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About Ansonia
Ansonia is a city and town in New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A., on the
Naugatuck River, immediately north of Derby and about 12 miles northwest of New
Haven. The population was 18,554 at the 2000 census. The ZIP code for Ansonia is
06401. The city has a Metro North train station, and the Route 8 state highway
serves the city.
Ansonia is known for its devotion to its high school football team, the Ansonia
Chargers. The Chargers' arch-rivals are the Naugatuck Greyhounds, from nearby
Naugatuck. The annual Ansonia-Naugatuck game is one of the most important events
of the year for the two cities.
The city has manufacturers of heavy machinery, electric supplies, brass and
copper products, and silk goods. Ansonia, Derby, Shelton, Seymour, and Beacon
Falls form one of the most important industrial communities in the state.
Pulitzer Prize winning author Theodore H. White referred to the Naugatuck Valley
"as the seedbed of American technology" in his work "The Making of the
President, 1960". The city hosts the world headquarters of the Farrel
Corporation, a leading producer of plastics and rubber processing equipment
including the Banbury International Mixer.
Ansonia Copper & Brass, which supplies metal rod, wire and tube products to
manufacturers of finished commercial products, also makes its home in the city.
The highly successful Ansonia Clock Company had its start manufacturing Ansonia
clocks in the city in 1851. The company moved to Brooklyn, New York, in 1878 but
retained its home city's name.
In recent years, much of the heavy industry moved out and factories sat vacant.
In the late 1980s the City began development of the Fountain Lake Commerce Park
in the northwest border. It houses Spectrum Plastics and Homa Pump Co. In 2007
work will begin by R.D.Scinto Inc. to further develop the park with a 400,000
sq.ft. office building. Starting in 2002, city authorities and residents began a
revitalization of the downtown area. Two large regional clothing retailers,
Marshalls and Bob's, opened stores there in 2006. In mid-2006 the popular
international department store Target was seeking permits to locate a store on
the former Latex Foam Company site (see "Rubber Plant Fire" above).
As a result of economic growth and plentiful employment in southwestern
Connecticut, driven by corporate relocations from the New York City and
Fairfield County metropolitan areas to nearby towns, Ansonia's housing market
improved in the early 2000's. On the preferred East Side of the city, the
average home price climbed almost 20% in the period from 2001 to 2006.
Authorities are in the process of closing down federal housing projects on the
West Side of town, where a large percentage of the crime in Ansonia is reported.
Ansonia is a station stop on the Waterbury Branch of the Metropolitan Transit
Authority's Metro-North Railroad system. Trains on the Waterbury Branch run from
Waterbury in the north to Bridgeport in the south, allowing Ansonia residents
access to New York City via transfer to the main line at Bridgeport. Travel time
from Ansonia to Grand Central Station in New York City is approximately two
hours.