Brief Historical Geography of Connecticut Towns
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A summary of Connecticut town boundary and name changes, and present-day locations and their neighboring towns. This can help you locate other possible towns where you can search for records in your genealogy research. AndoverCounty: Tolland Year town established: 1848 Neighboring towns: Bolton, Coventry, Columbia, Hebron Town(s) it was taken from: Coventry, Hebron, Lebanon Town(s) later separated from it: Hebron Ansonia County: New Haven Year town established: 1889 Neighboring towns: Seymour, Woodbridge, Derby, Shelton Town(s) it was taken from: Derby Ashford County: Windham Year town established: 1714 Neighboring towns: Union, Eastford, Chaplin, Mansfield, Willington Former name(s) of town: New Scituate Town(s) later separated from it: Eastford, Union Avon County: Hartford Year town established: 1830 Neighboring towns: Canton, Simsbury, Bloomfield, West Hartford, Farmington, Burlington Former name(s) of town: Northington, Nod Town(s) it was taken from: Farmington Towns or parts of towns later annexed into it: Burlington (part) Barkhamsted County: Litchfield Year town established: 1779 Neighboring towns: Winchester, Colebrook, Hartland, Granby, Canton, New Hartford Beacon Falls County: New Haven Year town established: 1871 Neighboring towns: Naugatuck, Bethany, Seymour, Oxford Town(s) it was taken from: Bethany, Naugatuck, Oxford, Seymour Berlin County: Hartford Year town established: 1785 Neighboring towns: New Britain, Newington, Rocky Hill, Cromwell, Middletown, Meriden, Southington Former name(s) of town: Great Swamp, Farmington Village, Kensington, Worthington, Beckley Town(s) it was taken from: Farmington, Middletown, Wethersfield Town(s) later separated from it: New Britain Bethany County: New Haven Year town established: 1832 Neighboring towns: Naugatuck, Prospect, Hamden, Woodbridge, Seymour, Beacon Falls Former name(s) of town: Amity Parish Town(s) it was taken from: Woodbridge Town(s) later separated from it: Beacon Falls, Naugatuck Bethel County: Fairfield Year town established: 1855 Neighboring towns: Brookfield, Newtown, Redding, Danbury Town(s) it was taken from: Danbury Bethlehem County: Hartford Year town established: 1787 Neighboring towns: Washington, Morris, Watertown, Woodbury Former name(s) of town: Bethlem, North Purchase Town(s) it was taken from: Woodbury Bloomfield County: Hartford Year town established: 1835 Neighboring towns: East Granby, Windsor, Hartford, West Hartford, Avon, Simsbury Former name(s) of town: Greenfield, Messenger Farms, Wintonbury Town(s) it was taken from: Farmington, Simsbury, Windsor Towns or parts of towns later annexed into it: Avon (part) Bolton County: Tolland Year town established: 1720 Neighboring towns: Vernon, Coventry, Andover, Hebron, Glastonbury, Manchester Former name(s) of town: Hanover, Hartford Mountains Town(s) it was taken from: Hartford Town(s) later separated from it: Vernon Bozrah County: New London Year town established: 1786 Neighboring towns: Lebanon, Franklin, Norwich, Montville, Salem Former name(s) of town: Bath, New Concord, West Farms District, Norwich Farms Town(s) it was taken from: Norwich Branford County: New Haven Year town established: 1685 Neighboring towns: East Haven, North Branford, Guilford Town(s) it was taken from: New Haven Town(s) later separated from it: North Branford Bridgeport County: Fairfield Year town established: 1821 Neighboring towns: Fairfield, Stratford, Trumbull Former name(s) of town: Newfield Village Town(s) it was taken from: Stratford Town(s) later separated from it: East Bridgeport Towns or parts of towns later annexed into it: Fairfield Bridgewater County: Litchfield Year town established: 1856 Neighboring towns: New Milford, Roxbury, Southbury, Brookfield Former name(s) of town: The Neck, New Milford Neck, Shepaug Neck Town(s) it was taken from: New Milford Bristol County: Hartford Year town established: 1785 Neighboring towns: Burlington, Farmington, Plainville, Southington, Wolcott, Plymouth Former name(s) of town: Ecclesiastical Society of New Cambridge, Great Forest, Poland, Southwest Society of Farmington Town(s) it was taken from: Farmington Town(s) later separated from it: Burlington Brookfield County: Fairfield Year town established: 1788 Neighboring towns: New Milford, Bridgewater, Newtown, Bethel, Danbury, New Fairfield Former name(s) of town: Quabaug, Whisconier, Pocono, Newbury, West Farms Town(s) it was taken from: Danbury, New Milford, Newton Brooklyn County: Windham Year town established: 1786 Neighboring towns: Pomfret, Canterbury, Killingly, Plainfield, Hampton Former name(s) of town: Mortlake, Wiltshire, Kingswood, Brookline Town(s) it was taken from: Canterbury, Pomfret Town(s) later separated from it: Hampton Burlington County: Hartford Year town established: 1806 Neighboring towns: New Hartford, Canton, Avon, Farmington, Bristol, Plymouth, Harwinton