Connecticut
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region
Town of Cheshire

Cheshire Academy

Cheshire Academy is a co-educational college preparatory school located in , United States. Founded in 1794 as the Episcopal Academy of Connecticut, it is the eleventh oldest boarding school in the United States.
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  • Type: School
  • Description: school located in Cheshire, Connecticut
  • Also known as: “Episcopal Academy”, “Episcopal Academy of Connecticut”, “Roxbury School”, and “The Roxbury School”
  • Address: 10 Main Street, Cheshire, CT 06410

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include First Congregational Church and Cheshire Correctional Institution.

Church
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The of Cheshire is a historic church at 111 Church Drive in . Built in 1827, it was designed by David Hoadley and is a prominent local example of Federal period architecture. is situated 2,800 feet southwest of Cheshire Academy.

Prison
is a Connecticut Department of Correction state prison for men located in , New Haven County, Connecticut. The facility was built beginning in 1910, partly by the inmates of the Wethersfield State Prison, and opened in 1913 as the Cheshire Reformatory for male youths ages 16 to 24. is situated 1½ miles north of Cheshire Academy.

Peak
of south-central , 371 feet, is a traprock mountain ridge located in . It is part of the narrow, linear Metacomet Ridge that extends from near New Haven, north through the Connecticut River Valley of to the border. is situated 2 miles northwest of Cheshire Academy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cheshire and Yalesville.

Town
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, is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. At the time of the 2020 census, the population of was 28,733. The town is part of the .

Village
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is an unincorporated village in , United States. The village was founded in 1677, and was originally called "First Falls". It was renamed in 1808. is situated 4 miles east of Cheshire Academy.

Village
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is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. It is a suburb of the nearby city of to its north, and is on the north-eastern fringes of the . is situated 4½ miles west of Cheshire Academy.

Cheshire Academy

Latitude
41.50319° or 41° 30′ 12″ north
Longitude
-72.89581° or 72° 53′ 45″ west
Elevation
276 feet (84 metres)
Inception
1794
Open location code
87H9G433+7M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1270494214
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­school
Geo­Names ID
5283845
Wiki­data ID
Q5092939
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Urdu—“Cheshire Academy” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Чэшырская акадэмія”
  • Chinese: “康涅狄格州聖公會學院”
  • Chinese: “柴郡学院”
  • Chinese: “柴郡學院”
  • Chinese: “聖公會學院”
  • French: “Cheshire Academy”
  • Hebrew: “אקדמיית צ’שייר”
  • Japanese: “チェシャー・アカデミー”
  • Swedish: “Cheshire Academy”
  • Urdu: “چیشائر اکیڈمی”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cheshire Academy”. Photo: Skranish, Public domain.