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{{short description|Consolidated borough and town in Connecticut, United States}}
{{About|the consolidated borough and town in Connecticut
 | the community in West Virginia | Naugatuck, West Virginia
 | other uses | Naugatuck (disambiguation)}}
{{Use American English|date=June 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}

{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Naugatuck, Connecticut
| settlement_type          = [[Borough (Connecticut)|Borough]]
| image_skyline            = Naugatuck Green, Connecticut.jpg
| image_caption            = Naugatuck Green
| image_seal               = NaugatuckCtTownSeal.png
| nickname                 = "Naugy"
| image_map                = {{switcher|[[File:New Haven County Connecticut Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Naugatuck Highlighted.svg|250px|frameless|alt=Naugatuck's location within New Haven County and Connecticut]]| [[New Haven County, Connecticut|New Haven County]] and Connecticut|[[File:Naugatuck Valley incorporated and unincorporated areas Naugatuck highlighted.svg|250px|frameless|alt=Naugatuck's location within the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region and the state of Connecticut]]| [[Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut|Naugatuck Valley Planning Region]] and Connecticut|default=1}}
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| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = {{flag|United States}}
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state]]
| subdivision_name1        = {{flag|Connecticut}}
| subdivision_type2        = [[County (United States)|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[New Haven County, Connecticut|New Haven]]
| subdivision_type3        = [[Councils of governments in Connecticut|Region]]
| subdivision_name3        = [[Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut|Naugatuck Valley]]
| established_title        = Incorporated
| established_date         = 1844
| established_title2       = Consolidated
| established_date2        = 1895
| government_type          = [[Mayor–council government|Mayor–council]] (mayor and burgesses)
| leader_title1            = Mayor
| leader_name1             = N. Warren "Pete" Hess
| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_total_km2           = 42.46
| area_total_sq_mi         = 16.39
| area_land_km2            = 42.21
| area_land_sq_mi          = 16.30
| area_water_km2           = 0.25
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.10
| elevation_m              = 63
| elevation_ft             = 207
| population_total         = 31519
| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_density_km2   = 746.7
| population_density_sq_mi = 1908.58
| timezone                 = Eastern
| utc_offset               = −5
| timezone_DST             = Eastern
| utc_offset_DST           = −4
| postal_code_type         = ZIP code
| postal_code              = 06770
| area_codes               = [[Area codes 203 and 475|203/475]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 09-49880
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 0209191
| website                  = {{URL|https://www.naugatuck-ct.gov}}
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web
 | title = 2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files – Places: Connecticut
 | url = https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_09.txt
 | website = United States Census Bureau
 | date = 2019
 | access-date = July 2, 2020
}}</ref>
}}

'''Naugatuck''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|n|ɔː|g|ə|t|ʌ|k}}; {{respell|NAW|gə|tuhk}}) is a consolidated [[borough (Connecticut)|borough]] and town in [[New Haven County, Connecticut]], United States. The town, part of the [[Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut|Naugatuck Valley Planning Region]], had a population of 31,519 as of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web
 | title = Census — Geography Profile: Naugatuck borough, Connecticut
 | url = https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US0949880
 | website = United States Census Bureau
 | access-date = December 18, 2021
}}</ref>

The town spans both sides of the [[Naugatuck River]] just south of [[Waterbury, Connecticut|Waterbury]] and includes the communities of Union City on the east side of the river, Straitsville on the southeast (along [[Connecticut Route 63|Route 63]]), and Millville on the west (along Rubber Avenue).

== History ==
Settlement began as early as 1702. Samuel Hickox (1669–1713), credited as Naugatuck’s first settler, established a fulling mill on Fulling Mill Brook in 1709. The locality was known as Judds Meadow until 1752, when it was renamed Salem Bridge.<ref>{{cite web |title=Early Settlement & Founders |url=https://www.naugatuckhistory.org/early-settlement-founders |website=Naugatuck Historical Society |access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Naming & Incorporation |url=https://www.naugatuckhistory.org/naming-incorporation |website=Naugatuck Historical Society |access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref>

In 1844, parts of Waterbury, Bethany, and Oxford incorporated as the town of Naugatuck. The Borough of Naugatuck was established in 1893 and became coextensive with the town in 1895.<ref>{{cite web |title=Naming & Incorporation |url=https://www.naugatuckhistory.org/naming-incorporation |website=Naugatuck Historical Society |access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref>

