The per capita income for the town was $32,137. About 0.8% of families and 2.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 3.4% of those age 65 or over. Transportation Connecticut Route 4 connects the town to Torrington in the northwest and to Hartford in the east. Route 118 connects the town westward to Litchfield center, with a junction for the Route 8 expressway in the western part of Harwinton. Route 222 runs south from Harwinton to Thomaston center. Route 72 leads south then east to the city of Bristol. Notable people Harry C. Bentley (1877–1967), founder of Bentley University Jonathan Brace (1754–1837), judge and U.S. congressman George S. Catlin (1808–1851), U.S. congressman Collis Potter Huntington (1821–1900), one of four men who formed the Central Pacific Railroad Elam Luddington (1806–1893), Mormon pioneer to Utah and the first Mormon missionary to preach in Thailand Luman Watson (1790–1834), clockmaker Abner Wilcox (1808–1869), missionary teacher to the Kingdom of Hawaii References External links Military service in early Harwinton Description of Harwinton from The Connecticut Guide, 1935 Towns in Litchfield County, Connecticut Towns in the New York metropolitan area Towns in Connecticut