New Milford (Connecticut)
Litchfield County
09-52630
New Milford is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut, United States, with 28,400 inhabitants ( 2004) and the county seat of administration.
- 3.1 Traffic
- 4.1 Sons and daughters of the town
- 4.2 personalities who have worked on site
Geography
Geographical Location
The town lies on the northwestern shore of Candlewood Lake. Through the soft image of the city lead three rivers: the Aspetuck River, the Still River and the Housatonic River.
Neighboring communities
The neighboring communities of New Milford's Northville are in the north ( 4 km), Roxbury in the East ( 6 km), Lanesville in the south ( 3 km) and Sherman in the west ( 5 km). The nearest large towns are Danbury in the south ( about 15 km as the crow flies) and Waterbury in the east (about 18 km).
Boroughs
The place consists of 10 districts, most of which were originally independent municipalities: Boardman Bridge, Gaylordsville, Lower Merryall, Merwinsville, New Milford Center, Northville, Park Lane, Still River, Upper Merryall and Lanesville.
History
The first occupation of the site took place in 1707; already on 17 December 1711 location than that of 12 families with a total of 70 people were officially registered as a village.
The first railway line in Connecticut, which opened in 1840, New Milford association with Bridgeport. She had to open up the task of agriculture and the exploitation of mineral deposits in the region. The connection is active as pure freighters of today.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
The city is served by U.S. Highway 7 to the Interstate 84. This link has been widened to four lanes in 2007. In addition, results of U.S. Route 202, which runs parallel to the coast, through the town. The Housatonic Area Regional Transit operates several bus lines fixed to the surrounding area. There are also on the Danbury Branch of Metro-North Railroad, a rail link to the coast.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Elijah Boardman (1760-1830), politician and Senator of the United States
Personalities who have worked on site
- Roger Sherman (1721-1793), co-signer of the American Declaration of Independence
- Frank Charles Borromeo (1893-1969), journalist, politician and psychoanalyst
- Warren Weaver (1894-1978), mathematician and computer scientist
- Malcolm Cowley (1898-1989), writer
- Heinz Pol (1901-1972), German writer and film critic
- Skitch Henderson (1918-2005), pianist and conductor
- Henry Kissinger, former U.S. Secretary of State