As the [[Industrial Revolution]] accelerated, Naugatuck developed a diverse manufacturing base and became a center of the rubber industry. In 1892, nine firms consolidated to form the [[United States Rubber Company]] (later Uniroyal Inc.), organized in Naugatuck, which for decades kept major operations in the borough.<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Rubber Company – Company History: Our Legacy Since 1892 |url=https://usrubber.com/history/ |website=U.S. Rubber Company |access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref> In 1936, U.S. Rubber introduced [[Naugahyde]], a vinyl-coated fabric invented by company chemists in Naugatuck; the material was manufactured locally for many years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Naugahyde: A Naugatuck Original |url=https://connecticuthistory.org/naugahyde-a-naugatuck-original/ |website=ConnecticutHistory.org |publisher=Connecticut Humanities |date=January 5, 2015 |access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref>
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The United States Rubber Company also created the Naugatuck Chemical Company in the early 20th century; the business later became Uniroyal Chemical and relocated major operations to [[Middlebury, Connecticut]] in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Uniroyal Chemical Company records |url=https://archivessearch.lib.uconn.edu/repositories/2/resources/141 |website=Archives & Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library |access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref>

The Risdon Manufacturing Company, established in Naugatuck in the early 1900s, became a leading maker of metal closures and cosmetic packaging and later operated regionally under Crown Risdon.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Emhart Story (packaging history) |url=https://www.emhartglass.com/sites/default/files/emhart_story.pdf |website=Emhart |access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref>

In the 1960s, Harold Barber founded [[H. Barber and Sons]], which designs and builds beach-cleaning equipment and has claimed to be the largest such business in the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=Company history |url=https://www.hbarber.com/resources/company-history/ |website=H. Barber & Sons |access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref>

[[Peter Paul Candy Manufacturing Company]], later a division of the [[Hershey Company|Hershey Foods Corporation]] producing [[Almond Joy]] and [[Mounds (candy)|Mounds]], operated in Naugatuck for much of the 20th century; the factory closed in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |last=Podsada |first=Janice |title=A Not-So-Sweet Ending in Naugatuck |url=https://www.courant.com/2007/04/26/a-not-so-sweet-ending-in-naugatuck/ |newspaper=Hartford Courant |date=April 26, 2007 |access-date=September 12, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250912070850/https://www.courant.com/2007/04/26/a-not-so-sweet-ending-in-naugatuck/ |archive-date=September 12, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>

On August 19, 1955, the Naugatuck River flooded following more than {{convert|10|in}} of rain from [[Hurricane Diane]], causing widespread destruction that reshaped the borough’s riverfront.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Flood of 1955 |url=https://www.naugatuckhistory.org/1955flood |website=Naugatuck Historical Society |access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref>

[[Naugatuck High School]] has a [[List of high school football rivalries more than 100 years old|long-standing football rivalry]] with [[Ansonia, Connecticut|Ansonia]]. The teams have met on Thanksgiving morning since 1900, with Ansonia holding the series lead. Naugatuck High School’s mascot is the greyhound, and its colors are garnet and gray.

== Geography ==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|16.5|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|16.4|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}}, or 0.36%, is water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019" />

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|1850= 1720 |1860= 2590 |1870= 2830 |1880= 4274 |1890= 6218 |1900= 10541
|1910= 12722 |1920= 15051 |1930= 14315 |1940= 15388 |1950= 17455 |1960= 19511
|1970= 23034 |1980= 26456 |1990= 30625 |2000= 30989 |2010= 31862 |2020= 31519
|estyear=2024 |estimate=32116
|footnote=U.S. decennial census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |title=Census of Population and Housing |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

{{See also|List of Connecticut locations by per capita income}}

{{Update|reason=Replace 2000-based narrative with a concise 2020 decennial/ACS summary (race, age, households, housing units).|date=September 2025}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |title=U.S. Census website |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 31, 2008}}</ref> of 2000, there were 30,989 people, 11,829 households, and 8,292 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|1,890.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 12,341 housing units at an average density of {{convert|753.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 91.76% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.85% [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.26% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.68% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.58% from other races, and 1.85% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.47% of the population.

Of the 11,829 households, 36.3% had children under 18, 53.3% were [[married couple]]s living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.9% were non-families. About 24.9% of households were made up of individuals, and 9.6% had someone living alone aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.13.

