and 2.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 9.0% of those age 65 or over. Transportation The town is served by Connecticut Routes 8, 182, and 183. Route 8 leads south to Winsted and north to New Boston, Massachusetts. Route 182 leads west to U.S. Route 44 in Norfolk, while Route 183 leads south to Winsted and northwest to New Marlborough, Massachusetts. Education It is in the zone for Northwestern Regional School District No. 7: Northwestern Regional Middle School and Northwestern Regional High School. Notable locations Rock Hall, a building designed by architect Addison Mizner, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Wind farm siting Wind Colebrook was a proposal to build the state's first utility scale wind turbine project, for which permitting was ultimately denied. BNE Energy was cleared to build three wind turbines in Colebrook and two 2.85MW, 100m-diameter turbines were installed in 2015. A third (3.8MW, 130m rotor diameter) turbine is planned for installation by 2021. According to BNE Energy's quarterly generation reports to PURA, the Colebrook wind farm has slightly exceeded the planned level of energy generation, with 12,742MWh generated in 2016 and 12,706MWh generated in 2017. The wind farm, according to these figures, is operating at about 30 percent of its rated capacity. Notable people Rufus Babcock, second president of Colby College; born in North Colebrook Donald Barr (1921–2004), novelist, educator, and book reviewer for The New York Times; retired to Colebrook in the 1980s Abiram Chamberlain (1837–1911), the 60th governor of Connecticut; born in Colebrook Jonathan Edwards (the younger) (1745–1801), theologian; lived and preached in Colebrook for four years Eric Foner (born 1943), Columbia University professor, author, and noted Civil War historian; part-time resident of the town Harris Merton Lyon, short story writer; lived in North Colebrook Christine Negroni (1956- ), noted aviation and travel writer; part-time resident of the town James Phelps (1822–1900), judge, Connecticut state legislator and US congressman; born in Colebrook Lancelot Phelps (1784–1866), congressman and father to James Phelps Ammi Phillips (1788–1865), artist; born in Colebrook Thomas Robbins (1777–1856), Congregational minister, bibliophile, and antiquarian; died in Colebrook Julius Rockwell (1805–1888), judge and congressman from Massachusetts; born in Colebrook References External links Official website Towns in Litchfield County, Connecticut Towns in the New York metropolitan area Towns in Connecticut