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Shelton is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 40,869 at the 2020 United States Census . [ 3 ] The city is part of the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region .
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Shelton: A former elementary school that was built in 1907, believed to be the only elementary school in Connecticut constructed of terra cotta blocks and reinforced concrete construction, and significant as an example of the movement towards completely fireproof building, in general stirred by the 1871 great fire of Chicago.
One of the most popular seasonal offerings is An Old Time Christmas at Silver Dollar City, during which the theme park becomes a Christmas wonderland with 6.5 million lights and 80 themed ...
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The first Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center was erected in 1931, during the Depression-era construction of Rockefeller Center, when Italian-American workers decorated a smaller 20 foot (6.1 m) balsam fir with "strings of cranberries, garlands of paper, and even a few tin cans" [14] on Christmas Eve. [15]
Indian Well State Park is a public recreation area occupying 153 acres (62 ha) on the west bank of Lake Housatonic, an impoundment of the Housatonic River, within the city limits of Shelton, Connecticut. The state park's scenic features include a 15-foot (4.6 m) horsetail waterfalls with splash pool at bottom. [3]
The area that is now Shelton was settled by English colonists in the 17th century as part of Stratford. In 1717 a Congregationalist parish was established, and in 1789 the town of Huntington was incorporated, including what is now neighboring Monroe. The site of the early parish became the center of the new town.