Former name(s) of town: West Briton, West Woods Town(s) it was taken from: Bristol Town(s) later separated from it: Avon, Canton Canaan County: Litchfield Year town established: 1739 Neighboring towns: North Canaan, Norfolk, Salisbury, Cornwall Former name(s) of town: Falls Village Town(s) later separated from it: North Canaan Canterbury County: Windham Year town established: 1703 Neighboring towns: Brooklyn, Plainfield, Griswold, Lisbon, Sprague, Scotland, Hampton Town(s) it was taken from: Plainfield Town(s) later separated from it: Brooklyn, Hampton Canton County: Hartford Year town established: 1806 Neighboring towns: Barkhamsted, Granby, Simsbury, Avon, Burlington, New Hartford Former name(s) of town: Suffrage, West Simsbury Town(s) it was taken from: Simsbury Towns or parts of towns later annexed into it: New Hartford, Burlington, Avon Chaplin County: Windham Year town established: 1822 Neighboring towns: Ashford, Eastford, Hampton, Scotland, Windham, Mansfield Town(s) it was taken from: Hampton, Mansfield, Windham Chatham (see East Hampton) Cheshire County: New Haven Year town established: 1870 Neighboring towns: Southington, Meriden, Wallingford, Hamden, Bethany, Prospect, Waterbury, Wolcott Former name(s) of town: West Farms Town(s) it was taken from: Wallingford Town(s) later separated from it: Prospect Chester County: Middlesex Year town established: 1836 Neighboring towns: Haddam, East Haddam, Lyme, Deep River, Killingworth Former name(s) of town: Pattaquonk Quarter, Fourth Ecclesiastical Society of Saybrook, North Society Town(s) it was taken from: Saybrook Clinton County: Middlesex Year town established: 1838 Neighboring towns: Madison, Killingworth, Westbrook Town(s) it was taken from: Killingworth Colchester County: New London Year town established: 1698 Neighboring towns: Marlborough, Hebron, Lebanon, Salem, East Haddam, East Hampton Former name(s) of town: Jeremy's Farms Town(s) later separated from it: Marlborough, Salem Colebrook County: Litchfield Year town established: 1779 Neighboring towns: Norfolk, Winchester, Hartland, Massachusetts (State) Former name(s) of town: Coldbrook Columbia County: Tolland Year town established: 1804 Neighboring towns: Coventry, Windham, Lebanon, Hebron, Andover Former name(s) of town: Lebanon Crank Town(s) it was taken from: Lebanon Cornwall County: Litchfield Year town established: 1740 Neighboring towns: Canaan, Sharon, Goshen, Warren Town(s) it was taken from: Fairfield Coventry County: Tolland Year town established: 1712 Neighboring towns: Tolland, Mansfield, Columbia, Andover, Bolton, Vernon Former name(s) of town: Mile and Quarter Town(s) later separated from it: Andover Cromwell County: Middlesex Year town established: 1851 Neighboring towns: Rocky Hill, Portland, Middletown, Berlin Former name(s) of town: Upper Middletown, Upper Houses Town(s) it was taken from: Middletown Danbury County: Fairfield Year town established: 1687 Neighboring towns: New Fairfield, Brookfield, Bethel, Redding, Ridgefield, New York (State) Former name(s) of town: Swampfield, Swamfield Town(s) later separated from it: Brookfield, Bethel Towns or parts of towns later annexed into it: Ridgefield Darien County: Fairfield Year town established: 1820 Neighboring towns: Stamford, New Canaan, Norwalk Former name(s) of town: Bell Town, Bellville Town(s) it was taken from: Stamford Deep River County: Middlesex Year town established: 1635 Neighboring towns: Chester, Lyme, Essex, Westbrook, Killingworth Former name(s) of town: Saybrook Town(s) it was taken from: Saybrook Town(s) later separated from it: Chester, Essex, Lyme, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Westbrook, East Lyme, Salem Derby County: New London Year town established: 1675 Neighboring towns: Ansonia, Woodbridge, Orange, Shelton Town(s) it was taken from: Milford Town(s) later separated from it: Ansonia, Seymour, Beacon Falls, Oxford, Naugatuck Durham County: Middlesex Year town established: 1708 Neighboring towns: Middlefield, Middletown, Haddam, Madison, Guilford, North Branford, Wallingford Former name(s) of town: Long Swamp Towns or parts of towns later annexed into it: Haddam Quarter East Granby County: Hartford Year town established: 1858 Neighboring towns: Suffield, Windsor Locks, Windsor, Bloomfield, Simsbury, Granby Former name(s) of town: Simsbury North East Parish of Turkey Hills Town(s) it was taken from: Granby Towns or parts of towns later annexed into it: Windsor Locks East Haddam County: Middlesex Year town established: 1734 Neighboring towns: East Hampton, Colchester, Salem, Lyme, Chester, Haddam Former name(s) of town: Mackimoodus, Lands at Thirty Mile Island Town(s) it was taken from: Haddam East Hampton County: Middlesex Year town established: 1767 Neighboring towns: Glastonbury, Marlborough, Colchester, East Haddam, Haddam, Middletown, Portland Former name(s) of town: Chatham Town(s) it was taken from: Middletown