The population was 26.9% under 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 33.1% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% 65 or older; the median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.7 males; for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.5 males.

The median household income was $51,247, and the median family income was $59,286. Males had a median income of $42,103 versus $29,971 for females. The [[per capita income]] was $22,757. About 0.9% of families and 1.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 1.4% of those under 18 and 6.0% of those 65 or older.

== Government ==
Naugatuck is the only consolidated town and borough in [[Connecticut]]. Every other borough in the state is a special-services district located within a [[New England town|town]], the basic unit of Connecticut local government. Naugatuck has both a town clerk and a borough clerk managing official records, similar to cities that have separate town and city clerks.

As with most other Connecticut municipalities, Naugatuck elects its officials in November of odd-numbered years.

=== Politics ===
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0"
! colspan = 6 | Voter registration and party enrollment as of October 31, 2024<ref>{{cite web 
 | title        = Registration and Party Enrollment Statistics as of October 31, 2024 
 | publisher    = Connecticut Secretary of State 
 | format       = PDF 
 | access-date  = September 11, 2025 
 | url          = https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/sots/electionservices/2024/2024-registration-and-enrollment-statistics/2024_november_reg-party_enrollments.pdf?rev=6ea82a0b09e84203a63f918ff7741019&hash=CBA24E0CAAF8D5CB4062E3DE0BE6B6DA
 | archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20250912013600/https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/sots/electionservices/2024/2024-registration-and-enrollment-statistics/2024_november_reg-party_enrollments.pdf?rev=6ea82a0b09e84203a63f918ff7741019&hash=CBA24E0CAAF8D5CB4062E3DE0BE6B6DA
 | archive-date = September 12, 2025
 | url-status   = live
}}</ref>
|-
! colspan = 2 | Party
! Active voters
! Inactive voters
! Total voters
! Percentage
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}} || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 5,513 || style="text-align:center;"| 546 || style="text-align:center;"| 6,059 || style="text-align:center;"| 29.27%
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}} || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 4,755 || style="text-align:center;"| 352 || style="text-align:center;"| 5,107 || style="text-align:center;"| 24.67%
|-
| {{party color cell|Nonpartisan candidate}} || [[Independent voter|Unaffiliated]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 8,216 || style="text-align:center;"| 1,014 || style="text-align:center;"| 9,230 || style="text-align:center;"| 44.59%
|-
| {{party color cell|Other}} || Minor parties
| style="text-align:center;"| 281 || style="text-align:center;"| 23 || style="text-align:center;"| 304 || style="text-align:center;"| 1.47%
|-
! colspan = 2 | Total
! style="text-align:center;"| 18,765
! style="text-align:center;"| 1,935
! style="text-align:center;"| 20,700
! style="text-align:center;"| 100%
|}
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{{Collapse top|United States presidential election results}}
{{PresHead
 | place=Naugatuck, Connecticut
 | whig=yes
 | source1=<ref name=CTEDB>{{Cite web |title=State of Connecticut Elections Database |url=https://electionhistory.ct.gov/eng/ |website=State of Connecticut Elections Database |publisher=Connecticut Secretary of the State |access-date=September 12, 2025}}</ref>
 | source2=<ref>{{Cite web|title=General Election Statements of Vote, 1922–Current|url=https://authoring.ct.gov//SOTS/Election-Services/Statement-Of-Vote-PDFs/General-Elections-Statement-of-Vote-1922|website=CT Secretary of State|access-date=May 16, 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{PresRow|2024|Republican|7647|6252|197|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|7740|6923|241|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|7310|5219|653|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|5807|5923|187|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|6148|7034|163|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|6838|5745|270|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|4930|5980|651|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|4030|5400|1884|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|5371|4410|4102|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|6147|4857|132|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|7865|3732|53|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|5914|3863|1292|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|5587|5343|103|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|6086|4704|161|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|3225|5573|774|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2562|6753|0|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|3711|6099|0|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|5644|3786|0|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|4913|4675|18|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|3604|4289|112|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|3246|4502|0|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|2947|4540|0|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|2098|4060|0|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2184|2826|0|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|2459|2773|46|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|2132|1536|668|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|2084|1593|206|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|861|1159|134|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|381|702|785|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|976|900|208|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1076|824|209|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|843|1199|29|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|945|995|16|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|538|558|66|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1884|Democratic|397|445|0|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1880|Democratic|354|491|0|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1876|Democratic|291|451|0|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1872|Liberal Republican|217|0|294|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1868|Democratic|201|306|0|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1864|Democratic|178|274|0|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1860|Republican|236|82|153|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1856|Democratic|204|246|0|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1852|Democratic|174|198|0|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1848|Whig|171|161|7|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1844|Whig|168|160|0|Connecticut}}
{{PresFoot}}

