Torrington, Connecticut

Torrington
City
City of Torrington
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Litchfield County and Connecticut  Northwest Hills Planning Region and Connecticut
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Coordinates: 41°48′23″N 73°07′50″W / 41.80639°N 73.13056°W / 41.80639; -73.13056
Country	United States
U.S. state	Connecticut
County	Litchfield
Region	Northwest Hills
Incorporated (town)	1740
Incorporated (city)	1923
Government
• Type	Mayor-council
• Mayor	Elinor C. Carbone (R)
• City Council	Paul E. Cavagnero Keri Hoehne Armand Maniccia David Oliver Ann Ruwet Drake Waldron
Area [1]
• Total	40.33 sq mi (104.46 km2)
• Land	39.77 sq mi (103.01 km2)
• Water	0.56 sq mi (1.44 km2)
Elevation	541 ft (165 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	35,515
• Density	893/sq mi (344.8/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code	06790
Area code(s)	860/959
FIPS code	09-76500
GNIS feature ID	0211514
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Website	www.torringtonct.org

Torrington is the most populated municipality and largest city in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States, and the Northwest Hills Planning Region. It is also the core city of Greater Torrington, one of the largest micropolitan areas in the United States.^[2] The city population was 35,515 according to the 2020 census.^[3] The city is located roughly 23 miles (37 km) west of Hartford, 34 miles (55 km) southwest of Springfield, Massachusetts, 67 miles (108 km) southeast of Albany, New York, 84 miles (135 km) northeast of New York City, and 127 miles (204 km) west of Boston, Massachusetts.

Torrington is a former mill town, as are most other towns along the Naugatuck River Valley. Downtown Torrington is home to the Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts, which trains ballet dancers and whose Company performs in the Warner Theatre, a 1,700-seat auditorium built in 1931 as a cinema by the Warner Brothers film studio. Downtown Torrington hosts the largest Lodge of Elks in New England.^{[citation needed]} Downtown Torrington also hosts KidsPlay, a children's museum which was founded in 2012 and expanded their location in 2015 after purchasing the adjacent building.^[4]

Torrington has two radio stations, WAPJ 89.9 FM, operated by the non-profit Torrington Community Radio Foundation, and WSNG 610 AM, owned by Buckley Broadcasting.

Torrington has two daily newspapers. The Republican-American, which circulates a Litchfield County edition and has a bureau on Franklin Street, and The Register Citizen, which serves Torrington and Winsted, in addition to most of the Northwest Corner. Charlotte Hungerford Hospital has also developed into an important health care resource for the area. In 2008, Torrington was named by Bizjournals as the number one "Dreamtown" (micropolitan statistical area) out of ten in the United States to live in.^[5]