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Eastford, Windham, Connecticut, USA
Eastford was formed in 1847 when it was broken off from Ashford, Connecticut.
Principal Communities:
Phoenixville
East Phoenixville
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The first general from the Union Army to be killed in the Civil War was Nathaniel Lyon, from Eastford.
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- 1847 - (Eastford, CT) - Settled in the early 1700s, this eastern portion of Ashford separated from its parent town in 1847.
connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ eastford/ - 1854 - Eastford
Eastford, a post-village in Windham county, Connecticut, 35 miles E. N. E. from Hartford. Population of the township, 1127.
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 - Eastford
East'ford, a post-village of Windham co., Conn., in Eastford township, about 36 miles E.N.E. of Hartford. The township has 3 churches, a creamery, a s...Read MORE... 
Stone Mill in Phoenixville, Conn.
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Eastford Village, looking West
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Eastford, a post-village of Windham co., Conn., in Eastford township (town), about 36 miles ENE. of Hart ford. Pop. of the town in 1900, 523.
Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher 
Gen. Lyon Inn, Eastford, Conn.
"At the corner of Old Colony Road and Westford Road in Eastford (one of the buildings at 245 Old Colony Road near Eastford Green) is a former inn... The building served as an inn, originally called the Eastford... Read MORE...
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Eastford, Connecticut, USA
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 - Stone Mill in Phoenixville, Conn.)
Stone Mill in Phoenixville, Conn.
Eastford, Connecticut, USA
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 - Eastford Village, looking West)
Eastford Village, looking West
Eastford, Connecticut, USA
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 - Gen. Lyon Inn, Eastford, Conn.
"At the corner of Old Colony Road and Westford Road in Eastford (one of the buildings at 245 Old Colony Road near Eastford Green) is a former inn... The building served as an inn, originally called the Eastford House. For a time, starting in the 1840s, the inn was called the Temperance House. In 1918 the property was acquired by Waldo and Beatrice Kennedy, who renamed it the General Lyon Inn in honor of Gen. Nathaniel Lyon, an Eastford native who was the first Union general killed during the Civil War. He died at the Battle of Wilson’s Creek in Missouri on August 10, 1861. Many of those who attended Gen. Lyon’s funeral in Eastford stayed at the inn. Beatrice E. Kennedy continued to operate the inn and restaurant until 1975. The Inn finally closed in 1979 and is now the Gen. Lyon Apartments." historicbuildingsct.com)
Gen. Lyon Inn, Eastford, Conn.
"At the corner of Old Colony Road and Westford Road in Eastford (one of the buildings at 245 Old Colony Road near Eastford Green) is a former inn... The building served as an inn, originally called the Eastford... Read MORE...
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1847 - (Eastford, CT) - Settled in the early 1700s, this eastern portion of Ashford separated from its parent town in 1847.
connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ eastford/
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1854 - Eastford
Eastford, a post-village in Windham county, Connecticut, 35 miles E. N. E. from Hartford. Population of the township, 1127.
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 - Eastford
East'ford, a post-village of Windham co., Conn., in Eastford township, about 36 miles E.N.E. of Hartford. The township has 3 churches, a creamery, a... Read MORE...
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1916
Eastford, a post-village of Windham co., Conn., in Eastford township (town), about 36 miles ENE. of Hart ford. Pop. of the town in 1900, 523.
Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher
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