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Middletown Connecticut River at Middletown, Connecticut.

Middletown

Connecticut, United States
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Middletown, city, coextensive with the town (township) of Middletown, Middlesex county, central Connecticut, U.S., on the Connecticut River. Settled by Puritans in 1650 and incorporated as a town in 1651, it occupies the site of the Indian village of Mattabesec (Mattabesett). It was named in 1653 for its position between the upstream towns and the river mouth. The city, chartered in 1784, consolidated with the town in 1923. Middletown was a seaport and shipbuilding centre...

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