Town(s) later separated from it: Portland East Hartford County: Hartford Year town established: 1783 Neighboring towns: South Windsor, Manchester, Glastonbury, Hartford Former name(s) of town: Podunk Town(s) it was taken from: Hartford East Haven County: New Haven Year town established: 1785 Neighboring towns: New Haven, North Haven, North Branford, Branford Former name(s) of town: New Haven East Village, Easthaven Town(s) it was taken from: New Haven Town(s) later separated from it: New Haven East Lyme County: New London Year town established: 1839 Neighboring towns: Old Lyme, Lyme, Salem, Montville, Waterford Former name(s) of town: Second Ecclesiastical Society of Lyme Town(s) it was taken from: Lyme, Waterford East Windsor County: Hartford Year town established: 1768 Neighboring towns: Enfield, Ellington, South Windsor, Windsor, Windsor Locks Former name(s) of town: Windsor Farms, Second Society of Windsor, Sixth Society of Windsor, Scantic Society Town(s) it was taken from: Windsor Town(s) later separated from it: Ellington, South Windsor Eastford County: Windham Year town established: 1847 Neighboring towns: Union, Woodstock, Pomfret, Hampton, Chaplin, Ashford Town(s) it was taken from: Ashford Easton County: Fairfield Year town established: 1745 Neighboring towns: Redding, Newtown, Monroe, Trumbull, Fairfield, Weston Former name(s) of town: North Fairfield Town(s) it was taken from: Weston Ellington County: Tolland Year town established: 1786 Neighboring towns: Enfield, Somers, Stafford, Tolland, Vernon, South Windsor, East Windsor Former name(s) of town: Great Swamp, Windsor Gosehen, Elenton Town(s) it was taken from: East Windsor Town(s) later separated from it: Enfield, Suffield, Monson Enfield County: Hartford Year town established: 1683 Neighboring towns: Suffield, East Windsor, Ellington, Somers, Longmeadow (MA), East Longmeadow (MA) Former name(s) of town: Freshwater Town(s) it was taken from: Springfield (MA) Town(s) later separated from it: Somers Essex County: Middlesex Year town established: 1854 Neighboring towns: Deep River, Lyme, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Westbrook Town(s) it was taken from: Old Saybrook Fairfield County: Fairfield Year town established: 1639 Neighboring towns: Westport, Weston, Easton, Trumbull, Bridgeport Town(s) later separated from it: Bridgeport, Easton, Redding, Weston, Westport Farmington County: Hartford Year town established: 1640 Neighboring towns: Avon, West Hartford, New Britain, Plainville, Bristol, Burlington Former name(s) of town: Tunxes Town(s) later separated from it: Avon, Bristol, Burlington, New Britain, Plainville, Southington, Wolcott Franklin County: New London Year town established: 1786 Neighboring towns: Windham, Sprague, Norwich, Bozrah, Lebanon Former name(s) of town: Norwich West Farms Town(s) it was taken from: Norwich Town(s) later separated from it: Sprague Glastonbury County: Hartford Year town established: 1692 Neighboring towns: East Hartford, Manchester, Bolton, Hebron, Marlborough, East Hampton, Portland, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield Former name(s) of town: Naubuc, Glassenbury, Glastenbury, Watertuyn Town(s) it was taken from: Wethersfield Town(s) later separated from it: Marlborough Goshen County: Litchfield Year town established: 1739 Neighboring towns: Norfolk, Winchester, Torrington, Litchfield, Cornwall Former name(s) of town: New Bantam Granby County: Hartford Year town established: 1786 Neighboring towns: Hartland, Barkhamsted, Canton, Simsbury, East Granby, Massachusetts (State) Town(s) it was taken from: Simsbury Town(s) later separated from it: East Granby Greenwich County: Fairfield Year town established: 1656 Neighboring towns: Stamford, New York (State) Town(s) it was taken from: New Haven Griswold County: New London Year town established: 1815 Neighboring towns: Plainfield, Voluntown, North Stonington, Preston, Lisbon, Canterbury Former name(s) of town: North Parish of Preston, Second Society of Preston Town(s) it was taken from: Preston Groton County: New London Year town established: 1705 Neighboring towns: New London, Ledyard, Stonington Former name(s) of town: East Side Town(s) it was taken from: New London Town(s) later separated from it: Ledyard Guilford County: New Haven Year town established: 1643 Neighboring towns: Branford, North Branford, Durham, Madison Former name(s) of town: Gilford Town(s) it was taken from: New Haven Town(s) later separated from it: Durham, Madison Haddam County: Middlesex Year town established: 1662 Neighboring towns: Middletown, East Hampton, East Haddam, Chester, Killingworth, Durham Former name(s) of town: Hadham, Thirty Mile Island Lands Town(s) later separated from it: East Haddam Hamden County: New Haven Year town established: 1786 Neighboring towns: Cheshire, Wallingford, North Haven, New Haven, Woodbridge, Bethany Town(s) it was taken from: New Haven Hampton County: Windham Year town