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History of Redding, Connecticut, USA
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1767 - Incorporated from Fairfield in 1767, the original name of the town was Reading, after John Read.
connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ redding/
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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...
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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...
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1844 - Reading, CT was officially changed to Redding in 1844 by the United States Postal Service.
connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ redding/
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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.
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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...
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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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