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New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
"New Mil'ford, a handsome post-village in New Milford township, Litchfield co, Conn., on the Housatonic River, near the mouth of the Aspetuck, and on the Housatonic Railroad, 14 miles N. of Danbury, and 35 miles N. by W. of Bridgeport. It has 4 or 5 churches, a high school, a national bank, l other bank, a newspaper office, 5 tobacco warehouses or factories, and manufactures of buttons, hats, boots, and paper, Pop. of the township in 1890, 3917."
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ...
Joseph Thomas
January 1, 1895
J.B. Lippincott
"New Mil'ford, a handsome post-village in New Milford township, Litchfield co, Conn., on the Housatonic River, near the mouth of the Aspetuck, and on the Housatonic Railroad, 14 miles N. of Danbury, and 35 miles N. by W. of Bridgeport. It has 4 or 5 churches, a high school, a national bank, l other bank, a newspaper office, 5 tobacco warehouses or factories, and manufactures of buttons, hats, boots, and paper, Pop. of the township in 1890, 3917."
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ...
Joseph Thomas
January 1, 1895
J.B. Lippincott
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- 1819 - New Milford
New-Milford is a large and flourishing post town, in the southwestern extremity of the county, 48 miles southwest from Hartford; bounded on the north ...Read MORE... 
1860 - FIRE IN NEW-MILFORD, CONN.
Danbury, Conn., Saturday, Nov. 3. There was a large fire in New-Milford last night. It is reported that ten buildings were destroyed, including the...Read MORE...- 1893 - Fire
NEW-MILFORD, Conn., Oct. 30. - A large barn in Washington, owned by William Wadsworth of New York, was burned last night, with a ton of tobacco,...Read MORE... 
Village Green and Main St., New Milford, Conn.
Cove, New Milford, Conn.- 1902 - FIRE AT INGLESIDE SCHOOL.
NEW MILFORD, Conn., Dec. 21. - Fire to-day in Ingleside School, a large and fashionable seminary for girls, conducted by Mrs. William D. Black,...Read MORE... - 1902 - FIRE AT NEW MILFORD, CT.
Fire of an unknown origin, which started about 7 o'clock last night, completely destroyed the main building of the Bridgeport wood finishing...Read MORE... - 1902 - WRECK AT NEW MILFORD.
Train Breaks and Causes Rear End Collision - One Man Killed.
NEW MILFORD, Conn., March 20. - The midnight freight from New Haven to Pittsfield,...Read MORE... - 1906
New Milford, a banking post-village in New Milford township (town), Litchfield co., Conn., on the Housatonic River, near the mouth of the Aspetuck...Read MORE... - 1911 - TORNADO HITS CONNECTICUT.
Uproots Trees, Wrecks Houses, and Destroys Crops Near New Milford.
NEW MILFORD, Conn., Aug. 28. - A tornado swept through a section three miles...Read MORE... 
Bungalow, New Milford, Conn.- 1949 - March 2 - 1st automatic street light (New Milford, Ct)
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