Middletown, Connecticut, United States

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Middletown, Connecticut, United States is a historic New England city on the Connecticut River known for its industrial past and as the home of Wesleyan University.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 860 ⓘ
959 ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Middlesex County, Connecticut ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic diverse population with significant Italian-American and other ethnic communities ⓘ
distanceToHartford approximately 16 miles south ⓘ
economySector education ⓘ
healthcare ⓘ
light manufacturing ⓘ
services ⓘ
FIPSCode 09-47580 ⓘ
foundedIn 1651 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 0213464 ⓘ
governmentType mayor–council government ⓘ
hasAnnualEvent Middletown Cruise Night on Main ⓘ
Wesleyan University Reunion & Commencement weekend ⓘ
hasCollegeOrUniversity Wesleyan University ⓘ
hasCulturalAttraction Kidcity Children’s Museum ⓘ
Wadsworth Falls State Park (nearby, partly in Middletown area) ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Main Street Historic District ⓘ
hasHospital Middlesex Health (Middlesex Hospital) ⓘ
hasNeighborhood Downtown Middletown ⓘ
linked to: downtown Middletown

Newfield ⓘ
South Farms ⓘ
Westfield ⓘ
hasRiverfrontDevelopment Harbor Park ⓘ
historicalRole industrial center in the 19th century ⓘ
major 18th-century port on the Connecticut River ⓘ
hostTo Wesleyan University ⓘ
incorporatedAsCity 1923 ⓘ
incorporatedAsTown 1651 ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Middlesex County, Connecticut (historical; county government abolished) ⓘ
knownFor Wesleyan University ⓘ
historic New England architecture ⓘ
industrial past ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Connecticut River ⓘ
majorHighway Connecticut Route 9 ⓘ
Interstate 91 (nearby access via Route 9 and Route 66) ⓘ
majorStreet Main Street ⓘ
mergedTownAndCityGovernments 1923 ⓘ
namedAfter Middletown, Rhode Island (disputed) or its central location on the river (general) ⓘ
nearbyCity Hartford, Connecticut ⓘ
linked to: Hartford
partOfMetropolitanArea Hartford metropolitan area ⓘ
population approximately 47,000 (early 2020s estimate) ⓘ
postalCode 06457 ⓘ
region New England ⓘ
state Connecticut ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Willie Pep → placeOfBirth → Middletown, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
Wesleyan University → locatedIn → Middletown, Connecticut ⓘ
linked to: Middletown, Connecticut, United States
Dean Acheson → placeOfBirth → Middletown, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
Connecticut River → hasCityOnRiver → Middletown, Connecticut ⓘ
linked to: Middletown, Connecticut, United States
MGMT → formedInLocation → Middletown, Connecticut ⓘ
linked to: Middletown, Connecticut, United States
Willie Pep → placeOfBirth → Middletown, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
subject linked to: Will o' the Wisp
Wilbur Fisk → deathPlace → Middletown, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
Wilbur Fisk → workLocation → Middletown, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
Wilbur Fisk → residence → Middletown, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
Wilbur Fisk → burialPlace → Middletown, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
Joey Logano → placeOfBirth → Middletown, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
Max Showalter → placeOfDeath → Middletown, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
Max Showalter → residence → Middletown, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
William Huntington Russell → birthPlace → Middletown, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
Guglielmo Papaleo → placeOfBirth → Middletown, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
Alvin Lucier → placeOfDeath → Middletown, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
James Naughton → placeOfBirth → Middletown, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (Middletown, Connecticut) → streetAddress → Middletown, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
Joey Logano → placeOfBirth → Middletown, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
subject linked to: Logano