Enfield, Connecticut, USA (Thompsonville) (Hazardville)
1819 - Enfield

Enfield, a post town, is situated in the northeast corner of the county, on the east side of Connecticut river; being 16 miles from Hartford, and 50 from New Haven. It is bounded on the north by Long-Meadow, in Massachusetts, east by Somers, in Tolland county, south by East-Windsor, and west by Connecticut river, which separates it from Suffield.

It is nearly six miles in length from north to south, and five and a half in breadth, from east to west comprising about 33 square miles or 21,120 acres. The township is generally of a level surface, excepting the borders of the Connecticut, which are elevated and romantic. The soil is a light, sandy loam, very feasible and generally fertile; there are some small sections of pine plains, and some tracts of clay or argillaceous loam. The natural growth of the forests is Walnut, Oak, of the various kinds, Maple, Elm, Chesnut, Butternut, various shrubs, and on the plains, yellow pine; there are a considerable number of forests in the town, and some good timber...

A Gazetteer of the States of Connecticut and Rhode-Island: Written with Care and Impartiality, from Original and Authentic Materials : Consisting of Two Parts ... with an Accurate and Improved Map of Each State Authors John Chauncey Pease, John Milton Niles Publisher W.S. Marsh, 1819

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