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diversified with hill and dale; but the soil, which is a gravelly loam, is generally fertile and productive. It is adapted to a grain culture, and produces rye and other grains. Agriculture is the principal business of the town, and furnishes employment to most of the inhabitants. Rye, corn, oats and flax are the principal agricultural in

terests.

pike road runs through the west part of the town.

The population of the town, in 1810, was 2770; and there are now 400 qualified Electors, 3 Companies of Militia, and 400 Dwelling houses.

The taxable polls and estate of the town, in 1817, was $60,000.

There are 3 Mercantile Stores, 4 Grain Mills, 2 Carding Machines, The Ousatonick river washes 18 District Schools, 6 Churches, the town on its eastern border. two for Congregationalists, two for There are several shad fisheries Episcopalians, one for Baptists," upon this river, and two bridges and one for Methodists; 1 Law across it, one called Zoar, and the||yer, 3 Clergymen and 2 Physicians other Leavenworth's bridge. Bridgeport and Newtown turn-||1789.

The town was incorporated in

NEW-CANAAN.

NEW-CANAAN, a small post|| township, is situated 8 miles north of Long Island sound, and 77 miles south west from Hartford.

It is bounded north by the State of New-York, west by the town of Stamford, south by Stamford and Norwalk, and east, partly by Norwalk and partly by Wilton. Its extent is 6 miles in length and 4 in breadth, containing 24 square miles, or 15,360 acres.

The surface is mountainous, containing spines or ridges composed of rock and stone, which extend from north to south through the town.

There are several small streams in the town, the most considerable of which are the Five mile river, which rises in the State of NewYork, and runs through the town; Nosoten, which rises within the town; one branch of Stamford Mill river, which runs through its northwest section; and a branch of Norwalk river, that runs through the east part of the town.

Although agriculture is the leading pursuit of the inhabitants, yet considerable attention is paid to manufactures, particularly to the manufacture of shoes, of which there are annually about 60,000 pair sent abroad for a market.

At the census of 1810, the population of the town was 1599. There are now 220 Freemen, 2 Companies of militia, 260 Dwel

The soil is a hard gravelly loam, being stony, but tolerably well timbered, and generally good for cultivation; producing wheat, rye, corn, oats, flax and buck-wheat, and affording, generally, good pas-ling houses, 2 Churches, one for turage and grass. Congregationalists and one for

and consists principally of a trade carried on with New-York by sloops, of which there are 12 or 15 belonging to the town. This trade is a great convenience to the farmers, as it affords them a great facility for conveying their produce to New-York.

Byram river is the most considerable stream; it runs within the town for some distance, and thence forms the boundary between the two States.

the census of 1810, was 3533; and there are, 500 Dwelling houses, 400 Freemen or Electors, and 3 companies of militia.

The amount of taxable property, (estimated according to the laws for making up lists,) including polls, is $86,416.

The town is divided into three parishes, or located Congregational Societies; besides these, there are one Society of Episcopalians, one of Baptists, and one of Methodists. There are 17 School districts, in each of which there is a School house, and a primary or common School maintained, 1 Social Library, 3 Clergymen, 4 Physicians and

There are a number of fisheries upon the bays, creeks and inlets upon the sound, at which both shell and fin fish are taken; of the former, oysters and clams, and of the latter, black fish are the most plen-1 resident Lawyer. ty and valuable.

This township was comprised The principal mail and stage within a tract, purchased of the road, from New-Haven to New-natives in 1640, and settled under York, passes through the centre of the government of New-Netherthis town. lands, (now New-York,) and was

The manufactures, mechani- incorporated in 1665, by Peter cal establishments and employ-Stuyvesant, then governor of Newments of the town consist of 2||Netherlands. But upon obtaining Cotton Factories, 1 Woolen Fac- the charter of Charles 2d, Greentory, 1 Paper Mill, 6 Grain Mills, wich being included within the. three of which are tide Mills,2Full-limits of Connecticut, as defined ing Mills and Clothiers' works, 2 by the charter, it was afterwards Carding Machines and 4 Tanne-granted by the colony, or the Generies. There are 9 Mercantile, ral Court, to eight persons or proStores. prietors.

