Roxbury, Connecticut

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municipality town

Roxbury, Connecticut is a small, historic rural town in Litchfield County known for its scenic New England character and as a longtime home to notable writers and artists.

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
areaCode 860 ⓘ
959 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
county Litchfield County, Connecticut ⓘ
governmentType New England town government ⓘ
hasCharacteristic New England village character ⓘ
historic ⓘ
rural ⓘ
scenic ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity residential community ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
tourism and second homes ⓘ
hasFeature farmland ⓘ
historic farmhouses ⓘ
stone bridges ⓘ
wooded hills ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Mine Hill Historic District ⓘ
Roxbury Center Historic District ⓘ
hasLandmark Mine Hill Preserve ⓘ
Roxbury Center Historic District ⓘ
surface form: Roxbury Center Green

Roxbury Congregational Church ⓘ
Roxbury Public Library ⓘ
Roxbury Station area ⓘ
Roxbury Town Hall ⓘ
hasNotableResident A. Bartlett Giamatti ⓘ
Alexander Calder ⓘ
Alexander Calder’s family ⓘ
Ann Petry ⓘ
Arthur Getz ⓘ
Arthur Miller ⓘ
Denis Leary ⓘ
Frank McCourt ⓘ
John Cage ⓘ
Marilyn Monroe ⓘ
Mia Farrow ⓘ
Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Walter Matthau ⓘ
William H. F. Fiedler NERFINISHED ⓘ
William Styron ⓘ
hasUTCOffset UTC−05:00 ⓘ
hasUTCOffsetDST UTC−04:00 ⓘ
hasZoningCharacter low-density residential ⓘ
preserved open space ⓘ
isRural true ⓘ
knownFor being home to writers and artists ⓘ
historic architecture ⓘ
scenic landscapes ⓘ
stone walls and farm fields ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Shepaug River ⓘ
partOf Litchfield Hills ⓘ
postalCode 06783 ⓘ
region New England ⓘ
state Connecticut ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Litchfield County, Connecticut → contains → Roxbury, Connecticut ⓘ
Arthur Miller → placeOfDeath → Roxbury, Connecticut ⓘ
Alexander Calder → workLocation → Roxbury, Connecticut ⓘ