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Willimantic is a census-designated place located in Windham, Connecticut, United States. Previously organized as a city and later as a borough, Willimantic is currently one of two tax districts within the Town of Windham. Willimantic is located within Windham County and the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region.
Willimantic, city and principal community in the town (township) of Windham, Windham county, east-central Connecticut, U.S., at the junction of the Willimantic and Natchaug rivers. The site was settled about 1686 and developed because of the availability of waterpower for gristmills and sawmills.
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Willimantic is a census-designated place and former city located in the town of Windham in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The population was estimated at 15,823 at the 2000 census. It is home to Eastern Connecticut State University, as well as the Windham Textile and History Museum.
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Mar 31, 2016 · The Bright Lights of Willimantic - Connecticut Explored. 0. Best Of, Connecticut History, Made in Connecticut, Notable Connecticans. Thread box, c. 1879. The center woodcut depicts Mill Number Two, where the Willimantic Linen Company’s first experiments with the Brush electric arc light took place in 1879.
Although there is little known about Willimantic and Northeast Connecticut prior to the 1660's, the Willimantic River and its confluence with the Shetucket might have been Native boundaries, perhaps between the Mohegan and Nipmuc groups, with current day Willimantic likely inhabited by the Nipmuc people.
Nov 10, 2022 · No. 2, mill and dam, Willimantic, CT - Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. By Donald W. Rogers. The huge granite mill that still straddles the river in Willimantic, Connecticut, today symbolizes a cotton thread factory that long dominated the history of that city. The name on that building, “American Thread Company ...
Welcome to 1910 Willimantic! Welcome to the history of Willimantic 1910. This meta-exhibit on the Digital Windham website focuses on the history of the city of Willimantic around the year 1910. Why 1910? The year 1910 was, in one sense, an 'average' year in American history - no major American wars, with only a mild economic recession.
