was dedicated as the Officer Timothy Foley Memorial Highway on Sept. 11, 2009, in honor of the first (and to date the only) Southington police officer killed in the line of duty. He died six days after being struck by a vehicle on Dec. 30, 1937. In January 2011, John Weichsel retired as town manager after 44 years. He was hired by the first Town Council when the council/manager form of government was established in town in 1966. His tenure as a town manager in the same community is one of the longest in the United States. Weichsel died in 2013. The municipal center at 196–200 North Main St. is named in his honor. Politics At the state level: Southington is divided into the following districts for the Connecticut House of Representatives: 30, 80, 81 and 103; It is part of district 16 for the Connecticut Senate; It is part of Connecticut's 1st Congressional District at the federal level. At the local level: The Town of Southington has a form of government, known as "Council Manager Government." It consists of a nine-member Town Council, elected by popular vote. The nine-member council appoints a full-time administrator, known as the Town Manager. Voters elect a Planning and Zoning Commission (four year terms), Board of Education (two year terms), Board of Finance (two year terms), Water Commission (two year terms), Town Clerk (six year terms) and a Registratr of Voters (four term terms). Demographics As of the 2010 census, there were 43,069 people, 16,814 households, and 12,036 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 17,447 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 95.4% White, 1.9% African American, 0.4% Native American, 2.5% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.9% from other races, and 1.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.4% of the population. There were 16,814 households, out of which 31.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.2% were married couples living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.8% were non-families. 24% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.01. In the town, the population was spread out, with 23.8%