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The Old Lyme Historic District encompasses the historic village center of Old Lyme, Connecticut. Located mainly on Lyme Street south of Interstate 95 , the village, settled in the mid-17th century, has an architectural history dating to the early 18th century, flourishing as a shipbuilding center and home to many ship captains.
The southern section of Old Lyme has a mostly flat topography, intersected with tidal marsh and swamp, while the northern sections of the town have a rocky and hilly terrain. Old Lyme lies in the Köppen climate classification zone Cfa, or mild temperate climate. The summers have highs in the 80s °F (and 90's F on occasion) and the winters ...
Shaded relief map of the Llano Estacado. Texas contains a wide variety of geologic settings. The state's stratigraphy has been largely influenced by marine transgressive-regressive cycles during the Phanerozoic, with a lesser but still significant contribution from late Cenozoic tectonic activity, as well as the remnants of a Paleozoic mountain range.
The eastern portion of Lyme (bordering the town of Waterford) separated from Lyme in 1823 and became part of East Lyme. The southern portion of Lyme (along Long Island Sound) separated in 1855 as South Lyme (renamed Old Lyme in 1857). Both changes were consistent with the then-existing laws of the state of Connecticut.
Limestone County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000 [40] Pop 2010 [38] Pop 2020 [39] % 2000 % ...
The Florence Griswold Museum is an art museum at 96 Lyme Street in Old Lyme, Connecticut centered on the home of Florence Griswold (1850–1937), which was the center of the Old Lyme Art Colony, a main nexus of American Impressionism. The museum is noted for its collection of American Impressionist paintings.
South Lyme became Old Lyme in 1857. [9] Stepney Parish became Rocky Hill in 1843. [39] Swampfield became Danbury in 1687. [40] [41] Totoket became Branford in 1653. [9] Upper Middletown became Cromwell in 1851. [9] Watertown became Wethersfield in 1637. [42] Wepawaug became Milford in 1640. [9] West Farms became Franklin in 1786. [43] Westbury ...
In the Texas area the map includes old Spanish roads from Louisiana stretching to the Rio Grande and into Coahuila and Tamaulipas, newer roads connecting the rapidly developing multi-colored counties and the old Camino Real or Chihuahua Trail leading south from Santa Fe (in Texas!) along the Rio Grande past "Passo del Norte" to Chihuahua.