,069 people, 1,525 households, and 1,181 families living in the town. The population density was . There were 1,563 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 96.71%

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, 0.32%

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, 0.42% Native American, 0.47% Asian, 0.37% from

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, and 1.72% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.57% of the population. There were 1,525 households, out of which 36.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.9% were

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living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.5% were non-families. 18.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.03. In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.0% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 26.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.7 males. The median income for a household in the town was $55,149, and the median income for a family was $61,888. Males had a median income of $40,043 versus $25,833 for females. The

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for the town was $22,476. About 1.8% of families and 3.2% of the population were below the

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, including 2.4% of those under age 18 and 3.4% of those age 65 or over.

Notable locations

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

* Andrew Clark House – built in 1740, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. * Anshei Israel Synagogue – built in 1936, a rare example of a rural synagogue. * Lathrop-Mathewson-Ross House – built in 1761, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. * John Palmer House *

– Built in 1837, Taft Tunnel is the oldest railroad tunnel in America and continues to serve a line of the Providence and Worcester Railroad.

Notable people

Elias Perkins Elias Perkins (April 5, 1767 – September 27, 1845) was a United States representative from Connecticut. He was born in Lisbon, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale College in 1786. Afterwards, he studied law and was admitted to the bar and co ...

(1767–1845),

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* Jeannine Phillips (born 1984),

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(2006)

References

External links

Town of Lisbon official website
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