Updated September 22, 2026
Ashford
Ashford was settled in 1710 as New Scituate and incorporated in 1714
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Town guides
One plain guide per town — the offices, the library, the parks and what's worth a walk. Nobody pays to appear in one, and we say plainly when something is still being checked.
Updated September 22, 2026
Brooklyn
Brooklyn was incorporated in 1786 and sits at the geographical centre of Windham County, about 29 square miles with some 60 miles of road
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Canterbury
Canterbury covers just over 40 square miles with about 5,000 residents, 68 miles of town road and 20 miles of state road
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Eastford
Eastford split from Ashford in 1847 — the name simply means the eastern part of Ashford
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Hampton
Hampton was incorporated in 1786 out of pieces of Pomfret, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Mansfield and Windham
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Killingly and Danielson
Killingly covers several villages — Danielson, Dayville, Attawaugan, Ballouville, East Killingly, South Killingly — with the town's business centred on Main Street in Danielson
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Plainfield and Moosup
Plainfield takes in Moosup, Central Village, Wauregan and Plainfield village itself
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Pomfret
Pomfret was incorporated in June 1713 and is one of Connecticut's oldest towns
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Putnam
Putnam is a mill town on the Quinebaug River, incorporated in 1855 out of pieces of Killingly, Pomfret and Thompson and named for General Israel Putnam
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Sterling
Sterling sits against the Rhode Island line, incorporated in 1794 out of Voluntown
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Thompson and North Grosvenordale
Thompson is the northeastern corner of Connecticut, against both Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and it is really ten villages — North Grosvenordale, Grosvenordale, Fabyan, Quaddick, Thompson Hill and the rest
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Woodstock
Woodstock is spread out: farms, stone walls and a long stretch of Route 169, one of the prettiest drives in the state
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