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Winsted is a census-designated place and an incorporated city [3] in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is part of the town of Winchester . The population of Winsted was 7,192 at the 2020 census , a decrease from 7,712 at the 2010 census .
Winsted, with a population of 7,321 by far the largest community in Winchester, is in the eastern part of the town. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 33.8 square miles (87.6 km 2 ), of which 32.5 square miles (84.2 km 2 ) are land and 1.3 square miles (3.4 km 2 ), or 3.87%, are water. [ 3 ]
The Winsted Green Historic District encompassing the historic town green of Winsted, Connecticut, and a collection of historic buildings that face it.It extends northward from the junction of United States Route 44 and Connecticut Route 8 to Holabird Avenue, and features a diversity of architecture from the early 19th to 20th centuries, reflecting the city's growth.
Northwestern Regional School District No. 7 (NWR7) is a school district headquartered in Winsted, Connecticut. [2] Its service area includes Barkhamsted, Colebrook, New Hartford, and Norfolk. Its service area does not include Winsted. [3] Within the total student body New Hartford residents comprise, in a given year, around 48% to 51%. [4]
The West End Commercial District encompasses a single city block of commercial buildings in Winsted, Connecticut.The block, consisting of the north side of Main Street between Union and Elm Streets, is the city's largest grouping of late-19th and early-20th century commercial buildings to survive flooding and redevelopment.
Litchfield County comprises the Torrington, CT, Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the New York–Newark, NY–NJ–CT–PA, Combined Statistical Area. As is the case with the other seven Connecticut counties, there is no county government and no county seat.
Winsted was one of the first mill towns in Connecticut and one of the largest industrial employers in the late 1800s and early 1900s. [18] In addition to being a manufacturing center for more than twenty factories for scythes, clocks, hardware, and electrical appliances, the town was also home to Winsted Hosiery Company . [ 19 ]
Connecticut's 30th State Senate district elects one member of the Connecticut State Senate.It consists of the towns of Brookfield, Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Milford, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Winchester, Warren and part of Torrington.