| LC control no. | n 83052256 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Torrington (Conn.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Connecticut--Torrington |
| Variant(s) | Swamp Marsh (Conn.) Torringtord (Conn.) Torrington, Conn. |
| See also | Wolcottville (Torrington, Conn.) |
| Beginning date | 1740 |
| Associated place | Litchfield County (Conn.) |
| Found in | GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 41°48ʹ02ʺN 073°07ʹ16ʺW) NUCMC data from Litchfield Historical Society for Joseph Barbur promissory note, 1777 (Torringtord [i.e. Torrington] Conn.) GNIS, May 2, 2012 (under: Torrington, Conn.: variants: Mast Swamp; New Orleans Village; Spruce Swamp; Wolcottville; shows another Wolcottville in Litchfield County (variant name of Campville [in Town of Harwinton])) Britannica academic edition, viewed online, May 2, 2012 (the city of Torrington, Conn., in Litchfield County, is coextensive with the Town (township) of Torrington; 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 [as opposed to the town] 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; in 1881 the village changed its name to Torrington; the borough of Torrington, incorporated from the village in 1887, became a city in 1923; city and town were consolidated the same year) |
| Geographic area code | n-us-ct |
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