Connecticut has been subjected to federal government census every 10 years since 1790, with all counties being formed prior to that year, making all existing census records (1790-1950) available online. Apart from the 1890 census, all other census records have survived and can provide a comprehen...
towns and counties, starting with Amesbury and ending with Yarmouth. Maine has 32, Connecticut 31, Vermont, 36, and New Hampshire has 47. Rhode Island, always the rebel, only has 15. That shouldn’t surprise anyone, since Roger Williams named his settlement after...
Despite the heterogeneities of US states, counties, and towns, the share of the vote that Trump received in the 2020 US presidential election is found at each level to be a strong and robust predictor of a lower June 2022 Covid-19 vaccination initiation rate, even after adjusting for ...
Long before Europeans first set foot in what is now Connecticut, the verdant land was home to a variety of Native Americans, including the Schaghicoke, Paugusset, Mohegan, and Pequot. Just look at a map of Connecticut today to be reminded of this rich legacy. Quinnipiac, Noank, Quinnebaug...
"Dempsey Opens Expressway; Towns Adjust to New Intruder." New Haven Register, June 24, 1968. "New Route 9 is a Bit Easier, Quite a Bit More Pleasant Too." Hartford Courant, June 26, 1968. "Rte. 9 link to Interstate 91 opens Thursday." Meriden Journal, May 24, 1969. "Conn. 9, ...
Counties in Connecticut have no governmental function: all legal power is vested in the state, city, and town governments. Tolland County has the same boundaries as the Tolland Judicial District. Tolland County is incorporated into thirteen towns and was originally formed in 1785 from towns in ...
Map of the towns of Saybrook and Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, 1853 Cartographic Materials of the Town of Deep River Saybrook and Valley High School Yearbooks – Deep River (1941 to 2018) Derby Public Library# Genealogy Special Collections ...
In 1785, two more counties were established in what was now the U.S. state of Connecticut: Tolland and Middlesex. This mostly resulted in the modern extent of Hartford County. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the establishment of several more towns resulted in minor adjustments in...
City status in Connecticut is determined not by population but by vote of the residents to change their governmental system from atown meetingto a city form. All of the larger towns and cities are manufacturing centres; some originated as mill towns and grew with their factories. ...