<small>
'''Notes:''' 1912 – Third-party total '''785''' comprised Progressive '''274''', Socialist '''456''', and other '''55'''. ·
1872 – Votes for [[Horace Greeley]] (Liberal Republican), also endorsed by Democrats, are recorded under Liberal Republican. ·
1860 – “Third-party” votes were for the [[Southern Democrats|Southern Democratic]] ticket.
</small>
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== Education ==
Naugatuck has four public elementary schools (grades K–4), two public intermediate schools (grades 5–6), one public middle school (grades 7–8), and [[Naugatuck High School]] (grades 9–12). The high school’s total enrollment is 1,267.

In 2013, an $81 million renovation of the high school began and was completed by fall 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mycitizensnews.com/news/2013/07/nhs-renovations-moving-ahead-full-steam/ |title=NHS renovations moving ahead full steam |website=Citizen's News |date=July 23, 2013 |access-date=October 19, 2016}}</ref>

== Transportation ==
The town is served by [[Naugatuck (Metro-North station)|Naugatuck]] station on the [[Waterbury Branch]] of the [[New Haven Line]]. Principal highways include [[Connecticut Route 63]] (to [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]]), [[Connecticut Route 68|Route 68]] (to [[Durham, Connecticut|Durham]]), and the [[Connecticut Route 8|Route 8]] expressway (to [[Waterbury, Connecticut|Waterbury]], [[Derby, Connecticut|Derby]], [[Torrington, Connecticut|Torrington]], and [[Bridgeport, Connecticut|Bridgeport]]).

