Pomfret, Connecticut, USA
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Where is Pomfret, Connecticut, USA? Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, USA
The town was incorporated in 1713 and named after Governor Saltonstall’s estate near Pontefract (meaning broken bridge) in Yorkshire, England. Pomfret is bordered on the north by Woodstock, on the east by Putnam and Killingly, on the west by Eastford, and on the south by Brooklyn and Hampton...
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Pomfret, Connecticut, USA
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Pomfret, Connecticut, USA
Christ Episcopal Church, Pomfret, Conn.
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1713 - (Pomfret, CT) - Purchased from area natives in 1686 and incorporated in 1713, Pomfret was named for Pontefract in Yorkshire, England.
Agriculture and various mills along the town’s plentiful waterways supported the settlers’ earliest ...Read MORE...
Agriculture and various mills along the town’s plentiful waterways supported the settlers’ earliest ...Read MORE...
1819 - Pomfret
Pomfret, a post township, is situated in the central section of the county, 40 miles northeast from ...Read MORE...
Pomfret, a post township, is situated in the central section of the county, 40 miles northeast from ...Read MORE...
1906
Pomfret, a post-village in Pomfret township (town), Windham co., Conn., on the New York, New Haven...Read MORE...
Pomfret, a post-village in Pomfret township (town), Windham co., Conn., on the New York, New Haven...Read MORE...
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