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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.
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] Farmington has been called the "mother of towns" because its vast area was divided to produce nine other central Connecticut communities.
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.
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 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 ...
Farmington, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, a town Farmington (community), Wisconsin , an unincorporated community Farmington Canal , also known as the New Haven and Northampton Canal, was a major private canal built in the early 19th century to provide water transportation from New Haven into the interior of Connecticut, Massachusetts and beyond
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]
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]