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Connecticut cities, towns and boroughs whose name begins with the letter N.
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Submissions must be specific to Naugatuck, Connecticut. |
Naugatuck [New Haven County] was incorporated from Bethany, Oxford and Waterbury in May,1844. Its Algonkin name translates to "one tree." Its former names are Salem parish or Salem Bridge, and originally, South Farms of Waterbury.Total area, 16.5 sq. miles, Land area, 16.4 sq. miles. Population, est., 31,048. Voting districts, 8. Principal industries, chemicals, brass novelties, plastics, aerosols, moulded aluminum and iron, glass, brass and copper goods, candy, screws, hospital supplies.
Naugatuck includes the area known as Union City.
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Submissions must be specific to New Britain, Connecticut. |
New Britain [Hartford County] Connecticut was a parish named in 1754 from (Great) Britain. It was incorporated from Berlin in May, 1850.Area, 13.4 sq. miles. Population, est., 70,492. Voting districts, 19. Principal industries, manufacture of builders' hardware, engineering firms, banking, hoists, and mechanics' tools.
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Submissions must specifically relate to New Canaan, Connecticut. |
New Canaan [Fairfield County] was named in 1731 and incorporated from Norwalk and Stamford in 1801.Area, 22.5 sq. miles. Population, 2000 Census, 19,395. Voting districts, 3. Residential community with a compact business district of specialty shops, and some small office buildings.
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Submissions must specifically relate to New Fairfield, Connecticut. |
New Fairfield [Fairfield County] was settled and named in 1728 from Fairfield. It was incorporated in 1740.Area, 25.1 sq. miles. Population, 2000 Census, 13,953. Voting districts, 2. Principal industries, machined tools and electrical parts; well known summer resort.
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Please suggest sites here that are specifically related to the town of New Hartford, Connecticut, USA, including the area known as Pine Meadow. If your site's locality is somewhere other than New Hartford, please select the appropriate Locality. If your site is for a business or organization that has multiple locations, please select the best County or Metro Area category. |
New Hartford, Connecticut
New Hartford was named in 1733 from Hartford and incorporated in 1738. It has a total area of 38.1 sq. miles and a land area of 37.0 sq. miles. The first settlers were from Hartford and included John, Cyprian and Zachariah Watson, Joseph Gillet, Noah Merril, Deacon Martin Smith, Thomas Olcott, Stephen Kelsey, Matthew Gillet, John Andrus, Jonathan Marsh, Daniel Shepherd, Samuel Douglass and Eleazer Goodwin.
New Hartford is located 20 miles northwest of Hartford and is bounded north by Barkhamsted, east by Canton, west by Torrington, and south by Burlington and Harwinton. The town is six miles in length, and contains a range of mountains of substantial elevation.
Principal industries of the town include furniture making, machine parts, electronic components, springs, guitars, business forms and plastics. New Hartford includes the area known as Pine Meadow.
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Information submitted must relate specifically to New Haven, Connecticut, or to the areas of New Haven known as Allingtown, Fair Haven, Federal Station, Kilby and Westville. |
New Haven [New Haven County] Connecticut was settled in 1638 and named in 1640, from Newhaven on the south coast of Sussex. Its Indian name is Quinnipiac. Consolidated and incorporated as a city in 1895.Area, 20.3 sq. miles. Population, est., 123,189. Voting districts, 30. Principal industries, health, educational and business services. New Haven's industries include manufacturing and such business services as accounting, engineering, research and management.
New Haven includes the sections known as Allingtown, Fair Haven, Federal Station, Kilby, Westville and Yale.
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Please submit sites pertaining to health and medical resources in the city of New London to this category. |
New London [New London County] was settled as "Pequot" in 1646 and named New London in 1658 from London, England. Its Native American name is "Nameaug".Area, 10.8 sq. miles. Population, est., 23,869. Voting districts, 7. Principal industries: high technology research and engineering, steel fabrication, ship building and repair, marine construction, antiques, doors, windows, interior trim, fishing, entertainment and tourism.
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Information submitted must relate specifically to New Milford, Connecticut, or to the area of New Milford known as Gaylordsville. |
New Milford [Litchfield County] was settled from Milford in 1707 and incorporated in 1712. Its Native American name is "Weantinock" or "Weantinogue."Total area, 63.7 sq. miles, Land area, 61.6 sq. miles. Population, 2000 Census, 27,121. Voting districts, 7. Principal industries, processing of concentrated foods; manufacture and processing of paper products; electronics and precision instruments production.
New Milford includes the area known as Gaylordsville.
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Submissions must be specific to Newington, Connecticut. |
Newington [Hartford County] Connecticut was a parish, named in 1721 from Newington in Kent or Stoke-N. Middlesex (London). It was incorporated from Wethersfield in July, 1871.Area, 13.2 sq. miles. Population, est., 28,346. Voting districts, 7. Principal industries, printing and manufacture of airplane parts, dies, gauges, tools and plumbing supplies.
