Biohazard and Pathogen Disinfection in Middletown, CT

Middletown is a city in Middlesex County, Connecticut, on the Connecticut River 16 miles south of Hartford, and the largest city in the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region.

The 2020 census counted 47,717 residents in Middletown, in 20,081 households.

The site was the Wangunk village of Mattabesset, and English settlers incorporated the town as Mattabeseck in 1651 before renaming it Middletown in November 1653 because it lay about halfway between Windsor and Saybrook on the river.

The central settlement was incorporated as a city in 1784, and the city and town were consolidated in 1923.

Middletown was the county seat of Middlesex County from the county's creation in 1785 until Connecticut abolished county government in 1960.

In the 18th century Middletown became the largest and most prosperous settlement in Connecticut as a thriving port, with one-third of its residents involved in merchant and maritime activities.

In the 19th century Middletown became a major center for firearms manufacturing, supplying the majority of pistols to the United States government during the War of 1812.

Wesleyan University was established in Middletown in 1831 and became one of the leading liberal arts universities in the United States.

Middletown established Connecticut's first public high school in 1841.

The Connecticut General Hospital for the Insane opened in Middletown in 1868 as the first public mental healthcare facility in Connecticut; it is now Connecticut Valley Hospital.