Middletown, Connecticut
| Middletown | |||
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| Nickname : Forest City | |||
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| Location in Connecticut | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1651 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Connecticut | ||
| County : | Middlesex County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 34 ′ N , 72 ° 39 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 47,648 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 449.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 109.6 km 2 (approx. 42 mi 2 ) of which 105.9 km 2 (approx. 41 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 12 m | ||
| Postal code : | 06457 | ||
| Area code : | +1 860 | ||
| FIPS : | 09-47290 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0208877 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofmiddletown.com | ||
| Mayor : | Sebastian N. Giuliano | ||
Middletown is a city on the Connecticut River in the state of Connecticut in the United States . The city has 47,648 inhabitants ( United States Census 2010 ) and is the seat of the county administration of Middlesex County . It is located 28 km south of Hartford , the capital of the state.
Middletown is the campus of Wesleyan University , as one of the most prestigious private universities is true of the United States.
Gas power plant
On February 7, 2010 , at 11:30 am local time, a severe explosion occurred at the Kleen Power Plant , a 620 MW gas-fired power plant under construction a few kilometers east of the city center, which resulted in several deaths. The explosion could be felt within a radius of about 25 km.
Town twinning
Middletown is twinned with the following cities:
sons and daughters of the town
- Samuel Mattocks (1739–1804), politician, Continental Army officer and Treasurer of Vermont
- Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr. (1764-1825), Democratic Republican politician
- Samuel D. Hubbard (1799–1855), US Secretary of the Post Office
- Stephen F. Chadwick (1825–1895), Governor of Oregon
- Ellsworth C. Phelps (1827–1913), composer and organist
- Frederick William True (1858-1914), biologist
- Reginald De Koven (1859–1920), composer
- Edward Burr Van Vleck (1863-1943), mathematician
- Dean Acheson (1893–1971), US Secretary of State
- John H. van Vleck (1899–1980), physicist
- Allie Wrubel (1905–1973), saxophonist, songwriter and composer
- Tony Pastor (1907–1969), jazz saxophonist, singer and band leader
- Jules Dassin (1911–2008), film director
- Bill Watrous (1939-2018), jazz trombonist
- David Webb Peoples (born around 1940), screenwriter
- James Naughton (born 1945), actor
- David Gates (* 1947), journalist and writer
- Tom Shaka (* 1953), blues musician
- Susan Bysiewicz (* 1961), politician
- Chauncey Hardy (1988-2011), basketball player
- Joey Logano (* 1990), racing driver, one of the greatest young talents
