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Essex Village is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Essex, Connecticut, United States. The population was 2,583 at the 2020 census, [3] out of 6,733 in the entire town of Essex. The government offices of the town are located within the village.
Essex is one of the few American towns to have ever been attacked by a foreign power; this occurred on April 8, 1814, and the economic losses were among the largest sustained by the United States during the War of 1812. 28 vessels, with a total value estimated to be close to $200,000 (at a time when a very large two story home in Essex, then known as Potapoug Point, would have been worth no ...
The main station of the Essex Steam Train is located in Centerbrook. The steam train has tracks from Amtrak's Shore Line (part of the Northeast Corridor) in Old Saybrook to Haddam. The steam train and riverboat ride goes from Essex to Chester on the train, but the Dinner Train goes from Essex to just north of Route 82 in Haddam.
Towns traditionally have a town meeting form of government; under the Home Rule Act, however, towns are free to choose their own government structure. Nineteen of the towns in Connecticut are consolidated city-towns, and one is a consolidated borough-town.
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The Pratt House stands in the village center of Essex, on the north side of West Avenue a short way east of town hall. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story timber-framed structure, with a gabled roof, central chimney, and clapboarded exterior. The main facade is asymmetrically arranged, with an off-center entrance framed by fluted pilasters and a corniced ...