established: 1786 Neighboring towns: Eastford, Pomfret, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Scotland, Chaplin Town(s) it was taken from: Brooklyn, Canterbury, Pomfret, Mansfield, Windham Town(s) later separated from it: Chaplin Hartford County: Hartford Year town established: 1635 Neighboring towns: Windsor, East Hartford, Wethersfield, Newington, West Hartford, Bloomfield Former name(s) of town: Newtown Town(s) later separated from it: East Hartford, Manchester, West Hartford Hartland County: Hartford Year town established: 1761 Neighboring towns: Colebrook, Barkhamsted, Granby, Massachusetts (State) Town(s) it was taken from: Hartford Harwinton County: Litchfield Year town established: 1737 Neighboring towns: Torrington, New Hartford, Burlington, Plymouth, Thomaston, Litchfield Former name(s) of town: Harrington Hebron County: Tolland Year town established: 1708 Neighboring towns: Bolton, Andover, Columbia, Marlborough, Glastonbury Town(s) later separated from it: Marlborough, Andover Towns or parts of towns later annexed into it: Lebanon Kent County: Litchfield Year town established: 1739 Neighboring towns: Sharon, Cornwall, Warren, New Milford, Sherman, New York (State) Town(s) it was taken from: Colchester, Fairfield, Norwalk Town(s) later separated from it: Warren, Washington Killingly County: Windham Year town established: 1708 Neighboring towns: Putnam, Pomfret, Brooklyn, Plainfield, Sterling, Rhode Island (State) Town(s) later separated from it: Putnam, Thompson Killingworth County: Middlesex Year town established: 1667 Neighboring towns: Haddam, Chester, Deep River, Clinton, Madison, Durham Former name(s) of town: Kenelmeworth, Kenalworth, Kenellworth, Keliworth Town(s) later separated from it: Clinton Lebanon County: New London Year town established: 1700 Neighboring towns: Columbia, Windham, Franklin, Bozrah, Colchester, Hebron Former name(s) of town: The Mile, Five Mile Purchase Town(s) later separated from it: Columbia Ledyard County: New London Year town established: 1836 Neighboring towns: Montville, Preston, North Stonington, Stonington, Groton, Waterford Town(s) it was taken from: Groton Lisbon County: New London Year town established: 1786 Neighboring towns: Canterbury, Griswold, Preston, Norwich, Sprague Former name(s) of town: Newent, Norwich North East Society Town(s) it was taken from: Norwich Town(s) later separated from it: Sprague Litchfield County: Litchfield Year town established: 1719 Neighboring towns: Goshen, Torrington, Harwinton, Thomaston, Morris, Washington, Warren Former name(s) of town: New Bantam Town(s) it was taken from: Hartford, Windsor, Lebanon Town(s) later separated from it: Morris, Washington Lyme County: New London Year town established: 1667 Neighboring towns: East Haddam, Salem, East Lyme, Old Lyme, Essex, Deep River, Chester Former name(s) of town: East Saybrook Town(s) it was taken from: Saybrook Town(s) later separated from it: Old Lyme, East Lyme, Salem Madison County: New Haven Year town established: 1826 Neighboring towns: Guilford, Durham, Killingworth, Clinton Town(s) it was taken from: Guilford Town(s) later separated from it: Clinton Manchester County: Hartford Year town established: 1823 Neighboring towns: South Windsor, Vernon, Bolton, Glastonbury, East Hartford Former name(s) of town: Five Mile Tract Town(s) it was taken from: Hartford Towns or parts of towns later annexed into it: East Windsor Mansfield County: Tolland Year town established: 1702 Neighboring towns: Willington, Ashford, Chaplin, Windham, Coventry Town(s) it was taken from: Windham Town(s) later separated from it: Chaplin Marlborough County: Hartford Year town established: 1803 Neighboring towns: Glastonbury, Hebron, Colchester, East Hampton Former name(s) of town: New Marlborough Town(s) it was taken from: Colchester, Glastonbury, Hebron Meriden County: New Haven Year town established: 1806 Neighboring towns: Berlin, Middletown, Middlefield, Wallingford, Cheshire, Southington Town(s) it was taken from: Wallingford Middlebury County: New Haven Year town established: 1807 Neighboring towns: Watertown, Waterbury, Naugatuck, Oxford, Southbury, Woodbury Former name(s) of town: West Farms of Waterbury, Middleburgh Town(s) it was taken from: Waterbury, Woodbury, Southbury Middlefield County: Middlesex Year town established: 1866 Neighboring towns: Meriden, Middletown, Durham, Wallingford Town(s) it was taken from: Middletown Middletown County: Middlesex Year town established: 1651 Neighboring towns: Cromwell, Portland, East Hampton, Haddam, Durham, Middlefield, Berlin Town(s) it was taken from: Middlefield, Berlin, East Hampton, Cromwell Milford County: New Haven Year town established: 1639 Neighboring towns: Stratford, Shelton, Orange, West Haven Former name(s) of town: Sleepy Hollow Town(s) it was taken from: New Haven Town(s) later separated from it: Orange, Woodbridge Monroe County: Fairfield Year town established: 1823 