About Suffield
Located on the Connecticut River between
Hartford, Connecticut, and Springfield, Massachusetts, Suffield is
proud of its heritage and its steady growth, a product of careful
planning. Beginning as a farming community in 1670, Suffield
maintains a delicate balance between its colonial roots and today's
modern life-style.
A lively community with a 2000 population of 13,555, Suffield is a
gracious town with a rural flavor in a suburban setting. The town
center boasts a small shopping complex and an excellent library.
Recent expansion of public buildings includes a police station and
school additions and renovations. Bradley International Airport on
the southern boundary attracts business, while quick access to I-91
makes commuting up and down the Connecticut River valley from
Vermont and New Hampshire to Long Island Sound an easy trip.
This town is rich in contrasts - sweeping fields, forested hills, a
picturesque Main Street, farms, shopping areas, and the Congamond
Lakes. There are over 43 square miles of countryside. Some
agricultural lands have given way to housing developments, though
far-sighted citizens helped purchase property on West Suffield
Mountain, where Sunrise Park offers a lake, hiking trails, picnic
and recreation areas to town residents. Other lands are being
preserved through the Suffield Land Conservancy, the Nature
Conservancy, and the Farmland Preservation Act.
About Suffield courtesy of the town of Suffield
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