== National Register of Historic Places ==
* [[Bronson B. Tuttle House]] (380 Church Street), an 1879 Queen Anne–style residence that now houses the Naugatuck History Museum; listed on the National Register on November 29, 1990.<ref>{{cite web |title=NPGallery Asset Detail: Bronson B. Tuttle House |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/90001803 |website=National Register of Historic Places |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House |url=https://www.naugatuckhistory.org/bronson-b-tuttle-house-walking-tour |website=Naugatuck Historical Society |access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Naugatuck Center Historic District]], roughly bounded by Fairview Avenue, Hillside Avenue, Terrace Avenue, Water Street, and Pleasant View Street; listed July 30, 1999.<ref>{{cite web |title=NPGallery Asset Detail: Naugatuck Center Historic District |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/99000859 |website=National Register of Historic Places |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Salem School (Naugatuck, Connecticut)|Salem School]] (124 Meadow Street); listed November 3, 1983.<ref>{{cite web |title=NPGallery Asset Detail: Salem School |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/83003582 |website=National Register of Historic Places |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref>
* [[United States Post Office–Naugatuck Main]] (Church and Cedar Streets.); listed January 21, 1986.<ref>{{cite web |title=NPGallery Asset Detail: U.S. Post Office—Naugatuck Main |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/86000130 |website=National Register of Historic Places |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
* [[Adrian (costume designer)|Adrian]] (Adrian Adolph Greenberg), costume designer; born in Naugatuck<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Adrian |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adrian-American-costume-designer |access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Michael Bergin]], model and actor; raised in Naugatuck and [[Naugatuck High School|NHS]] graduate<ref>{{cite news |title=Hawaii next stop in the career of Michael Bergin |url=https://archives.starbulletin.com/2004/09/24/features/story2.html |newspaper=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |date=September 24, 2004 |access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Bergin '86 |url=https://nhs.naugatuck.k12.ct.us/o/nhs/page/lobby-of-legends |website=Naugatuck High School |access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Seth Bingham]], organist and composer; spent part of his youth in Naugatuck<ref>{{cite web |title=Seth Bingham (1882–1972) |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Seth-Bingham |website=Encyclopaedia Britannica |access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Emily Sophie Brown]], among the first women elected to the [[Connecticut House of Representatives]]; longtime Naugatuck resident<ref>{{cite web |title=Profile: Emily Sophie Brown |url=https://www.lwvct.org/100-women-100-years |website=League of Women Voters of Connecticut |access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Harry Cross (sportswriter)|Harry Cross]] (1881–1946), sportswriter for ''The New York Times'' and the ''New York Herald Tribune''; began his career at the ''Waterbury American''; mentioned among notable Naugatuck students in a borough history.<ref>{{cite book |last=Green |first=Edward K. |title=History of Naugatuck, Connecticut |publisher=New Haven Colony Historical Society |year=1948 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofnaugatu00gree
 |access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
 |title=Harry Cross, Sports Writer, Dies at 64
 |newspaper=The New York Times
 |date=1946-04-04
 |page=23
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
 |title=Harry Cross to the Evening Post
 |newspaper=Naugatuck Daily News
 |date=1913-07-08
 |page=1
}}</ref>
* [[Ray Foley (baseball)|Ray Foley]], Major League Baseball catcher (New York Giants, 1928); born in Naugatuck<ref>{{cite web |title=Ray Foley |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/foleyra01.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Charles Goodyear]], pioneered [[vulcanization]] of rubber; lived in Naugatuck as a young man<ref>{{cite book
 | last = Slack
 | first = Charles
 | title = Noble Obsession: Charles Goodyear, Thomas Hancock, and the Race to Unlock the Greatest Industrial Secret of the Nineteenth Century
 | publisher = Hyperion
 | location = New York
 | date = 2002
 | isbn = 978-0786867899
}}
</ref>
* [[Mohamed Hrezi]], distance runner; [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|2016 Olympic marathoner]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Rio 2016 – Athletes: Mohamed Hrezi |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/mohamed-hrezi |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref>
* [[William Kennedy (Connecticut politician)|William Kennedy]] (1854–1918), state senator and U.S. representative<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/K000117 |title=Kennedy, William |work=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]] |access-date=2025-02-01}}</ref>
* [[Ronald A. Sarasin]] (1934–2023), U.S. Representative for Connecticut’s 5th district (1973–1979) and 1978 Republican nominee for governor; later president/CEO of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society; graduated from Naugatuck High School (Class of 1952).<ref>{{cite web |last=Dixon |first=Ken |title=Ronald Sarasin, three-term CT congressman, dies at 88 |url=https://www.ctinsider.com/politics/article/ronald-sarasin-three-term-congressman-dies-88-ct-17877861.php |website=CT Insider |date=April 7, 2023 |access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: The Honorable Ronald Arthur Sarasin, 88 |url=https://patch.com/connecticut/naugatuck/obituary-honorable-ronald-arthur-sarasin-88-beacon-falls-native |website=Naugatuck Patch |date=April 10, 2023 |access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SARASIN, Ronald Arthur |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000062 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Remembering Ronald A. Sarasin |url=https://capitolhistory.org/news-releases/remembering-ronsarasin/ |website=United States Capitol Historical Society |date=March 27, 2023 |access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Spec Shea]], Major League Baseball pitcher; born in Naugatuck and nicknamed “The Naugatuck Nugget”<ref>{{cite web |title=Spec Shea Statistics and History |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sheasp01.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths="220" heights="165">
Goodyear-1-.jpg|Goodyear Metallic Rubber Shoe Company in downtown Naugatuck ({{circa|1890}})
PostcardSalemSchoolNaugatuckCT1915.jpg|Salem School, from a 1905 postcard
NaugatuckHighSchool.jpg|Naugatuck High School ({{circa|1910}}), designed by McKim, Mead & White; now Hillside Intermediate School
Whittemore Library, Naugatuck, Connecticut.jpg|Whittemore Library, designed by [[McKim, Mead & White]]
Naugatuck Station.jpg|[[Naugatuck station|Naugatuck]] [[Metro-North Railroad]] station on the [[Waterbury Branch]]
Naugatuck town history sign 1.jpg|Town history sign on the Naugatuck Green
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Gunntown Cemetery]]
* [[Hop Brook Lake]]
* [[Laurel Park Incorporated]]
* [[Naugatuck State Forest]]
* [[St. Hedwig Parish, Union City]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{Official website|https://www.naugatuck-ct.gov}}
* {{Official website|https://www.naugatuckedc.com|name=Naugatuck Economic Development Commission}}
* {{Official website|http://naugatuckhistory.org|name=Naugatuck Historical Society}}
* {{Official website|https://www.whittemorelibrary.org|name=Howard Whittemore Memorial Library}}

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