Stonington, Connecticut
Stonington, Connecticut Water Street at Church Street, Stonington, CT.JPG Official seal of Stonington, Connecticut Location in New London County, Connecticut Location in New London County, Connecticut The town of Stonington is positioned in New London County, Connecticut, United States, in the state's southeastern corner.
It includes the borough of Stonington, the villages of Pawcatuck, Lords Point, and Wequetequock, and the easterly halves of the villages of Mystic and Old Mystic (the other halves being in the town of Groton).
The first European colonists established a trading home in the Pawcatuck section of town in 1649.
The present territory of Stonington was part of lands that had belonged to the Pequot citizens , who referred to the areas making up Stonington as Pawcatuck (Stony Brook to the Pawcatuck River) and Mistack (Mystic River to Stony Brook).
It was titled "Souther Towne" or Southerton by Massachusetts in 1658, and officially became part of Connecticut in 1662 when Connecticut received its royal charter.
Southerton was retitled "Mistick" in 1665:26 and again retitled Stonington in 1666.:36 Thomas Miner, Walter Palmer, William Chesebrough, and Thomas Stanton were the founders.
The town of North Stonington was set off as a church from Stonington in 1724 and incorporated as a town in 1807.
Stonington first attained wealth in the 1790s when its harbor was home to a fleet engaged in the profitable sealing trade in which seals were hunted on islands off the Chilean and Patagonian coasts, and their skins were sold as fur in China. Stonington repulsed two British naval bombardments.
The British demanded immediate surrender, but Stonington's people replied with a note that stated, "We shall defend the place to the last extremity; should it be destroyed, we shall perish in its ruins." For three days, the Royal Navy pounded the town, but the only fatality was that of an elderly woman who was mortally ill.
That stood a mile from Stonington.
This was not taking Stonington.
To have a dash at Stonington.
The Stonington Harbor Light is a low contemporary building erected in 1823, and was the first lighthouse established by the U.S.
In the 19th century, Stonington supported a small fishing, whaling, and sealing fleet, with some direct trade with the West Indies enough in volume for it to be made a port of entry in 1842.
The New London and Stonington Railroad Company was incorporated on July 29, 1852.
The Groton and Stonington Street Railway was a street car line created in 1904 to serve the Stonington area.
In recent decades, Stonington has experienced a large influx of new home owners using historic borough homes as second homes.
The town has undergone a widespread reconditioning of these homes since the mid-1990s, when an altercation over redevelopment rights thriving substantial news coverage about Stonington's revitalization. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 50.0 sq mi (129.6 km2), of which 38.7 sq mi (100.2 km2) is territory and 11.4 sq mi (29.4 km2) (or 22.68%), is water.
In the waters off Stonington, the states of New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island come together at a single point.
Anguilla, Anguilla Acres, Blueberry Hill, Brookside, Castle Hill, Clarksville, Downerville, Hinckley Hill, Lower Pawcatuck, Oak Hill Gardens, Solomonville, Stillmanville, The Highlands, Berry Hill, Wequetequock Hill Stonington Borough (06378) Climate data for Stonington, Connecticut Stonington lighthouse The ethnic makeup of the town was 95.81% White, 0.63% Black or African American, 0.37% Native American, 1.26% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.46% from other competitions, and 1.42% from two or more competitions.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 21.7% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 17.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
Palmer House 40 Palmer Street (added July 19, 1996) Mechanic Street Historic District roughly bounded by West Broad Street (Route 1), Pawcatuck River, Cedar Street, and Courtland Street in the Pawcatuck section (added July 7, 1988).
Rossie Velvet Mill Historic District Roughly bounded by Bruggerman Court, Bruggerman Place, Greenmanville Avenue (Route 27), Hinckley Street, Pleasant Street, Rossie Street, and Velvet Street in the Mystic section (added March 9, 2007).
Stonington Harbor Light 7 Water Street (added February 1, 1976) Stonington High School 25 Orchard Street (added September 17, 1978) Mystic Bridge Historic District Stonington portion of downtown Mystic, roughly bounded by the Mystic River on the west, Mystic Seaport on the north, Route 27 on the east and AMTRAK on the south (added August 31, 1979) One airways broadcast is licensed to Stonington: WMOS FM 102.3 (rock) Dorothy Comingore (1913-1971), Citizen Kane actress, died in Stonington Nathaniel Palmer (1799-1877), explorer, sailing captain, and ship designer (See also: Stonington Island) Stonington has been the home to a several on-location movie shoots, including Steven Spielberg's Amistad and the Julia Roberts breakthrough movie, Mystic Pizza.
Most recently it was used extensively for the movie Hope Springs with Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones both recording scenes in the borough of Stonington.
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Stonington town, New London County, Connecticut".
"Stonington: A Connecticut seafaring town has held off all challenges to its essential character for three centuries".
"Monthly Averages for Stonington, CT".
"Stonington town, New London County, Connecticut".
The Battle of Stonington.
Stonington by the Sea (2nd ed.).
Stonington, Conn.: Palmer Press.
Town of Stonington official website Borough of Stonington Stonington Public Schools Stonington Borough Merchants Association Municipalities and communities of New London County, Connecticut, United States
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