Hazardville, Connecticut
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Hazardville is a section of the town of Enfield, Connecticut, United States, in Hartford County. It is a census-designated place that had a population of 6,870 as of the 2020 census.
Main Street in Hazardville, circa 1906
Powder mill wreckage, c. 1906
Powder Hollow, c. 1910
School Street, looking north, c. 1910
Augustus George Hazard
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Augustus George Hazard was an American gunpowder manufacturer and the namesake of Hazardville, Connecticut.
Hazardville, Connecticut
…established in 1835 by Allen Loomis in an area then known as Powder Hollow. This became the Hazard Powder Company. Hazardville takes its name from Colonel Augustus George Hazard. A 1,075-acre (4.35 km2) area in and near Hazardville was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as the Hazardville Historic District…
Augustus George Hazard