[EveryMan7177]

How come I can't find any information on the village of Oneco on Rt. 14A? Does anyone know anything about Oneco? What is it like? Pros? Cons?

Thanks!!

[Stylo]

It's a section of the town of Sterling. Very rural.

Sterling, Connecticut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[EveryMan7177]

How big is Oneco? Why is there no info on it? Is it a safe town?

[Stylo]

It's not a town, it's a section of Sterling. Sterling only has a population of 3,000 and is very rural and isolated. That's probably why there isn't much info on it.

[EveryMan7177]

Is Sterling depressed?

[Stylo]

From Wikipedia:

The median income for a household in the town was $49,167, and the median income for a family was $52,202. Males had a median income of $39,792 versus $26,167 for females. The per capita income for the town was $19,679. About 3.8% of families and 6.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.3% of those under age 18 and 1.3% of those age 65 or over.

You can draw your own conclusions from that.

[EveryMan7177]

Out of the following towns in that area, which do you recommend:
Plainfield
Sterling
Moosup

[JViello]

Originally Posted by facethemusic2006

Out of the following towns in that area, which do you recommend:
Plainfield
Sterling
Moosup

The whole area has a bit of a "forgotten" feeling. That's the best way I can say it.

[EveryMan7177]

Forgotten as in how? That's interesting! Maybe because Rt. 14A is kind of depressing?

[willow wind]

Moosup is a part of the town of Plainfield .

Sterling is very rural- Oneco is basically nothing more than a cross roads on Rt 14A where the town hall is located. I guess you could say an Oneco address is the southern part of Sterling and Sterling proper is the northern section of town.

Sterling has a local grade school. Upper grades get the choice of going to Plainfield High, Killingly High or Ellis Technical in the Danielson section of Killingly. Lots of time on the bus for kids.

It's not so much that the area is depressed it's just that it's out there. It's far from most employment, shopping, things to do are minimal. No malls. Many of the residents work in Rhode Island. Just as easy to get to Warwick, Cranston and Providence as it is to get to New London, Norwich or Groton.

Plainfield is made up of four areas - Moosup, Wauregan, Central Village and Plainfield center. There is some local shopping there.

Those who work in CT, for the most part, work at industrial parks, or for local government or commute down into the Norwich area or up toward Killingly. Most, but not all, is blue collar work, not much there in the way of white collar office parks, etc.