Neighboring towns: Newtown, Oxford, Shelton, Trumbull, Easton Former name(s) of town: Flat Rock, New Stratford Town(s) it was taken from: Huntington Montville County: New London Year town established: 1786 Neighboring towns: Bozrah, Norwich, Preston, Ledyard, Waterford, East Lyme, Salem Former name(s) of town: North New London, North Parish of New London Town(s) it was taken from: New London Town(s) later separated from it: Salem Morris County: Litchfield Year town established: 1859 Neighboring towns: Litchfield, Watertown, Bethlehem, Washington Former name(s) of town: South Farms Town(s) it was taken from: Litchfield Naugatuck County: New Haven Year town established: 1844 Neighboring towns: Middlebury, Waterbury, Prospect, Bethany, Beacon Falls, Oxford Former name(s) of town: Judds Meadow, South Farms of Waterbury, Society of Salem Bridge Town(s) it was taken from: Waterbury, Bethany, Oxford Town(s) later separated from it: Beacon Falls New Britain County: Hartford Year town established: 1850 Neighboring towns: Farmington, Newington, Berlin, Southington, Plainville Former name(s) of town: Great Swamp Society, Quebec Town(s) it was taken from: Berlin New Canaan County: Fairfield Year town established: 1801 Neighboring towns: Wilton, Norwalk, Darien, Stamford, New York (State) Town(s) it was taken from: Norwalk, Stamford New Fairfield County: Fairfield Year town established: 1740 Neighboring towns: Sherman, Danbury, Brookfield, New Milford, New York (State) Former name(s) of town: Lower Seven Miles Town(s) it was taken from: Fairfield Town(s) later separated from it: Sherman New Hartford County: Litchfield Year town established: 1738 Neighboring towns: Torrington, Barkhamsted, Canton, Burlington, Harwinton Former name(s) of town: New Harford Town(s) it was taken from: Hartford Town(s) later separated from it: Canton New Haven County: New Haven Year town established: 1638 Neighboring towns: Woodbridge, Hamden, North Haven, East Haven, West Haven Former name(s) of town: Newhaven Town(s) later separated from it: Branford, North Branford, Woodbridge, East Haven, North Haven, Hamden, Organe, West Haven, Woodbridge, Bethany, Beacon Falls, Wallingford, Cheshire, Prospect, Meriden Towns or parts of towns later annexed into it: Fair Haven New London County: New London Year town established: 1648 Neighboring towns: Waterford, Groton Town(s) later separated from it: Groton, Waterford, North Stonington, Stonington, Ledyard, Montville, Salem, East Lyme New Milford County: Litchfield Year town established: 1712 Neighboring towns: Kent, Washington, Roxbury, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Sherman, Brookfield, New Fairfield Town(s) later separated from it: Washington, Bridgewater, Brookfield Newington County: Hartford Year town established: 1871 Neighboring towns: West Hartford, Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, Berlin, New Britain, Farmington Former name(s) of town: West Farms of Wethersfield, Wethersfield West Society, Cow Plain Town(s) it was taken from: Wethersfield Town(s) later separated from it: Berlin Newtown County: Fairfield Year town established: 1711 Neighboring towns: Brookfield, Southbury, Oxford, Monroe, Easton, Redding, Bethel Former name(s) of town: New Town Town(s) later separated from it: Brookfield Norfolk County: Fairfield Year town established: 1758 Neighboring towns: North Canaan, Canaan, Goshen, Winchester, Colebrook, New Marlborough (MA), Sandisfield (MA) North Branford County: New Haven Year town established: 1831 Neighboring towns: Wallingford, Durham, Guilford, Branford, East Haven, North Haven Former name(s) of town: North Farms, The Village Town(s) it was taken from: Branford North Canaan County: Litchfield Year town established: 1858 Neighboring towns: Salisbury, Canaan, Norfolk, Massachusetts (State) Town(s) it was taken from: Canaan North Haven County: New Haven Year town established: 1786 Neighboring towns: Wallingford, North Branford, East Haven, New Haven, Hamden Former name(s) of town: East Farms, North East Ecclesiastical Society of New Haven Town(s) it was taken from: New Haven Towns or parts of towns later annexed into it: Wallingford North Stonington County: New London Year town established: 1807 Neighboring towns: Stronington, Ledyard, Preston, Griswold, Voluntown, Hopkinton (RI) Former name(s) of town: Milltown Town(s) it was taken from: Stonington Norwalk County: Fairfield Year town established: 1651 Neighboring towns: Darien, New Canaan, Wilton, Westport Town(s) it was taken from: Hartford Town(s) later separated from it: New Canaan, Westport, Wilton Norwich County: New London Year town established: 1784 Neighboring towns: Sprague, Lisbon, Preston, Montville, Bozrah, Franklin Former name(s) of town: Mohegan Town(s) later separated from it: Lisbon, Bozrah, Franklin, Sprague Old Lyme County: New London Year town established: 1855 Neighboring towns: Old Saybrook, Essex, Lyme, East Lyme Former name(s) of