Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

SOUTHINGTON

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 513 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

SOUTHINGTON , a township of See also:

Hartford See also:county, See also:Connecticut, U.S.A., about 15 m. S.W. of the See also:city of Hartford.' Within the township is the See also:borough of Southington, served by the New See also:York, New Haven & Hartford railroad. Pop. of the township (1910), 6516, which included that of the borough, 3714. The See also:area of the township is 35 sq. m. The See also:principal See also:industry is the manufacture of hardware goods. Between 1809 and 1874 as many as 236 See also:patents were granted to residents. Southington was originally a See also:part of the township of Farmington. It was settled about 1697; in 1724 it became an See also:independent parisi: under the name of Panthorn. The township was incorporated in 1779, the borough in 1889. See H. R. Timlow's Ecclesiastical and Other Sketches of Southington (Hartford, 1875).

End of Article: SOUTHINGTON

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
SOUTHGATE 		[next]
SOUTHOLD

Site © 2006 - Net Industries