The population of the town, at

HUNTINGTON.

HUNTINGTON, a post town,||satonick river, which separates the is situated on the west side of the town from Oxford and Derby. Ousatonick river, being 17 miles from New-Haven, and 45 from Hartford. It is bounded north on Newtown, south on Stratford and Trumbull, west on Reading and Weston, and east on the Ou

The township is about 10 miles long, from northwest to southeast, and averaging nearly 6 miles broad, from east to west, containing an area of about 56 square miles.

The surface is uneven, being

diversified with hill and dale; but the soil, which is a gravelly loam, is generally fertile and productive. It is adapted to a grain culture, and produces rye and other grains. Agriculture is the principal business of the town, and furnishes employment to most of the inhabitants. Rye, corn, oats and flax are the principal agricultural in

terests.

pike road runs through the west part of the town.

The population of the town, in 1810, was 2770; and there are now 400 qualified Electors, 3 Companies of Militia, and 400 Dwelling houses.

The taxable polls and estate of the town, in 1817, was $60,000.

There are 5 Mercantile Stores, 4 Grain Mills, 2 Carding Machines, The Ousatonick river washes 18 District Schools, 6 Churches, the town on its eastern border. two for Congregationalists, two for There are several shad fisheries Episcopalians, one for Baptists," upon this river, and two bridges and one for Methodists; 1 Law across it, one called Zoar, and the||yer, 3 Clergymen and 2 Physicians: other Leavenworth's bridge.

The town was incorporated in

Bridgeport and Newtown turn-1789.

NEW-CANAAN.

NEW-CANAAN, a small post|| township, is situated 8 miles north of Long Island sound, and 77 miles south west from Hartford.

It is bounded north by the State of New-York, west by the town of Stamford, south by Stamford and Norwalk, and east, partly by Norwalk and partly by Wilton. Its extent is 6 miles in length and 4 in breadth, containing 24 square miles, or 15,360 acres.

The surface is mountainous, containing spines or ridges composed of rock and stone, which extend from north to south through the town.

There are several small streams in the town, the most considerable of which are the Five mile river, which rises in the State of NewYork, and runs through the town; Nosoten, which rises within the town; one branch of Stamford Mill river, which runs through its northwest section; and a branch of Norwalk river, that runs through the east part of the town.

Although agriculture is the leading pursuit of the inhabitants, yet considerable attention is paid to manufactures, particularly to the manufacture of shoes, of which there are annually about 60,000 pair sent abroad for a market.

The soil is a hard gravelly loam, being stony, but tolerably well At the census of 1810, the potimbered, and generally good for pulation of the town was 1599. cultivation; producing wheat, rye, There are now 220 Freemen, 2 corn, oats, flax and buck-wheat, Companies of militia, 260 Dweland affording, generally, good pas-ling houses, 2 Churches, one for turage and grass. Congregationalists and one for

Episcopalians, 6 Grain Mills, 5||Libraries, 1 Clergyman and 2 PhySaw Mills, 3 Distilleries, 3 Tan-sicians."

neries, 2 Carding Machines and 7

The general list of the town,

Mercantile Stores. There are 9 in 1817, was $36,948.

School Districts and common New-Canaan was incorporated Schools, 1 Academy, 1 located as a town in 1801. and 1 Episcopal Society, 2 Social

NEW-FAIRFIELD.

NEW-FAIRFIELD is an incon-||rection, and discharges itself into siderable town, situated in the the Ousatonick. It contains 3 small northwestern section of the county, ponds, the most considerable of 64 miles distant from Hartford; and which is called Bull's pond. is bounded on the north by Sher- The population of the town, in man, on the east by New-Milford, 1810, was 772; and there are now, in Litchfield county, and Brook-130 qualified Electors, 1 company field, on the south by Danbury and of militia, and 130 Dwelling houRidgefield, and on the west by the||ses.