town: South Lyme, Black Hall Town(s) it was taken from: Lyme Old Saybrook County: Middlesex Year town established: 1852 Neighboring towns: Westbrook, Essex, Old Lyme Town(s) it was taken from: Saybrook Town(s) later separated from it: Essex Orange County: New Haven Year town established: 1822 Neighboring towns: Shelton, Derby, Woodbridge, West Haven, Milford Former name(s) of town: Bryan's Farms, Ecclesiastical Society of North Milford Town(s) it was taken from: Milford, West Haven Town(s) later separated from it: West Haven Oxford County: New Haven Year town established: 1798 Neighboring towns: Middlebury, Naugatuck, Beacon Falls, Seymour, Monroe, Newtown, Southbury Town(s) it was taken from: Derby Town(s) later separated from it: Beacon Falls, Naugatuck, Bethany, Seymour Towns or parts of towns later annexed into it: Waterbury, Southbury, Derby Plainfield County: Tolland Year town established: 1699 Neighboring towns: Brooklyn, Killingly, Sterling, Voluntown, Griswold, Canterbury Former name(s) of town: Quinebaug Plantation Town(s) later separated from it: Canterbury, Hampton, Brooklyn Plainville County: Hartford Year town established: 1869 Neighboring towns: Farmington, New Britain, Southington, Bristol Former name(s) of town: Great Plain, Great Plain of Farmington Town(s) it was taken from: Farmington Plymouth County: Litchfield Year town established: 1795 Neighboring towns: Harwinton, Burlington, Bristol, Wolcott, Waterbury, Thomaston Former name(s) of town: Up River, Twitchgrass Meadow Town(s) it was taken from: Watertown Town(s) later separated from it: Thomaston Pomfret County: Tolland Year town established: 1713 Neighboring towns: Woodstock, Putnam, Killingly, Brooklyn, Hampton, Eastford Town(s) later separated from it: Putnam, Brooklyn, Hampton Portland County: Middlesex Year town established: 1841 Neighboring towns: Glastonbury, East Hampton, Middletown, Cromwell Town(s) it was taken from: East Hampton Preston County: New London Year town established: 1687 Neighboring towns: Lisbon, Griswold, North Stonington, Ledyard, Montville, Norwich Town(s) later separated from it: Griswold Prospect County: New Haven Year town established: 1827 Neighboring towns: Waterbury, Cheshire, Bethany, Naugatuck Former name(s) of town: West Rocks, Waterbury South Farms Town(s) it was taken from: Cheshire, Waterbury Putnam County: Windham Year town established: 1855 Neighboring towns: Thompson, Woodstock, Pomfret, Killingly, Rhode Island (State) Former name(s) of town: Quinebaugh Falls, Great Falls, Cargill Falls, Pomfret Factory Town(s) it was taken from: Thompson, Pomfret, Killingly Redding County: Fairfield Year town established: 1767 Neighboring towns: Ridgefield, Danbury, Bethel, Newtown, Easton, Weston, Wilton Former name(s) of town: Reading Town(s) it was taken from: Fairfield Ridgefield County: Fairfield Year town established: 1709 Neighboring towns: Danbury, Redding, Wilton, New York (State) Former name(s) of town: Ridgfield Rocky Hill County: Hartford Year town established: 1843 Neighboring towns: Wethersfield, Glastonbury, Cromwell, Berlin, Newington Former name(s) of town: Lower Community of Wethersfield, Lexington, Stepney Parish, Society of Stepney, Shipmans Hill Town(s) it was taken from: Wethersfield Roxbury County: Litchfield Year town established: 1796 Neighboring towns: Washington, Woodbury, Southbury, Bridgewater, New Milford Former name(s) of town: Rucum Hill, Upper Farms of Woodbury, Shepaug, Westbury Town(s) it was taken from: Woodbury Salem County: New London Year town established: 1819 Neighboring towns: Colchester, Bozrah, Montville, East Lyme, Lyme, East Haddam Former name(s) of town: New Salem Town(s) it was taken from: Colchester, Lyme, Montville Salisbury County: Litchfield Year town established: 1741 Neighboring towns: North Canaan, Canaan,Sharon, Massachusetts (state), New York (state) Saybrook (see Deep River) Scotland County: Tolland Year town established: 1857 Neighboring towns: Chaplin, Hampton, Canterbury, Sprague, Windham Town(s) it was taken from: Windham Seymour County: New Haven Year town established: 1850 Neighboring towns: Oxford, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Woodbridge, Ansonia, Shelton Former name(s) of town: Naugatuck, Rimmon, Chusetown, Humphreysville, The Falls Town(s) it was taken from: Derby Town(s) later separated from it: Beacon Falls Towns or parts of towns later annexed into it: Oxford Sharon County: Litchfield Year town established: 1739 Neighboring towns: Salisbury, Cornwall, Kent, New York (State) Former name(s) of town: New Sharon, Ellsworth Town(s) it was taken from: Colchester, Lebanon Shelton County: Fairfield Year town established: 1789 Neighboring towns: Monroe, Seymour, Ansonia, Derby, Orange, Milford, Stratford, Trumbull Former name(s) of town: Huntington Town(s) it was taken from: Stratford Town(s) later separated from it: Monroe Sherman County: Fairfield Year town established: 1802 