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  History of Redding, Connecticut, USA

Journey back in time to Redding, Connecticut, USA

Visit Redding, Connecticut, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

• 1767 - Incorporated from Fairfield in 1767, the original name of the town was Reading, after John Read.
  
  connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ redding/
  
  
• 1819 - Reading
  Reading, an interior, central post township, is situated 60 miles southwest from Hartford; bounded on the north by Danbury, on the east by Newtown...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1839 - Reading
  Reading, Connecticut
  Fairfield county. This town was incorporated in 1767, and derived its name from Col. John Read, one of its first settlers. The...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1844 - Reading, CT was officially changed to Redding in 1844 by the United States Postal Service.
  
  connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ redding/
  
  
• 1854 - Redding
  Redding, a post-office of Fairfield co., Conn.
  A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
  
  
• 1895 - Redding
  Redding, a post-village of Fairfield co, Conn. in Redding township, about 11 miles N.W. of Bridgeport. It is on the Saugatuck River, 4 miles E. of...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1906
  Redding, a post-village of Fairfield co., Conn., in Redding township (town), about 14 miles NW. of Bridgeport, on the Saugatuck River. Pop. of the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  The Late Mark Twain's Residence, Redding, Conn.
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  Redding Glen, Redding, Conn.
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  Putnam Park Monument
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