Appliance Repair Danbury Interesting Facts About Your Town
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Action appliance repair has been servicing Connecticut since our family started the company in 1961. We would like to share with you some interesting history and facts about our town. Please enjoy this information and contact us when ever you may need us. Please ask one of your neighbors or friends about our service, the chances are we have serviced one or more people that you know!
Households Serviced by Action Appliance 2010: In Fairfield County Action Appliance has service 1,090 of your neighbors!
Town Events: For town events including The Danbury Whalers, visit The City Center at Danbury Community Network.
History: Danbury rose from the purchase of the land by Samuel Benedict from the Pahquioque Native Americans. The Pahquioque called the land "Paquiack", which means open plain or cleared land. Named Swampfield by its original residents, Danbury was first settled by colonists in 1685, named in Oct. 1687, incorporated as a town in 1702 and became a city in 1889. Danbury’s humble beginnings started when eight families moved to the area from the area that is now Norwalk and Stamford. Settled, 1685; named, Oct., 1687, Inc., town, May, 1702; city, 1889. Town and city consolidated, Jan. 1, 1965. Nicknamed Hat City, Danbury used to be a center of the hat industry, at one point producing 25% of America's hats.
Danbury was an important military supply depot for the Continental Army during the American Revolution. The British, under Major General William Tryon, burned and looted the city On April 26–27, 1777. In 1802, Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to the Danbury Baptist Association, in which he used the expression "Separation of Church and State". It is the first known instance of the expression and the letter is on display at the Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of Danbury. During the second World War,
Danbury's prison was used for the incarceration of conscientious objectors During WWII. Prisons like Danbury found themselves suddenly filled with large numbers of highly educated men skilled in social activism. Due to the activism of inmates within the prison, Danbury became one of the nation's first prisons to desegregate its inmates.
Geography: According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 44.3 square miles of which, 2.2 square miles of it (4.94%) is water. Connecticut's largest lake, was artificially created in 1929 where Wood Creek and the Rocky River meet near the Housatonic River. The lake is operated as a hydroelectric power facility.
Demographics: The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population at 78,736 as of July 2005. Danbury has grown from a population of 1,527 in 1746 to an estimated 79,743 in 2009. The median income for a family was $61,899, the median income for a household in the city was $53,664 and the per capita income for the city was $24,500.
Arts, Science and Cultural Attractions: Historical sites, cultural and musical options abound in Danbury. Museums include the Danbury Museum and Historical Society, Danbury Railway Museum and Military Museum of Southern New England. There are many sites on the National Register of Historic Places such as the Ball and Roller Bearing Company, Charles Ives House, Hearthstone, John Rider House and many more. Music lovers have a wide selection including the Danbury Symphony Orchestra, Danbury Concert Chorus and the Danbury Community Orchestra.
Famous Residents, past and present: The American General David Wooster was mortally wounded near the city of Ridgefield, Connecticut is buried in Danbury's Wooster Cemetery. Marian Anderson (1897-1993), acclaimed to be one of the greatest contraltos of the Twentieth century, was in residence at Marianna Farm until 1992. Famed composer Charles Everett Ives (1874-1954) was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for the Third Symphony he had written. Current residents include singer Tracy Chapman, Fox television anchor Neil Cavuto and voice actor, announcer, emcee Don Morrow.
Infamous Residents and Trivia: In the Danbury Hatters' case of 1902, the American Federation of Labor union called for a nationwide boycott of a non-union hat manufacturer, Dietrich Loewe, in Danbury. The manufacturer sued the union and the U.S. Supreme Court held that the union was liable for damages in 1908.
Once a men’s prison, Danbury is also the site of a low-security women's prison, the Danbury Federal Correctional Institute. Notable ex-prisoners include George Jung (cocaine dealer who the film Blow was based on), Unification Church leader the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, and hotel magnate Leona Helmsley and James Michael Curley, mayor of Boston from 1945–1949 spent five months after he was convicted of official misconduct. Both Martha Stewart (incarcerated in West Virginia) and female rap star Lil' Kim requested that their prison terms be served at Danbury Federal Correctional Institute due to its proximity to their New York City homes. However, their requests were denied due to the media attention.
Politicians: Danbury’s current mayor is Mark D Boughton. Danbury has one state senator, Michael McLachlan and is represented in the United States Congress by U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy.
External Links: · City of Danbury
· Danbury Hospital, at 24 Hospital Avenue, has 371 beds.
· German Language School of Danbury German school in Western CT