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History · Simsbury Center

9 of Simsbury Center’s places are on the National Register

Most of Simsbury Center was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1973. Below: maps from 1892 on.

9on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Simsbury Center’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 Simsbury Center are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18924 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1984. Watch Simsbury Center change.Landmarks on the Register9 places on the National Register.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Simsbury Center’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Simsbury Center on the map, 1892 to 1984

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

Simsbury Center on the 1892 USGS mapSimsbury Center on the 1956 USGS mapSimsbury Center on the 1970 USGS mapSimsbury Center on the 1984 USGS map1892Granby 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 Simsbury Center.

On the National Register

9 listings protect 57 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

The story so far

Simsbury Center, in brief

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

Simsbury Center is a census-designated place (CDP) that consists of the central settlement, and the neighborhoods immediately surrounding it, in the town of Simsbury, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, Simsbury Center had a population of 6,268. The core area of the CDP is listed as the Simsbury Center Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 5,836 to 6,268 (+7%).

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

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

West Simsbury1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWeatogueIts storynot 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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.