Suffield Connecticut (CT)

Welcome to Suffield Connecticut in Hartford County 

Located on the Connecticut River between Hartford, Connecticut, and Springfield, Massachusetts, Suffield is proud of its heritage and its steady growth, a product of careful planning. Beginning as a farming community in 1670, Suffield maintains a delicate balance between its colonial roots and today's modern life-style.

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History:

Each spring, before the dogwood blooms and fiddleheads are ready for harvest, the Connecticut River banks are laced by shadblow trees, and fishermen converge along its shores to test their skill and luck during the shad run.

Today's anglers have replaced the Indians of long ago who named the Quinnehtukquet: "beside the long, tidal river." Modern Suffield retains its sense of nature and open space, including many of the characteristics which originally attracted Indians and settlers. Besides providing shad and salmon, the river made boat-building possible. Yellow pine was used for building, fuel, naval stores and fine furniture. Deer, moose, bear, fox, and other wild animals and game provided hides, furs and food. Tobacco was a productive crop from the beginning. Brooks were harnessed for grist, cotton, and paper mills; there were even three iron works.

Settlement started in 1670, after Major John Pynchon, a fur merchant from Springfield, paid the Indians thirty pounds for a six-mile tract of land known as Stony Brooke Plantation.

A thickly wooded area between Springfield and Windsor with a narrow meadow provided a land route connecting Springfield and Windsor. This route was called the Hampton Path (usually thought to include Hill Street, Remington Street, South Street , and possibly other roads).
The local Indians used this land primarily as a hunting ground and preferred camping by the Congamond Lake and Manatuck Mountain areas to the west. The Massachusetts General Court authorized Pynchon's committee of Springfield men to settle a town on the "West sid of ye Ryver Connecticott towards Windsor." They stipulated that in five years twenty families were to settle there and that a minister be maintained. (By a surveying error in 1642, the Suffield region was thought to be included in the Massachusetts colony.)

Suffield Public Schools 

Suffield Department of Education strives to foster academic excellence and responsible behavior in all students by encouraging them to be effective thinkers and active citizens.  The administration and staff recognize the importance of positive climate in achieving success for all students. Through a positive culture, meaningful classroom instruction, differentiated learning opportunities and support services that meet the needs of all learners, The Department of Education believes no child will be left behind, and together all have the opportunity to move forward.