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Windsor Locks is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region . As of the 2020 census , its population was 12,613. [ 1 ]
Connecticut's 60th House of Representatives district elects one member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. It consists of the town of Windsor Locks and part of Windsor and has been represented by Democrat Jane Garibay since 2017.
Kern County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 909,235. [4] Its county seat is Bakersfield. [6] Kern County comprises the Bakersfield, California, metropolitan statistical area. The county spans the southern end of the Central Valley.
Originally the Kern County Courthouse was the repository of records in the county. However, by the mid-1900s, more room was needed to store the records. The Hall of Records building was constructed in 1909, across the street from the courthouse (which is where City Hall is located today).
Windsor's lowest point is on the Connecticut River, at 5 feet (1.5 m) above sea level. [15] The Connecticut River defines Windsor's eastern border. The city of Hartford, the capital of Connecticut, is adjacent to Windsor to the south. The town of Windsor Locks, home of Bradley International Airport, is adjacent to Windsor to the north. Prior to ...
Most of the land that makes up the region was originally owned by the Kern County Land Company. That company later became Tenneco West and is currently known as Castle and Cooke. Growth started in the early 1950s but accelerated by the 1960s. Most of the growth in Bakersfield between the 1960s and 1980s occurred in the southwest. [1]
Central Bakersfield includes the civic center, the Arts District, the Lowell Community, and the Oleander Community. It contains the oldest portions of the city; Downtown, Bakersfield's central business district is located there. It also houses Chester Market, Lowell Place Senior Center, the Kern County Museum, and the Kern County Chamber of ...
Bradley has its origins in the 1940 acquisition of 1,700 acres (690 ha) of land in Windsor Locks by the state of Connecticut.In 1941, this land was turned over to the U.S. Army, as the country began its preparations for the impending war.