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Torrington

Connecticut, United States
Also known as: Mast Swamp, New Orleans Village, Wolcottville
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Torrington, city, coextensive with the town (township) of Torrington, Litchfield county, northwestern Connecticut, U.S., on the Naugatuck River. The town was named in 1732 for Great Torrington, England, but the area was not settled until 1737. The town was incorporated in 1740. The village went by several names including Mast Swamp (1747), New Orleans Village (1806), and Wolcottville (1813), the latter for the founder of its principal industry: a woolen mill. During the American Revolution...

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