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 Welcome to Tolland
County
2/05/09
Various
Marriage Records
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A partial history of Tolland
County
*TOLLAND COUNTY was incorporated as such in
1786. It was formed
from Hartford and Windham Counties. It
is bounded N. by Massachusetts,
E. by Windham County, S.
by New London County, and
W. by Hartford County. It is
irregular in its form. Its greatest length
from N. to S.
is about 30 miles. At the north part it is nearly 20
miles
in breadth; at its southern extremity it is but five miles in
breadth.
Tolland County, as it respects its surface,
soil, & may be divided into
two distinct sections, the
eastern and western. The western section,
lying within the
great valley of the Connecticut, is a handsome level
or
undulating country. This tract is generally free from stone,
and the
soil, though somewhat light, is warm, fertile and
productive, and well
adapted to the growth of grain. The
eastern section, which embraces
the largest portion of the
County, is within the granitic range which extends
through
the State. A considerable proportion of forest lands
still
remain in this part of the county. The improved lands afford
tolerably
good grazing, but are not very well adapted for
a grain culture.
The manufacturing interests of the county
are respectable and flourishing.
The following is a
list of the towns, with their population in 1830:
Tolland,
1,698 Bolton,
744
Columbia, 962 Coventry,
2,119
Ellington, 1,455
Hebron, 1,937
Mansfield, 2,661 Somers, 1,429
Stafford,
2,515 Union,
711
Vernon, 1,164
Willington, 1,305
Population of the County in 1820, 14,330; in
1830, 18,700.
SURROUNDING COUNTIES:
Hartford
County
New London
County
Windham County
Hampden
County, MA
Worcester
County -
MA
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*HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS, CONTAINING
A GENERAL. COLLECTION OF INTERESTING FACTS, TRADITIONS,
BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES, ANECDOTES, & RELATING TO THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF
EVERY TOWN IN CONNECTICUT, GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS.
ILLUSTRATED BY
180 ENGRAVINGS.
BY John Warner Barber
He who transplanted still
sustains.
Published and sold at New Haven, by John W. Barber,
Hartford
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