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Washington is a rural town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, in the North Eastern region of the United States. The population was 3,646 at the 2020 census . [ 1 ] Washington is known for its picturesque countryside, historic architecture, and active civic and cultural life.
Washington village was settled in 1734, and its Congregational society was formed in 1741. The basic layout of the town green dates to this early period. The surrounding area developed agriculturally, and the village center's growth was boosted by the founding in 1850 of The Gunnery, a private boarding school still in operation today. In the ...
The Calhoun–Ives Historic District, or more formally the Calhoun Street–Ives Road Historic District, is a locally and nationally designated rural agricultural historic district in the town of Washington, Connecticut. [2] It is located a mile north of the village of Washington Depot, Connecticut. [3] It runs along Calhoun Street and Ives Road.
The town of Essex sits pretty in Middlesex County, CT—surrounded on three sides by water and located just miles away from where the Connecticut River empties into the Long Island Sound.
The New Preston Hill Historic District encompasses a small rural 19th-century village center in the New Preston area of the town of Washington, in Litchfield County, Connecticut. Settled in the late 18th century, it is distinctive for its examples of stone architecture, include a rare Federal period stone church.
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.
Washington. Washington has the best of both worlds: a small-town vibe with a very vibrant cultural scene. With a backdrop of the Berkshire Mountains—which truly come alive in the fall—the town ...
New Preston is a rural village and census-designated place (CDP) in the northwestern corner of the town of Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.As of the 2010 census, the population of the New Preston CDP was 1,182, [1] out of 3,578 in the entire town of Washington.