Wilson

Wilson is a village in Town of Windsor, Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. Wilson is situated nearby to the neighborhood Northeast, as well as near Windsor Farms Historic District.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Islamic Center of Connecticut and Keney Park Golf Course.

Islamic Center of Connecticut

Mosque

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The Islamic Center of Connecticut is a mosque located in Windsor, Connecticut serving the Muslim community. Its Enfield cemetery is meant only for Muslims.

Keney Park Golf Course is a public golf course located in Hartford, Connecticut and Windsor, Connecticut within Hartford's Keney Park. The first nine holes were designed by eminent golf course architect Devereux Emmet in 1927, with the remaining nine made by City of Hartford engineer Robert ”Jack” Ross in 1931.

Bissell Bridge

Bridge

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The Captain John Bissell Memorial Bridge carries I-291 over the Connecticut River, connecting the towns of Windsor, Connecticut and South Windsor, Connecticut. There is a pedestrian crossing on the bridge on the westbound, upstream side.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Windsor Farms Historic District and Capen-Clark Historic District.

Windsor Farms Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Windsor Farms Historic District encompasses a large historically agricultural area and the historic town center of South Windsor, Connecticut. Its built environment extends mainly along Main Street, between Interstate 291 in the south and Strong Road in the north, with a diversity of architecture spanning three centuries. Windsor Farms Historic District is situated 2 miles northeast of Wilson.

Capen-Clark Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Capen-Clark Historic District encompasses a residential neighborhood area in the North End of Hartford, Connecticut. Centered on Capen Street between Main and Enfield Streets, it contains a cross-section of post-Civil War Victorian vernacular housing styles, and shows in its development patterns the ebb and flow of the city's economy between about 1865 and 1910. Capen-Clark Historic District is situated 2 miles southwest of Wilson.

Widows’ Home

Locality

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The Widows' Home is a historic social service facility at 1846-1860 North Main Street in Hartford, Connecticut. Built in 1864–65, its buildings are among the oldest in the city's North End, and a rare surviving example of a mid-19th-century facility for indigent women. Widows’ Home is situated 2½ miles southwest of Wilson.

Wilson

Type: Village
Also known as: “Wilson’s” and “Wilsonville”
Category: locality
Location: Town of Windsor, Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.81204° or 41° 48′ 43″ north

Longitude

-72.65731° or 72° 39′ 26″ west

Elevation

49 feet (15 metres)

Open location code

87H9R86V+R3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158845407

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

4845859

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