map of hartford county, connecticut 855 - old maps

Map of Hartford County, Connecticut 1855 �

Map of Hartford County, Connecticut �855

Edition of January 2011© Old Maps PO Box 54 West Chesterfield, NH 03466

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A complete copy of the 1855 county wall map showing the names and locations of 1000s of houses, businesses, churches and schools.

To find your town, click on the name in the list belowAVONBERLINBLOOMFIELDBRISTOLBURLINGTONCANTONEAST HARTFORDEAST WINDSORENFIELD

FARMINGTONGLASTENBURYGRANBYHARTFORDHARTLANDMANCHESTERMARLBOROUGHNEW BRITAINROCKY HILL

SIMSBURYSOUTH WINDSORSOUTHINGTONSUFFIELDWEST HARTFORDWETHERSFIELDWINDSORWINDSOR LOCKS

Modern Town Outline Map

1855 Map of Hartford County

The original map is a large wall map measuring 59” x 41”. The wall map has been “taken apart” for this edition by dividing it into separate images, thus making it easy to use this map for the first time.

An Historical Sketch of The Map

The 1855 Map of Hartford County is an important historical document. The map pinpoints the names and locations of every residence, workplace, church and school in the county. It was the first such map for most of these towns.

This map is one of several Connecticut county maps created in the mid 1800s - a period of extraordinary map-making in America. The author of this map, E. M. Woodford, was accomplished mapmaker who was associated with several other Connecticut and New England maps.

Few details of this map’s origins are known, but we do know the general methods used for these projects. Roads were measured with a wheel odometer, similar to the wheelbarrow-like device pictured here, or one drawn by horse and buggy. The surveyor would ask the names of farmstead owners as he passed by, and would surely add a brief sales pitch for the new map... after all, the map would carry the name of the resident, engraved upon it.

The original road surveys for this privately-produced map were the most comprehensive yet made. This map served as the basis of mapping for decades afterwards.

Publication was announced in local newspapers, and local offices were set up where advance orders for the new map could be taken. A typical mid-1850s price was five dollars per copy. Prominent citizens allowed their names to be used in the map’s advertisements, testifying to the merits of the map, and no doubt assuring it of financial success. Pictures of the homes of prominent citizens were added for a fee. The map was printed on four separate sheets which were assembled and glued together onto a cloth backing. Each copy was then hand-colored in several different hues, varnished, and mounted on wooden rollers.

Note on Map SizeThis publication was prepared for use as a computer-based PDF file, formatted as a 14” x 17” booklet. The formatting and sizes of some maps have been adjusted to make the town and village maps easily readable, and on one page if pos-sible. For this reason some maps are presented at different scales.

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Table of Contents

Town names listed in all capital letters. Village names listed in upper and lower case letters.

Title PageModern Town Outline Map1855 Map of Hartford CountyAn Historical Sketch of The Map

AVONResidence of E.M. WoodfordBERLINBerlin BLOOMFIELDResidence of T. L.HumphreyBRISTOLJ. C. Brown’s Clock ManufactoryResidence of E. N. HendrickBURLINGTONCANTONCollinsvilleEAST HARTFORDEAST WINDSORBroad BrookWarehouse PointENFIELDHazardvilleThompsonvilleResidence of Col A. G. HazardFARMINGTONFarmington PlainvilleUnionvilleGLASTENBURYGlastenburySouth GlastenburyResidence of Thaddeus Wells Esq.GRANBYHARTFORDHartford

Eagle HotelResidence of Col. Solomon PorterAmerican HotelState HouseHARTLANDMANCHESTERCheneyvilleResidence of William H. JonesMARLBOROUGHNEW BRITAINNew BritainState Normal SchoolROCKY HILLRocky Hill SIMSBURYResidence of Horace BeldenSOUTH WINDSORSOUTHINGTONPlantsvilleSouthington SUFFIELDSuffield Connecticut Literary InstitutionWEST HARTFORDWETHERSFIELDWethersfield WINDSORWINDSOR LOCKSWindsor Locks

CensusAgriculture CensusTable of DistancesBusiness Directory of SubscribersAdditional Pictographs

Residence of E. M. Woodford, West Avon

BERLIN

Berlin

BLOOMFIELD

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Residence of T.L. Humphrey, Bloomfield

BRISTOL

J.C. Brown’s Clock Manufactory, Forestville

Residence of E.N. Hendrick, Forestville

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BURLINGTON

CANTON

Collinsville

EAST HARTFORD

EAST WINDSOR

Broad Brook

Warehouse Point

ENFIELD

Hazardville

Thompsonville

Residence of Col. A.G. Hazard, Enfield

FARMINGTON

Farmington

Plainville

Unionville

GLASTENBURY

Glastenbury

South Glastenbury

Residence of Thaddeus Wells Esq, Glastenbury

GRANBY

HARTFORD

Hartford

Eagle Hotel, Hartford

Residence of Col. Solomon Porter, Hartford

American Hotel, Hartford

State House, Hartford

HARTLAND

MANCHESTER

Cheneyville

Residence of William H. Jones, Manchester

MARLBOROUGH

NEW BRITAIN

New Britain

State Normal School, New Britain

ROCKY HILL

Rocky Hill

SIMSBURY

Residence of Horace Belden, Simsbury

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SOUTH WINDSOR

SOUTHINGTON

Plantsville

Southington

SUFFIELD

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Suffield

Connecticut Literary Institution, Suffield

WEST HARTFORD

WETHERSFIELD

Wethersfield

WINDSOR

WINDSOR LOCKS

Windsor Locks

Census

Agricultural Census

Table of Distances

Business Directory of Subscribers

Additional Pictographs

1855 Map of Hartford County

map of hartford county, connecticut 855 - old maps

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