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Shaker Farm, Sherwood Manor CTPhoto: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0
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History · Sherwood Manor

Half of Sherwood Manor’s homes were built after 1967

Most of Sherwood Manor was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1967. Below: maps from 1886 on.

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Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0

What stands out about Sherwood Manor’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Sherwood Manor are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18867 editions of the USGS map, 1886 to 1970. Watch Sherwood Manor change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sherwood Manor’s history is told.

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On the map

Sherwood Manor on the map, 1886 to 1970

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Sherwood Manor. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Sherwood Manor on the 1886 USGS mapSherwood Manor on the 1893 USGS mapSherwood Manor on the 1920 USGS mapSherwood Manor on the 1933 USGS mapSherwood Manor on the 1944 USGS mapSherwood Manor on the 1958 USGS mapSherwood Manor on the 1970 USGS map1886Springfield sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Sherwood Manor.

The story so far

Sherwood Manor, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sherwood Manor yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Sherwood Manor is a census-designated place (CDP) within the town of Enfield, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, Sherwood Manor had a population of 5,372.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 5,410 in 2010, 5,372 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Sherwood Manor, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Prudence Crandall Elementary School, Enfield CT2024Prudence Crandall Elementary School, Enfield CTShaker Farm2023Shaker FarmHenry Barnard School2023Henry Barnard SchoolBrainerd Park2023Brainerd Park
Famous people

Famous people close to Sherwood Manor

Nobody well known was born in Sherwood Manor itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Dr. SeussAmerican children's author and cartoonist · b. 1904
Kurt RussellAmerican actor · b. 1951
Timothy LearyAmerican psychologist · b. 1920
Richard F. HeckAmerican chemist · b. 1931
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Chloë SevignyAmerican actress · b. 1974
Edward BellamyAmerican author and socialist · b. 1850
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Hazardville1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townThompsonville4 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (4) and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.