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Winsted is a census-designated place and an incorporated city [3] in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is part of the town of Winchester. The population of Winsted was 7,192 at the 2020 census, a decrease from 7,712 at the 2010 census. [4] [5] It comprises the majority of the town of Winchester's 10,224 population.
The Winsted Green Historic District encompassing the historic town green of Winsted, Connecticut, and a collection of historic buildings that face it.It extends northward from the junction of United States Route 44 and Connecticut Route 8 to Holabird Avenue, and features a diversity of architecture from the early 19th to 20th centuries, reflecting the city's growth.
Winsted, with a population of 7,321 by far the largest community in Winchester, is in the eastern part of the town. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 33.8 square miles (87.6 km 2 ), of which 32.5 square miles (84.2 km 2 ) are land and 1.3 square miles (3.4 km 2 ), or 3.87%, are water. [ 3 ]
The West End Commercial District encompasses a single city block of commercial buildings in Winsted, Connecticut.The block, consisting of the north side of Main Street between Union and Elm Streets, is the city's largest grouping of late-19th and early-20th century commercial buildings to survive flooding and redevelopment.
Litchfield County comprises the Torrington, CT, Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the New York–Newark, NY–NJ–CT–PA, Combined Statistical Area. As is the case with the other seven Connecticut counties, there is no county government and no county seat.
Since 1959, the road connecting Winsted and Winchester Center had been an unsigned state-maintained road known as State Road 863. As part of the 1962 Route Reclassification Act, Route 263 was established in 1963 from SR 863 and a westward extension to Route 272 in Goshen. There have been no significant changes to the road alignment or ...
The Winsted-Colebrook route, continuing north to the Massachusetts state line, was designated in 1922 as State Highway 174. In the 1932 state highway renumbering, [2] old Highway 174 became Route 183, running from US 44 in Winchester to the state line. In 1955, it was extended south to Torrington along former SR 710 to the current southern ...
Route 8 – Winsted, Colebrook: Western terminus: Barkhamsted: 2.32: 3.73: East River Road (SSR 482 south) Hartford: Hartland: 5.80: 9.33: Route 181 south – Barkhamsted: Northern terminus of Route 181: 14.42: 23.21: Route 179 south / Granville Road (SR 819 north) – Barkhamsted: Northern terminus of Route 179: 14.89: 23.96: Mountain Road (SR ...