Wallingford, town, New Haven County, southern Connecticut, on the Quinnipiac River; incorporated 1670. It is a manufacturing and research center. Principal products include medical supplies, specialty metals, chemicals, pewter ware, and electronic equipment. The town is the site of a number of prerevolutionary houses, one of the oldest being the Nehemiah Royce House (1672); Choate Rosemary Hall, a noted private preparatory school; and the Wallingford Historical Society Museum. The main industrial development in the community, named for Wallingford, England, began about 1820 with the making of pewter and Britannia ware. In 1958 the town and the borough (incorporated 1853) of Wallingford were consolidated. Population 37,274 (1980); 40,822 (1990).Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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