Search results
Taftville is a small village in eastern Connecticut. It is a neighborhood of Norwich but has its own post office. It was established in 1866 as site for the large Taftville Mill, later Ponemah Mill. Map.
Named after the founder of the large textile mill in 1866, Taftville is north of Greeneville and west of the Shetucket River. Since the 19th century, Taftville has been the center of Norwich's French-Canadian population.
- Bean Hill
- Taftville
- Laurel Hill
- Greenville
- Norwichtown
- Occum
- Yantic
- Jail Hill
- Chelsea Or Downtown
Although once referred to as “Westville," the name “Bean Hill” stuck as the village name for this area of the city, and Plummer said there are a number of different stories behind its name. “Beans were an important food item for early settlers and for Native Americans,” he said. “One story is that the early settlers discovered some beans that had b...
In his book Victorian Norwich, Arthur Lathrop covers 135 years of the city’s industrial growth following the Civil War. The growth of textile factories came not only from the demand created by the war, he writes. More:Where can you find a COVID-19 booster shot in and around Norwich? “Congress had helped by passing high tariffs in 1862 and 1864 and ...
Originally called Pepper Hill, developers of Laurel Hill changed its name as a way to attract residents to the largely residential neighborhood. “Laurel Hill was basically developed as a Victorian residential neighborhood and was called Pepper Hill before that,” explained Plummer. “But Pepper Hill doesn’t sound too good, Laurel Hill sounds … pleasa...
It was William P. Greene who incorporated his Water Power Company in 1828 in order to bring waters from the Shetucket River into manufacturing use, writes Lathrop. More:Sentences, jury trials and guilty pleas: A look back at 2021's Eastern Conn. court cases “Manufacturing plants, noxious but profitable,” notes Lathrop, lined the nearly one-mile lon...
The oldest of the city’s villages, Norwichtown was where the city’s first settlers lived and is today one of two local historic districts in Norwich. According to the official history of Norwich, the land was purchased from the Mohegan Tribe in 1659 and settled around the Norwichtown Green. By 1684, settlers authorized a new public landing at the h...
Another mill village, Occum, developed along the Shetucket River and took its name from Samson Occom. A member of the Mohegan Tribe, Occom – whose name was often misspelled as Occum and Alcom – became a Presbyterian cleric and was among the first Native Americans to publish his writings in English. More:Will home prices keep climbing in 2022 or sta...
The Yantic River provided an attractive opportunity for water-powered mills and served as the site of mill village established by Captain Erastus Williams. The history of the village began when Williams purchased an existing mill building and expanded it to make woolen cloth. In 1847, according to Lathrop, Williams started the Yantic Fire Engine Co...
Jail Hill took its name from the presence of a county jail constructed on the top of the steep hill overlooking the downtown area in 1834. As Lathrop explains in "Victorian Norwich," the jail saw a number of inmates during the lead-up and arrival of the prohibition era in the U.S. More:Conn. residents are surviving opioid overdoses, but denying opi...
The Downtown area of Norwich grew in the late 19th and 20th century as a result of the confluence of three major rivers, the Shetucket, Thames and Yantic, which came together to host a prosperous colonial seaport called Chelsea Landing by the mid-1700s. More:The new year brings new COVID-19 mandates for Norwich city employees. Here's what we know. ...
- Trevor Ballantyne
- Reporter
Road map. Detailed street map and route planner provided by Google. Find local businesses and nearby restaurants, see local traffic and road conditions. Use this map type to plan a road trip and to get driving directions in Taftville.
Taftville is a small village in eastern Connecticut. It is a neighborhood of Norwich but has its own post office ( ZIP Code 06380). It was established in 1866 as site for the large Taftville Mill, later Ponemah Mill.
Taftville / Occum is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Norwich, Connecticut. Taftville / Occum real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and small apartment buildings.
People also ask
Where is Taftville NH located?
Who were the first residents of Taftville?
Where is Greeneville on the east side?
This page provides a complete overview of Taftville maps. Choose from a wide range of map types and styles. From simple political to detailed satellite map of Taftville, New London County, Connecticut, United States.
