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History of West Hartford, Connecticut, USA

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Where is West Hartford, Connecticut, USA?

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  Birthplace of Noah Webster
  
• 1854 - (West Hartford, CT) A former parish of Hartford, area delegates petitioned the General Assembly to form their own town in 1854.
  
  connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ west-hartford/
  
  
• 1854 - West Hartford
  West Hartford, a post-village in Hartford co., Connecticut, 5 miles W. from Hartford.
  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.
  
  
• 1859
  HARTFORD (West), a flourishing village of Hartford township, in the state of Connecticut, U.S., 4 m. W of Hartford.
  A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
  
  
•  1869 - Not one death occurred last year among the ninety families of West Hartford, Conn.
  
  St Joseph Herald
  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  February 6, 1869
  
  
• 1886 - West Hartford
  The locality now known as the town of West Hartford was two hundred years ago an undivided tract of land in the West Division of Hartford. It was...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - West Hartford
  West Hart'ford, a post-village in West Hartford township, Hartford co., Conn., 4 or 5 miles W. of Hartford. It has a high school. The township has 3...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Noah Webster Statue, West Hartford, Conn.
  
• 1906
  West Hartford, a post-village in West Hartford township (town), Hartford co., Conn., 4 miles W. of Hartford. Pop. of the town in 1900, 3186.
  Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
  
  
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  Center School
  
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  Congregational Church
  
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  Town Hall and Noah Webster Memorial Library
  
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  High School, 1913
  
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  The Center
  
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  The West Hartford Trust Co.
  
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  Congregational Church
  
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  Wm. H. Hall High School
  
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  Railroad Station
  
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  James Talcott Junior High School (Elmwood)
  
• 1932 - St. Joseph College founded in West Hartford.
  
  Timeline of Connecticut History
  
  
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  Sedgewick School