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Lisbon is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States, 7.3 miles (11.7 km) by road northeast of Norwich. The town is part of the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 4,195 at the 2020 census. [2] The town center is also known as the village of Newent. The town school is Lisbon Central School.
Connecticut state law also makes no distinction between a consolidated town/city and a regular town. Bolded city names indicate the state's largest cities, with the most populated being Bridgeport . Currently, Tolland County and Windham County are the only counties in Connecticut without a single city in them.
Although Connecticut is divided into counties, there are no county-level governments, and local government in Connecticut exists solely at the municipal level. [2] Almost all functions of county government were abolished in Connecticut in 1960, [3] except for elected county sheriffs and their departments under them. Those offices and their ...
The town has several elective offices as well: the town clerk, probate judge, registrar of voters, tax collector and treasurer. [24] The Board of Finance approves financial measures, including the town budget; the Board of Education controls the town's public schools; the Representative Town Meeting is the main legislative body of the town.
Location of New London County in Connecticut. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in New London County, Connecticut.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New London County, Connecticut, United States.
Took office Left office Party 1 Thomas Welles: 1639 1641 2 William Whiting 1641 1648 3 Thomas Welles: 1648 1652 4 John Talcott, Sr. 1652 1660 5 John Talcott, Jr. 1660 1676 6 William Pitkin: 1676 1679 7 Joseph Whiting 1679 1718 8 John Whiting 1718 1750 9 Nathaniel Stanly 1750 1756 10 Joseph Talcott: 1756 1769 11 John Lawrence 1769 1789 12 ...
Luther Jewett (1772–1860), United States Representative from Vermont, was born in town [21] Ephraim Paine (1730–1785) delegate for New York to the Continental Congress in 1784, was born in town [22] Charles Rocket, born Charles Adams Claverie (1949–2005), actor and former resident, who died in town [23]
The Connecticut Historic Resource Inventory lists 230 structures in Redding, the oldest built in 1710 by early settler Moses Knapp. [24] The Town of Redding lists another 285 structures that are believed to have been built before 1901 that are not listed in the Connecticut Historic Resource Inventory, the oldest built in 1711 by John Read. [25]