State of New-York. Its average The amount of taxable properlength is 5 miles, and its average ty, including polls, is $19,128. breadth 4 and a half miles, comprising 22 and a half square miles.

There are 1 Grain Mill, 1 Fulling Mill and Clothiers' works, 2 Carding Machines, 1 Tannery, 3 Mercantile Stores and 3 public Inns.

The town contains one located Congregational Society & Church, one Society of Methodists, six School districts & common Schools, one small Social Library, one Physician and two Clergymen.

The township is broken, having several granite ridges extending through it; the soil is hard and gravelly. There are some indications of iron ore in some parts of these ridges; but, as yet, there is no mine or bed of ore opened or worked. The timber and forests consist of oak of the different kinds, and other trees common to this region. The lands, when cultiva-the General Assembly, in October ted, produce wheat, rye, oats, grass, &c., and are considerably fertile and productive.

The town is watered by Rocky river, a considerable mill stream, which runs in a northeasterly di

New-Fairfield was granted by

1707, to sundry inhabitants of the town of Fairfield, whence it received its name; but the war, which at that time existed with the natives, prevented its being settled for some time afterwards.

NEWTOWN, a flourishing post|| several small streams. In the northtown, is pleasantly situated in the western section of the township, northern section of the county, on is a pond of considerable extent. the southwestern border of the Upon the Ousatonick, connecting Ousatonick river, 48 miles south- this town with Southbury, there is west from Hartford, and about 26 a toll bridge, called Bennett's miles northwest from New-Ha- bridge. This town is well accomven; bounded on the northwest modated with roads; there being, by Brookfield, on the northeast and in addition to the public roads, seeast by the Ousatonick river,which veral turnpikes leading through it, separates it from Southbury, in one from Hartford to Danbury: New-Haven county, on the south-and one leading to Bridgeport. east by Huntington and Weston, and on the southwest by Reading are inconsiderable. There are, and Danbury.

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The manufactures of the town

however, 1 Woolen Factory, 10 small Distilleries, 4 Tanneries, 5 Grain Mills, 5 Carding Machines and 4 Fulling Mills and Clothiers' works.

The township lies in a triangular form, and comprises an area of about 50 square miles, having an average length from northwest to southeast of about 8 miles, and a The population of the town, in mean breath of more than 6 miles. 1810, was 2834; and there are This township has an elevated lo- about 400 Dwelling houses, 300 cation. Its surface is hilly, and Electors, and 3 Companies of mimany of the eminences are exten- litia. The town contains 7 relisive and continuous; but no part gious Societies; one located Conof it is mountainous. The soil, gregational, one Episcopal, which which principally is a gravelly is the largest in the State, one loam, with some sections of san-Baptist, one small Society of Sandy loam, is, in general, fertile demanians, one of Universalists, and productive. It is well adapt- and two others. There are 15 ed to a grain culture; and rye, School Districts & primary Schools which is extensively and success- and 2 Social Libraries. fully cultivated, forms the staple In the central section of the production. It is favourable for the township there is a considerafruit, and abounds with many va-ble village. It is pleasantly situ luable orchards. The agricultur-ated on a height of land, rising graal interests are respectable; and, dually from the south, and more being an interior township, and abruptly on the east and west, behaving paid but little attention to ing the subsidence or gradual termanufactures, they afford employ-mination of a considerable ridge, ment to the principal part of the industry of the place.

extending from the mountainous district to the north and west. The The township is well watered, village consists principally of one its northeastern boundary through-street, which is very broad, and, out its whole course being washed by the Ousatonick, and its area intersected by the Powtatuck and

for nearly a mile, is well built; it contains 50 or 60 Dwelling houses, 2 houses for public worship, 2

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