Orange exhibits its rural roots at the annual Orange Country Fair . This event originally ran from 1898 to 1912 and was revived in 1975. It has continued since then featuring horse, oxen and tractor pulls as well as exhibits of animals, flowers, fruits, vegetables and baked goods. In early August, the town also promotes the Orange Volunteer Fireman's Carnival , which raises funds to support the volunteer fire department. Both events are held at the fairgrounds at High Plains Community Center near the center of town. Orange was the home of the first computer camp, held at the local Amity Jr. High School in 1977. During the Cold War , Orange was a location for the permanent deployment of Nike missiles for the defense of Greater New Haven . The former site of the Nike missiles has since (from the late 1950s onward) been the home of the 103rd Air Control and Warning Squadron, later to become the 103rd Tactical Control Squadron and as it remains today the 103rd Air Control Squadron, a part of the Connecticut Air National Guard . In the early nineteenth century, settlers from Orange founded Orange, Ohio, then part of Connecticut's Western Reserve . On August 18, 2005 the Orange Little League Girls softball team lost the championship game of the Little League Softball World Series to a team from McLean, Virginia. On March 15–17, 2009, Orange hosted the 2009 ConnJam, a Boy Scout event in which over 3,000 Boy Scouts from the Connecticut Yankee Council attended events and camped over the weekend.

Orange Historical Society

Orange, Connecticut