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About Ellington
Ellington is a rural town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States.
Ellington was incorporated in May, 1786, from East Windsor. As of the 2000
census, the town population was 12,921. Ellington is a rapidly growing
community, and is going through the process of Suburbanization, which is related
to the phenomenon of Urban sprawl.
Originally part of the town of Windsor, Ellington was part of the town of East
Windsor from that town's incorporation in 1768 until Ellington split off 20
years later and incorporated itself in May 1786. Mostly known as an agricultural
community, the Crystal Lake section of town was for a while a popular summer
resort location.
During the late 19th Century & early 20th Century, Ellington became the center
of a community of Jewish immigrant farmers who were settled there by the
philanthropist Baron Maurice de Hirsch's Jewish Colonization Association. They
built a synagogue, Congregation Knesseth Israel, that is still standing and in
use by an active Modern Orthodox congregation today and is on the National
Register of Historic Places.
In 1991, Ellington was proposed as a potential site for a low level nuclear
waste dump. Strong dissent from area residents forced the state to abandon the
plan.
As it enters the 21st Century, Ellington has had the 6th fastest growth rate of
all the towns in Connecticut, and has been experiencing the growing pains of
changing from a rural farming town to a bedroom community.
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