Lisbon, Connecticut, USA
Peculiar Nutmeg Towns - Lisbon

There are some towns in Connecticut as well as elsewhere, which are "peculiar," and a man writing from Norwich to the New York Sun, gives the following account of one of them: "The town of Lisbon contains 548 inhabitants, according to the last census, and 137 voters. There are in the town eight school-houses and 107 school children. It contains five justices of the peace, one minister, one church, no lawyer, no doctor, no industrial work of any kind, no grocery store, no place where liquor is sold and no post-office. The town has never had a liquor license, having always voted no-license. The town is nine miles long and six miles wide. The northern part of the town receives its mail from South Canterbury, the eastern part from Jewett City, the southern part from Greeneville, and the western part from Versailles."

Springfield Daily Republican
Springfield, Massachusetts
September 22, 1897

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