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The History of WaterburyOn May 13th, 1686, Mattatuck became the Plantation of Waterbury, in the Count of Hartford. Mattatuck was so named for her "numerous rivers, rivulets, ponds, swamps, boggy meadows, and wet lands". Bury, borough, and burg interchangeably denote "dwelling place".
In 1704, Waterbury officially became a frontier town. Waterbury was born on June 6th, 1674! The center of town is now known as Town Plot Hill, and at that time was known as Old Town Plat [not Plot]. The center of Waterbury was later moved to it's current location due to concerns that frequent flooding of the Matatuck River (now known as the Naugatuck River) would cut off the settlement from access to support by Farmington (the center of the Colony of Connecticut) re-enforcements in the event of a war with the native aboriginal indigenous peoples. There was no apparent concern that any floods would also potentially destroy the town center, nor that the low-lying nature of the center would be an easy target for potential invaders. In as late as 1795, Waterbury consisted of about 130 square miles. Today, Waterbury is about 28.2 square miles. The oldest still-in-operation in the country: Waterbury Button Factory Connecticut button company has legacy connected to nation's history Bing video Posted to YouTube:: January 6th, 2017
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Moses Kills MosesOn December 7, 1771, a Red Man of the Mohegan Tribe, named Moses Paul, while in Bethany, and drunk, swung a flat iron at someone else, missed him, and accidently struck stander-by Moses Cook, of Waterbury, who died of the course. History of Connecticut
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CTHumanities Project History of Waterbury, Connecticut (u-s-history.com) WATERBURY HISTORY (greaterwaterbury.com) The History of Waterbury Internet Archive Waterbury, Connecticut Wikipedia Silas Bronson Library - Genealogy & Local History Waterbury Connecticut History a CTHumanities Project Bet Ya Didn't KnowUp until at least 1666, present-day Waterbury was in Hartford County. Waterbury was part of the Woodbury district briefly. In 1779, the Waterbury district was created.
When Waterbury's infamous "Mix Master" was built, it was the most complicated intersection in the world.
At one time, Waterbury was known throughout the country as having "the sweetest water in the nation".
Throughout his reign (of insane terror), Hitler always considered Waterbury to be his #1 target.
For decades, Waterbury was considered to be the country's 4th most strategically important city.
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What Waterbury Once Was
Back in the day, Waterbury was bounded by Milford, New Haven, Wallingford, Farmington, Woodbury, and "the wilderness". In fact, all of Poland was in Waterbury, which includes Plymouth, Terryville, Paquabuck, and parts of Bristol. About half of Wolcott and about half of Oxford were in Waterbury. All of Middlebury and all of Watertown, then Westbury, all of Northfield, then Northbury, all of Thomaston, all of Naugatuck, all of Beacon Falls, and all of Seymour were in Waterbury.