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The Town of Woodbridge was originally settled in the early 1600's as part of Milford Colony and New Haven Colony. The Town was incorporated in 1784, the eighty-first town in the State of Connecticut. Woodbridge is 19.3 square miles and is located in the south central part of the state. The Town is approximately 80 miles east of New York City, 40 miles south of Hartford and approximately 130 miles southwest of Boston.
The Town is intersected by numerous major highways; from the east and west by the Wilbur Cross Parkway (Rte 15), state routes 63, 67, 69, 114, 243, 313 and immediately to the west Route 8, a four-lane north-south road that accesses I-84 to the north and I-95 to the south. The Town is served by numerous interstate transportation carriers including truck services, bus services and Amtrak and Metro-North which provide both freight and passenger rail services in New Haven. Air transportation is also available from Bradley International Airport in Hartford; Kennedy or LaGuardia Airports in New York, or New Haven's Tweed or Stratford Sikorsky Memorial air terminals that have daily flights throughout the Northeast, Chicago, Washington and other points throughout the country.
Woodbridge is primarily
a residential community with a Plan of Development designed to maintain the composition of the existing character of the Town. The Town operates seven baseball and softball fields; two multi-purpose athletic fields; two tennis courts; a gymnasium; a fitness center which includes various indoor exercise facilities; an indoor swimming pool; and a country club with an indoor swimming pool, tennis courts and an 18-hole golf course. Other programs are year-round recreation activites, summer band concerts, youth dances and a very active senior center. In addition, there are many scenic walking trails throughout the Town of Woodbridge for all to enjoy.
Population: 8990
Size: 19.3 sq. miles
Government: First Selectman/Town Meeting
Med. Household Income: $102,121
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