Neighboring towns: Kent, New Milford, New Fairfield, New York (State) Former name(s) of town: Upper Seven Miles, New Dillaway Town(s) it was taken from: New Fairfield Simsbury County: Hartford Year town established: 1690 Neighboring towns: Granby, East Granby, Bloomfield, Avon, Canton Town(s) later separated from it: Bloomfield, Canton, Granby, East Granby Somers County: Tolland Year town established: 1734 Neighboring towns: Enfield, Ellington, Stafford, East Longmeadow (MA), Hampton (MA) Former name(s) of town: East Enfield Town(s) it was taken from: Enfield South Windsor County: Hartford Year town established: 1845 Neighboring towns: East Windsor, Ellington, Vernon, Manchester, East Hartford, Windsor Former name(s) of town: Wapping Town(s) it was taken from: East Windsor Town(s) later separated from it: Vernon Southbury County: New Haven Year town established: 1787 Neighboring towns: Roxbury, Woodbury, Middlebury, Oxford, Newtown, Bridgewater Former name(s) of town: South Purchase Town(s) it was taken from: Woodbury Town(s) later separated from it: Middlebury, Oxford Southington County: Hartford Year town established: 1779 Neighboring towns: Bristol, Plainville, New Britain, Berlin, Meriden, Cheshire, Wolcott Former name(s) of town: South Farmington, South Division, Clark's Farms, Panthorn Town(s) it was taken from: Farmington Town(s) later separated from it: Wolcott, Bristol Towns or parts of towns later annexed into it: Meriden Southold (now part of Suffolk County, NY) County: Year town established: Neighboring towns: Sprague County: New London Year town established: 1861 Neighboring towns: Scotland, Canterbury, Lisbon, Norwich, Franklin Former name(s) of town: Hanovr Society Town(s) it was taken from: Lisbon, Franklin Stafford County: Tolland Year town established: 1719 Neighboring towns: Somers, Ellington, Willington, Union, Hampden (MA), Monson (MA) Stamford County: Fairfield Year town established: 1641 Neighboring towns: New Canaan, Darien, Greenwich, New York (State) Former name(s) of town: Rippowam Town(s) later separated from it: Darien, New Canaan Sterling County: Windham Year town established: 1794 Neighboring towns: Killingly, Plainfield, Voluntown, Rhode Island (State) Town(s) it was taken from: Voluntown Stonington County: New London Year town established: 1662 Neighboring towns: Groton, Ledyard, North Stonington, Westerly (RI) Former name(s) of town: Mistic, Souther Town, Southerton Town(s) later separated from it: North Stonington Stratford County: Fairfield Year town established: 1639 Neighboring towns: Bridgeport, Trumbull, Shelton, Milford Former name(s) of town: Stradford, Cupheag Town(s) later separated from it: Shelton, Monroe, Trumbull, Bridgeport Suffield County: Hartford Year town established: 1674 Neighboring towns: East Granby, Windsor Locks, Enfield, Southwick (MA), Agawam (MA) Former name(s) of town: Stony River Thomaston County: Litchfield Year town established: 1875 Neighboring towns: Litchfield, Harwinton, Plymouth, Watertown Town(s) it was taken from: Plymouth Thompson County: Windham Year town established: 1785 Neighboring towns: Woodstock, Putnam, Massachusetts (State), Rhode Island (State) Former name(s) of town: Thompson Hill Town(s) it was taken from: Killingly Town(s) later separated from it: Putnam Tolland County: Tolland Year town established: 1715 Neighboring towns: Ellington, Willington, Coventry, Vernon Torrington County: Litchfield Year town established: 1740 Neighboring towns: Goshen, Winchester, New Hartford, Harwinton, Litchfield Former name(s) of town: Spruce Swamp, New Orleans Village, Wolcottville Town(s) it was taken from: Windsor Trumbull County: Fairfield Year town established: 1797 Neighboring towns: Monroe, Shelton, Stratford, Bridgeport, Easton Town(s) it was taken from: Stratford Union County: Tolland Year town established: 1734 Neighboring towns: Stafford, Willington, Ashford, Eastford, Woodstock, Massachusetts (State) Former name(s) of town: Union Lands, Union Right Vernon County: Tolland Year town established: 1808 Neighboring towns: Ellington, Tolland, Coventry, Bolton, Manchester, South Windsor Former name(s) of town: North Society of Bolton, Richmond, Rockville Town(s) it was taken from: Bolton Voluntown County: New London Year town established: 1721 Neighboring towns: North Stonington, Griswold, Plainfield, Sterling, West Greenwich (RI), Exeter (MA), Hopkinton (MA) Former name(s) of town: Vounteers' Town, Volunton Town(s) later separated from it: Sterling Wallingford County: New Haven Year town established: 1673 Neighboring towns: Meriden, Middlefield, Durham, North Branford, North Haven, Hamden, Cheshire Former name(s) of town: New Haven Village, East River, Wallingsford Town(s) it was taken from: New Haven Town(s) later separated from it: Cheshire, Prospect, Meriden Warren County: Litchfield Year town established: 1786 Neighboring towns: Cornwall, Kent, Litchfield, Washington Former name(s) of