THE DAWN OF A NEW CENTURY
Though Orange is considered a small town, there are thirty-three towns in the State which have less acreage than Orange. Some of these are rated as cities. Of the 169 towns in the State, there are 66 having less population than Orange. There had not been a new town created in the State of Connecticut for almost fifty years, and there has not been any new town in the twenty-five years since Orange and West Haven were made separate Towns. Compared to the rates in other towns in the State, the tax rate of seventeen mills is very low, and the Town has no indebtedness.
Orange was given the merit award by the University of Connecticut, institute of Public Service, for the best annual report for the fiscal year ending August 31, 1945, in the group of towns from 1000 to 2000 population.
Included in the taxable property of the Town of Orange is an island in the Housatonic River. It is called Wooster Island and contains five acres of pasture land located just south of Two-Mile Island.
The latest Grand List of the Town is $8,179,640.00.
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