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New Britain, CT

New Britain, Connecticut
City
Looking north from Walnut Hill Mansion
Looking north from Walnut Hill Mansion
Official seal of New Britain, Connecticut
Seal
Nickname(s): New Britski, Hard-Hittin’ New Britain, Hardware City
Motto: "Industry fills the hive and enjoys the honey."
Location within Hartford County, Connecticut
Location within Hartford County, Connecticut
Coordinates: 41°40′30″N 72°47′14″W / 41.67500°N 72.78722°W / 41.67500; -72.78722Coordinates: 41°40′30″N 72°47′14″W / 41.67500°N 72.78722°W / 41.67500; -72.78722
Country United States
State Connecticut
NECTA Hartford
Region Central Connecticut
Incorporated (town) 1850
Incorporated (city) 1870
Consolidated 1905
Government
 • Type Mayor-council
 • Mayor Erin E. Stewart (R)
Area
 • Total 13.4 sq mi (34.7 km2)
 • Land 13.3 sq mi (34.4 km2)
 • Water 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2)
Elevation 167 ft (51 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 73,206
 • Density 5,360/sq mi (2,069/km2)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 06050, 06051, 06052, 06053
Area code(s) 860
FIPS code 09-50370
GNIS feature ID 0209217
Website www.newbritainct.gov

New Britain is a city in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. It is located approximately 9 miles (14 km) southwest of Hartford. According to 2010 Census, the population of the city is 73,206.

Among the southernmost of the communities encompassed within the Hartford-Springfield Knowledge Corridor metropolitan region, New Britain is home to Central Connecticut State University and Charter Oak State College.

The city's official nickname is the "Hardware City" because of its history as a manufacturing center and as the headquarters of Stanley Black & Decker. Because of its large Polish population, the city is often playfully referred to as "New Britski."

New Britain was settled in 1687 and then was incorporated as a new parish under the name New Britain Society in 1754. Chartered in 1850 as a township and in 1871 as a city, New Britain had separated from the nearby town of Farmington, Connecticut. A consolidation charter was adopted in 1905.

During the early part of the 20th century, New Britain was known as the "Hardware Capital of the World", as well as "Hardware City". Major manufacturers, such as The Stanley Works, the P&F Corbin Company (later Corbin Locks), and North & Judd, were headquartered in the city.

In 1843 Frederick Trent Stanley established Stanley's Bolt Manufactory in New Britain to make door bolts and other wrought-iron hardware. In 1857 his cousin Henry Stanley founded The Stanley Rule and Level Company in the city. Planes invented by Leonard Bailey and manufactured by the Stanley Rule and Level Company, known as "Stanley/Bailey" planes, were prized by woodworkers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and remain popular among wood craftsmen today. The two companies merged in 1920, and the Stanley Rule and Level Company became the Hand Tools Division of Stanley Works.


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