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The town and river were given their present names in 1645, which is considered the incorporation year of the town. The town's boundaries were later enlarged several times, making it the largest in the Connecticut Colony. The town was named "Farmington" on account of its location within a farming district. [3]
The Farmington Historic District encompasses a 275-acre (111 ha) area of the town center of Farmington, Connecticut. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The area roughly corresponds to the section of Route 10 between Route 4 and U.S. Route 6, and includes 115 buildings, primarily residences, built before 1835.
It is the largest reservoir in Connecticut, the largest impoundment on the Farmington River system, and its 54 acre watershed extends from the towns of Barkhamsted and Hartland, Connecticut into Western Massachusetts. [8] The reservoir's 30.3 billion gallon capacity supplies nearly 75% of the drinking water for Greater Hartford. [9]
The term Farmington Valley, as used in the local vernacular, refers primarily to the towns of Farmington, Avon, Simsbury, Canton and Granby. However, when defined by the course of the Farmington River, or by its entire watershed, the term can refer to large areas of land across the north central portion of Connecticut and into southern ...
Residence, c. 1750, [16] of an early settler, who was born in Farmington, Connecticut on November 20, 1713. [17] Cowles was a justice of the peace and a captain in the local militia. He held a number of town offices, and was viewed as a leading man in town. [17]
In 1978, at the age of 26, he was elected state senator from a district that included Farmington, Connecticut. Curry served two terms and then faced fellow state senator Nancy Johnson , a moderate Republican from New Britain in 1982 for the open seat formerly held by Toby Moffett in what was then the Sixth Congressional District.
Map of the counties of colonial Connecticut, 1766. There are eight counties in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Four of the counties – Fairfield, Hartford, New Haven and New London – were created in 1666, shortly after the Connecticut Colony and the New Haven Colony combined. Windham and Litchfield counties were created later in the colonial ...
Hartford County is a county located in the north central part of the U.S. state of Connecticut.According to the 2020 census, the population was 899,498, [1] making it the second-most populous county in Connecticut.