It is considered to be a part of the Greater Hartford Metro Area.
| Information submitted must relate specifically to Newtown, Connecticut, or to the areas of Newtown known as Botsford, Sandy Hook and Hawleyville. |
Newtown [Fairfield County] was named in 1708 and incorporated in 1711. Its Native American name is "Pootatuck" or "Quonapague".Area, 59.1 sq. miles. Population, 2000 Census, 25,031. Voting districts, 4. Principal industries, manufacture of pressure gauges, plastics, paper boxes, wire brushes, biomedical research instruments, corrugated cartons, copper tubing, wire coating, warehouse distribution centers.
Newtown includes the areas known as Botsford, Sandy Hook and Hawleyville, as well as the Borough of Newton, an area of approximately one square mile located entirely within the greater municipality.
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Please suggest sites here that are specifically related to the town of Norfolk, Connecticut, USA. If your site's locality is somewhere other than Norfolk, please select the appropriate Locality. If your site is for a business or organization that has multiple locations, please select the best County or Metro Area category. |
Norfolk, Connecticut
Cornelius Brown of Windsor settled Norfolk, Connecticut in 1774. The town was incorporated in 1758. Mainly an industrial town relying on the waterpower of the Blackberry River, Norfolk continued to thrive after the industrial decline in the later 19th century. This was due to both the coming of the Western Railroad in 1871 and to the town’s natural beauty.
Norfolk has remained a cultural center, with the Stoeckel Estate and the Music Shed visited by some of the world’s greatest musical artists. It is also the home of the Yale Summer School of Music and Art.
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Information submitted must relate specifically to North Branford, Connecticut, or to the area of North Branford known as Northford. |
North Branford [New Haven County] Connecticut was named as a society in 1768 and incorporated from Branford in 1831.Area, 26.7 sq. miles. Population, est., 13,967. Voting districts, 2. Principal industries, agriculture, trap rock (Tilcon Minerals, Inc. has one of the largest trap rock quarries in the East and ships by rail; has tidewater docks at Pine Orchard), plastic autobody filler, machine products, printing and microfilming, electronic instruments, and solid state control circuitry. Location of New Haven Water Company's largest source of water, man-made Lake Gaillard, and their multi-million dollar water treatment facility.
North Branford includes the section known Northford. It is considered a part of the New Haven Metro Area.
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Submissions must specifically relate to North Canaan, Connecticut. |
The town of North Canaan [Litchfield County] was incorporated from Canaan in 1858.Total area, 19.5 sq. miles, Land area, 19.5 sq. miles. Population, 2000 Census, 3,350. Voting Districts, 1. Principal industries, agriculture, manufacture of medical and surgical instruments, lime and limestone products, magnesium and calcium metals, electrical coils, sand and stone.
Canaan village (that is, the place that most maps identify with a dot labeled "Canaan") and the area called East Canaan are both in the town of North Canaan.
North Haven [New Haven County] Connecticut was named in 1739 and incorporated from New Haven in 1786.Area, 21.1 sq. miles. Population, est., 22,148. Voting districts, 5. Principal industries, manufacture of aircraft components, paper boxes, miscellaneous non-metallic mineral products, cutlery, tools and general hardware, industrial chemical, miscellaneous wood products, structural clay products, fertilizers, machinery, professional and services equipment, plumbing and heating, manufacture of firearms, commercial printing, sporting goods, electrical and electronic cable and parts, printed circuit boards, aluminum strip mill, steel fabrication, food distribution, die casting, ceramic products, milt and products, scrap reduction.
North Haven is considered a part of the New Haven Metro Area.
North Stonington [New London County] was named in 1724 and incorporated from Stonington in 1807.Area, 55.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 4,882. Voting Districts, 1. Principal industry, agriculture.
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Information submitted must relate specifically to Norwalk, Connecticut, or to the areas of Norwalk known as South Norwalk and Rowayton. |
Norwalk [Fairfield County] was settled in 1649 and incorporated in 1651. Its name is believed to be derived from the Algonquin word 'noyank', meaning 'point of land'. Its Native American name is "Naramauke".Area, 36.3 sq. miles. Population, 2000 Census, 82,951. Voting districts, city elections, 12; state, 14. Principal industries, a wide variety of electronic research and manufacturing companies which produce signaling devices, aircraft radar equipment, optical devices and electronic components; manufacturing of chemicals, machinery and equipment of many kinds, auto accessories, wearing apparel and allied industries, hardware, packaged and frozen foods, lithography and printing.
Norwalk includes the areas known as South Norwalk and Rowayton.
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Information submitted must relate specifically to Norwich, Connecticut, or to the areas of Norwich known as Taftville and Yantic. |
Norwich [New London County] was settled in 1659 and accepted as a legal township in 1662. Named from Norwich in Norfolk, England. Its Native American name is "Mohegan".Area, 29.5 sq. miles. Population, est., 34,931. Voting districts, 10. Principal industries, manufacture of textiles, cartons, plastics, electronics, furniture, plumbing equipment, power tools, wire goods, photo engraving, computer services, marinas.
Norwich includes the sections of Taftville and Yantic.
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