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Ledyard is situated north of Groton, and borders the east bank of the Thames River in southeastern Connecticut. The northern half of the Naval Submarine Base New London is located in the southwestern corner of the town. Ledyard is among the areas of the United States that was covered by a continental ice sheet during the last ice age. Therefore ...
The Mashantucket Pequot Reservation Archeological District is a historic district in the northeast corner of the town of Ledyard, Connecticut.The district includes nearly 1,638 acres (6.63 km 2) of archeologically sensitive land in the northern portion of the uplands historically called Wawarramoreke by the federally recognized Mashantucket Pequot Tribe.
The earliest gravestones in the cemetery are "Ann" buried November 15, 1772 and Luther Geer died 1776. According to History of the Town of Ledyard: [2] The Geer family had originally settled in New London in 1651 and flourished in the area. The land that is currently the Gales Ferry Cemetery was probably the Luther Geer farm at one time (this ...
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
Ledyard is a town in New London County, Connecticut. ... Pages in category "Ledyard, Connecticut" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
Groton used to include what is now the town of Ledyard, which separated from Groton in 1836. The original center of Groton is still known as Center Groton at the present-day intersection of Route 184 and Route 117, now in the north-central part of town, due to the departure of Ledyard to the north. Groton Center was the location of the town's ...
Gales Ferry is a census-designated place [2] and village in the town of Ledyard, Connecticut, United States.It is located along the eastern bank of the Thames River.The community developed as a result of having a ferry to Uncasville located at this site, and from which the village was named.
Nineteen of the towns in Connecticut are consolidated city-towns, and one is a consolidated borough-town. City incorporation requires a Special Act by the Connecticut General Assembly . All cities in Connecticut are dependent municipalities, meaning they are located within and subordinate to a town.