Moosup, Connecticut
| Moosup, Connecticut | |
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 Location in Windham County and the state of Connecticut. |
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| Coordinates: 41°42′46″N 71°52′51″W / 41.71278°N 71.88083°WCoordinates: 41°42′46″N 71°52′51″W / 41.71278°N 71.88083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Connecticut |
| Town | Plainfield |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.3 sq mi (6 km2) |
| • Land | 2.2 sq mi (6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 3,231 |
| • Density | 1,400/sq mi (540/km2) |
Moosup is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Plainfield, Connecticut in the United States. The population was 3,231 at the 2010 census.
Moosup is the childhood home of Major League Baseball (MLB) player Walt Dropo (January 30, 1923 – December 17, 2010). A "giant of a man," Dropo was affectionately known as "the moose from Moosup." During a 13-year career in MLB, he played for the Boston Red Sox (1949–1952), Detroit Tigers (1952–1954), Chicago White Sox (1955–1958), Cincinnati Redlegs (1958–1959) and Baltimore Orioles (1959-1961). Dropo's parents emigrated from Mostar, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), to start a new life. His father, Savo, worked at the local textile mill while also running their Connecticut family farm. Walt was raised in Moosup, Connecticut, where he played sandlot baseball with his brothers Milton and George, and attended Plainfield High School in Central Village, Connecticut, before attending the University of Connecticut.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.3 square miles (6.0 km2), of which, 2.2 square miles (5.7 km2) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) of it (0.85%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,237 people, 1,263 households, and 837 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,390.4 people per square mile (536.4/km2). There were 1,321 housing units at an average density of 567.4 per square mile (218.9/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.83% White, 0.59% African American, 0.68% Native American, 0.90% Asian, 0.96% from other races, and 1.05% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.12% of the population.
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