age 18 and 3.5% of those age 65 or over. Education The towns of Deep River, Chester, and Essex make up Regional School District #4. Deep River is home to Deep River Elementary School, serving grades K–6. John Winthrop Middle School and Valley Regional High School, serve students for grades 7–8 and 9–12, and are located on Warsaw Street and Kelsey Hill Road, respectively. Additionally, the Connecticut Transition Academy at Mount Saint John which serves students for grades from elementary to high school which is located on Kirtland Street and across the river from Gillette Castle State Park, respectively. Transportation The Estuary Transit District provides public transportation throughout Deep River and the surrounding towns through its 9 Town Transit Service. Services include connections to the Old Saybrook Train Station, served by Amtrak and Shoreline East railroads. Notable people Diamond D, Derek Damato, All American Soccer Player Elizabeth Jarvis Colt, wife of firearms manufacturer Samuel Colt Benjamin Hyde Edgerton, surveyor and politician Mysterious Dave Mather, Wild West gunfighter Gretchen Mol, actress Alpheus S. Williams, lawyer, judge, journalist, U.S. Congressman, and Union general in the American Civil War References External links Town government Web site Deep River National Bank chartered 1865 Towns in Middlesex County, Connecticut Connecticut populated places on the Connecticut River Towns in Connecticut Greater Hartford 1635 establishments in Connecticut