New York City via a connection in New Haven. It is served at Wallingford station by the CT Rail (Connecticut Department of Transportation) Hartford Line trains and by Amtrak's Hartford Line, Northeast Regional, and Valley Flyer. Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) in East Haven and Bradley International Airport (BDL) in Windsor Locks are the closest commercial airports to Wallingford. Sports In 1943 and 1944 the Boston Braves held spring training in Wallingford at Choate's Winter Exercise Building. The town is the home of the Connecticut Bearcats, a New England Football League team. Notable people Alice Blaski, outfielder in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Stephen R. Bradley, United States Senator Michael Buckley, YouTuber Bates Cooke, US Congressman D.J. Cotrona, actor Pasquale DeBaise (1926–2022), businessman and Connecticut state legislator Beverly Donofrio, author Morton Downey, singer, businessman Morton Downey, Jr. (1932–2001), talk show host Lauren Geremia, interior designer Robert Gober, influential contemporary artist Dorothy Kosinski, art scholar Raoul Lufbery, World War I flying ace John A. McGuire, member of the United States House of Representatives Art Nugent, cartoonist, creator of Uncle Art's Funland Jay Allen Sanford, author and cartoonist Samuel Simpson, silversmith and entrepreneur Hilton Valentine (1943–2021), musician associated with The Animals, moved to Wallingford in 1977 Points of interest Choate Rosemary Hall Oakdale Theatre Paul Mellon Arts Center Yalesville Underpass National Register of Historic Places Ten buildings and districts in Wallingford are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: Center Street Cemetery, added August 1, 1997 Franklin Johnson House, added November 23, 1998 John Barker House, added August 3, 1974 Joseph Blakeslee House, added April 13, 1998 Nehemiah Royce House, added August 24, 1998 Samuel Parsons House, added April 12, 1982 Samuel Simpson House, added June 18, 1986 Theophilus Jones House, added January 30, 1992 Wallingford Center Historic District, added December 2, 1993 Wallingford railroad station, added November 19, 1993 Citations General references Davis, Charles Henry Stanley (1870). History of Wallingford, Conn., from Its Settlement in 1670 to the Present Time, Including Meriden, which was One of Its Parishes until 1806, and Cheshire, which was Incorporated in 1780. Meriden, CT: Charles Henry Stanley Davis. Gillespie, Charles Bancroft (1895). Souvenir History of Wallingford, Connecticut, 1895. New Haven, CT: Journal Publishing Co. Kendrick, John B. (1878). History of the Wallingford Disaster. Hartford, CT: Case, Lockwood and Brainard Co. External links Town of Wallingford official website Maps of Wallingford (1881–1919) online History books