Town file
Ellington, Connecticut
Ellington, Connecticut (Tolland County, Connecticut) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 525, "Detective Fitbit" (5 September 2024).
- Town
- Ellington
- County
- Tolland County
- State
- Connecticut
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 525
- Approximate location
- 41.914, -72.446
Episode 525 / 5 September 2024 / 171 min / full
Detective Fitbit
"Ellington, Connecticut, in north central Connecticut, about a half hour to Hartford" about 0:05:58
The case: Murder of Connie Dabate (December 23rd, 2015). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2024
- Population
- 16,339
- Median age
- 40
- Median household income
- $109,545 a year
- Median home value
- $348,000
- Two-bedroom rent
- $1,610 a month
- Cost of living
- 105
- Property crime
- ▼ about half the national average
- Violent crime
- ▼ about one quarter of the national average
History, in brief
- Ellington is home to one of the oldest roadside memorials in the United States: a stone in the town's southwest corner marks where ten-year-old Samuel Knight was killed in 1812 by a cart wheel rolling over his head. about 0:07:39
- On January 1st, 1967, with fog cutting visibility to 200 feet, state trooper Lionel Lebrache assembled dozens of residents and lined their cars along the town's unlit airstrip with headlights on so a pilot with engine trouble could land safely. about 0:08:43
- The town motto is 'a great place to grow'. about 0:07:09
- Winterfest was established in 2004 and is held on the first weekend in December, with a tree lighting, holiday concert, torchlight parade and photos with Santa. about 0:23:14
The reviews read out
4 stars
"A lifelong resident calls it a nice little town with good schools, safe for families and a cute country-town vibe with farms and a farmers market at the park; the only complaint is that there is nothing to do."about 0:09:40
3 stars
"Ellington smells repugnant regularly because liquid manure is sprayed around the farms all year, with hot smelly zones between Ellington High School and the Main Street post office, even on some winter days."about 0:12:09
2 stars
"Boring and cliquish; town government does nothing besides suck you dry."about 0:14:51
1 star
"There is literally nothing to do here; the reviewer sits at home wondering how to meet new people and, as a college-age person, has very little opportunity to meet anyone their age."about 0:16:27
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Stafford, Connecticut8.6 miles
- Willington, Connecticut10 miles
- Agawam, Massachusetts15 miles
- Chicopee, Massachusetts19 miles
- Simsbury, Connecticut20 miles
- New Britain, Connecticut24 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.