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Connecticut

New London County

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New London County was one of four original counties in Connecticut that were established on May 10, 1666, by an act of the Connecticut General Court. The act establishing the county states:

This Court orders that from the Paukatuck River wth
Norridge to ye west bounds of Homonoscet Plantation shalbe
for future one County, wch County is called the County of
N: London. And it is ordered that the County Court shalbe
held at N. London the first Wednesday in June and the third
Thursday in Septembr yearly.

As established in 1666, New London County consisted of the towns of Stonington, Norwich, New London, and Saybrook. The "Homonoscet Plantation" referred to in the constituting Act was settled in March 1663, at first as Kenilworth but incorporated as the town of Killingworth in 1667. Several new towns were incorporated and added to New London over the next few decades: Preston in 1687, Colchester in 1699, and Lebanon in 1700. The settlements along the Quinebaug Valley were placed under New London jurisdiction in 1697 (later incorporated as Plainfield in 1699). By 1717, more towns were established in northeastern Connecticut (between the Quinebaug Valley and the Rhode Island border) and added to New London County.

In 1726, Windham County was constituted, consisting of towns in northeastern Connecticut. New London County lost the towns of Voluntown, Pomfret, Killingly, Canterbury, Plainfield, and Lebanon to the newly-formed county. In 1785, Middlesex County was constituted, consisting of towns along the lower Connecticut River Valley, taking away the towns of Killingworth and Saybrook from New London County. Several additional boundary adjustments took place in the 19th century: the establishment of the town of Marlborough in 1803, the transfer of the town of Lebanon from Windham County in 1824, and the transfer of the town of Voluntown from Windham County in 1881

Cities, Towns, and Villages

Bozrah
Colchester
Westchester
East Lyme
Flanders
Niantic
Franklin
Griswold
Borough of Jewett City
Hopeville
Glasgo
Pachaug
Groton
City of Groton
Groton Long Point
Long Hill
Mystic (also in Stonington)
Noank
Poquonock Bridge
Lebanon
Ledyard
Gales Ferry
Ledyard Center
Lisbon

Lyme
Montville
Chesterfield
Mohegan
Oakdale
Oxoboxo River census-designated place
Uncasville
New London
North Stonington
Norwich
Old Lyme
Preston
Poquetanuck
Preston City
Salem
Sprague
Baltic
Stonington
Pawcatuck
Mystic (also in Groton)
Old Mystic
Voluntown
Waterford
Quaker Hill

 

Adjacent Counties
Windham County (north)
Kent County, Rhode Island (northeast)
Washington County, Rhode Island (east)
Middlesex County (west)
Tolland County (northwest)
Hartford County (northwest)
Suffolk County, New York (south) Water boundary only, with ferry access to Fishers Island

 

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