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History
Cheshire
lies in the Northerly part of New Haven County. It was taken from Wallingford.
It was settled in 1694 and was originally called "West Farms on Mill
River." In 1724 it was named New Cheshire after Cheshire, England. It was
incorporated as Cheshire in May 1780 as the 78th Town in Connecticut. In
early times Connecticut settlements centered around the church. Many Connecticut
settlements were formed when a church with all its members picked up and moved
out of Massachusetts. The church retained the powers normally associated with a
town. This was especially true in the parishes that spread out from the New
Haven colony. These parishes were in many cases later incorporated as towns.
On
November 24, 1828 the Farmington Canal was opened with ceremonies at Cheshire.
The canal ran from New Haven to the Massachusetts line near Granby and by 1835
was completed to the Connecticut River. It was 58 miles long and 30 Ft. wide. It
carried substantial amounts of cargo through Connecticut from and to Long Wharf
in New Haven. Unfortunately, the canal was not a financial success, dividends
were never paid to the stockholders. It was damaged by draught and flood and the
final blow came when the railroad was pushed North to Plainville in 1848. The
speed of the service offered by the railroad took away the canal cargo traffic
that served the same area. In
1993 The town's largest taxpayers were: American Telephone and Telegraph; United
Technologies; and Olin Corporation. The
local government is Town Manager with an elected Town Council.
2007 Town Profile Wikipedia Town Profile
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