town: East Greenwich Town(s) it was taken from: Kent Washington County: Litchfield Year town established: 1779 Neighboring towns: Warren, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, Bethlehem, Woodbury, Roxbury, New Milford Town(s) it was taken from: Woodbury, Litchfield, Kent, New Milford Waterbury County: New Haven Year town established: 1686 Neighboring towns: Watertown, Plymouth, Wolcott, Prospect, Naugatuck, Middlebury Town(s) it was taken from: Farmington Town(s) later separated from it: Watertown, Plymouth, Thomaston, Wolcott, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Prospect Waterford County: New London Year town established: 1801 Neighboring towns: East Lyme, Montville, Ledyard, Groton, New London Town(s) it was taken from: New London Town(s) later separated from it: East Lyme Watertown County: Litchfield Year town established: 1780 Neighboring towns: Bethlehem, Morris, Thomaston, Plymouth, Waterbury, Middlebury, Woodbury Town(s) it was taken from: Waterbury Town(s) later separated from it: Plymouth, Thomaston West Hartford County: Hartford Year town established: 1854 Neighboring towns: Bloomfield, Hartford, Newington, Farmington, Avon Former name(s) of town: West Division Parish, West Society Town(s) it was taken from: Hartford Towns or parts of towns later annexed into it: Farmington West Haven County: New Haven Year town established: 1921 Neighboring towns: Milford, Orange, New Haven Former name(s) of town: West Farms of New Haven Town(s) it was taken from: Orange Westbrook County: Middlesex Year town established: 1840 Neighboring towns: Clinton, Deep River, Essex, Old Saybrook Former name(s) of town: Saybrook West Ecclesiastical Society, Pochaug, Manunkateset Town(s) it was taken from: Saybrook Weston County: Fairfield Year town established: 1832 Neighboring towns: Redding, Wilton, Easton, Fairfield, Westport Former name(s) of town: North Fairfield Town(s) it was taken from: Fairfield Town(s) later separated from it: Westport, Easton Westport County: Fairfield Year town established: 1835 Neighboring towns: Norwalk, Wilton, Weston, Fairfield Former name(s) of town: Greens Farms, Bankside Town(s) it was taken from: Fairfield, Weston, Norwalk Wethersfield County: Hartford Year town established: 1634 Neighboring towns: Hartford, Glastonbury, Rocky Hill, Newington Former name(s) of town: Watertown Town(s) later separated from it: Berlin, Glastonbury, Newington, Rocky Hill, Marlborough Willington County: Tolland Year town established: 1727 Neighboring towns: Stafford, Union, Ashford, Mansfield, Tolland, Ellington Former name(s) of town: Wellington Towns or parts of towns later annexed into it: Ashford Wilton County: Fairfield Year town established: 1802 Neighboring towns: Ridgefield, Redding, Weston, Westport, Norwalk, New Canaan, New York (State) Former name(s) of town: Wilton Ecclesiastical Society of Norwalk, Upper Norwalk Town(s) it was taken from: Norwalk Towns or parts of towns later annexed into it: Ridgefield Winchester County: Litchfield Year town established: 1771 Neighboring towns: Norfolk, Torrington, Colebrook, Barkhamsted, Goshen Town(s) later separated from it: Torrington Windham County: Windham Year town established: 1692 Neighboring towns: Mansfield, Chaplin, Scotland, Franklin, Lebanon, Columbia, Coventry Former name(s) of town: Hither Place Town(s) later separated from it: Chaplin, Hampton, Mansfield, Scotland Windsor County: Hartford Year town established: 1633 Neighboring towns: Windsor Locks, East Windsor, South Windsor, Hartford, Bloomfield, East Granby Town(s) later separated from it: Windsor Locks, Bloomfield, East Windsor, Ellington, South Windsor, East Granby, Canton Windsor Locks County: Hartford Year town established: 1854 Neighboring towns: Suffield, East Windsor, Windsor, East Granby Former name(s) of town: Pine Meadow, Enfield Falls Town(s) it was taken from: Windsor Town(s) later separated from it: East Granby Wolcott County: New Haven Year town established: 1796 Neighboring towns: Bristol, Southington, Cheshire, Waterbury, Plymouth Former name(s) of town: Farmingbury Town(s) it was taken from: Waterbury, Southington Woodbridge County: New Haven Year town established: 1784 Neighboring towns: Bethany, Hamden, New Haven, Orange, Derby, Ansonia, Seymour Town(s) it was taken from: New Haven, Milford Town(s) later separated from it: Bethany Woodbury County: Litchfield Year town established: 1674 Neighboring towns: Roxbury, Washington, Bethlehem, Watertown, Middlebury, Southbury Town(s) later separated from it: Bethlehem, Middlebury, Roxbury, Southbury, Washington Woodstock County: Windham Year town established: 1690 Neighboring towns: Union, Eastford, Pomfret, Putnam, Thompson, Massachusetts (State) Former name(s) of town: New Roxbury * Some of the above information was adapted from Connecticut Place Names, Arthur H. Hughes and Morse S. Allen, Hartford [Connecticut] : Connecticut Historical Society, c1976. |