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1674: Waterbury, CT Though the first settlement in Waterbury, Conn., sprung up in 1674, it was known as Mattatuck—from the Algonquin word for “place without trees”—until 1686. The citizens decided to call the town Waterbury because all the streams flow into the Naugatuck River. 1673: ...