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Welcome to Hazardville ...

Hazardville is located in Hartford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hazardville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1851.

Hazardville is 180 feet [55 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Hazardville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Hazardville: 860 & 959<3>

Communities near Hazardville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hazardville.

  • Springfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Hartford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hartford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartford have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
    • Hartford is located in Hartford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 121,535 people
  • West Hartford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Hartford have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hartford
    • West Hartford is located in Hartford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 62,868 people
  • Manchester
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manchester have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
    • Manchester is located in Hartford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 57,362 people
  • Chicopee
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • East Hartford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Hartford have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hartford
    • East Hartford is located in Hartford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,630 people
  • Westfield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Holyoke
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Vernon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vernon have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
    • Vernon is located in Tolland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,400 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Hazardville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hazardville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hazardville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hazardville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hazardville. See our Newspapers Page for Hazardville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hazardville ...

Looking for more information about Hazardville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Hazardville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hazardville.

Adding Hazardville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hazardville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Hazardville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Hazardville post office opened in 1851.

We also found Hazardville in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hazardville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Connecticut's counties, including Hartford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hazardville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 860 code has been Overlayed with the 959 area code. New phone numbers in the Hazardville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 860 or 959. As a result, placing a call in the Hazardville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/