Floydville
I lived there in the late 50s and early 60s. Floydville lies between Granby and East Granby. Surrounding towns are Tariffville and Simsbury. Floydville was mostly poor tobacco workers working for American Sumatra Tobacc... history.rootsweb
Newgate Prison/ Simsbury Copper Mine
A class C/F (restored - National Historic Landmark - entry fee) location on Newgate Road, about two miles north of SH 20, at a point mile west of East Granby. Copper ore was discovered and first worked here in 1707. It ... history.rootsweb
Cotton Hollow
(The) Cotton Hollow preserve (is located) in the Nayaug area of South Glastonbury. Approaching from Main Street up the road adjacent to Roaring Brook (Cotton Hollow Road), there were once several factories including a p... history.rootsweb
Pettibones Tavern
Although this is not a ghost town per se, I thought the information interesting, as it does pertain to an old roadhouse/tavern that is now part of the community of Simsbury. (GBS) As legend goes, Pettibone's Tavern in S... history.rootsweb
Bloomfield
My fiance and his friend took a walk down this path one night. They both saw head lights from beyond a guard rail in the woods and heard voices. They thought it was the police at first, so they left the site, thinking the... ghosttowns.com
Bara-hack
It was started in 1790 by Obidiah Higgenbothem and John Randall. Almost immediately things began to happen. Spirits were seen in the great elm which still stands this day outside the cemetery wall. The last interrment in ... ghosttowns.com
Gay City Aka - Factory Hollow
Gay City State Park, Hebron Ct. What I remember: Although it is only 10 or so miles from my home and I drive by the entrance now and then, I haven't been in there since my children were small and I took them to wade in ... history.rootsweb
Merrow
On SH 32 (Stafford Road), two miles north of Mansfield Depot (Station), 13 miles east of Manchester and four miles northwest of Storrs. This class B manufacturing town was located on the east side of the Willimantic Riv... history.rootsweb
Wells Woods
On Mist Brook, east of Hebron and south of SH 66, midway between Hartford and Norwich. All that remain of this old hamlet are cellar holes, stone walls and granite foundation stones. Latitude: 41.6512099 / 41 39' 04" N ... history.rootsweb
Cobalt
A class D community with a 1990 population of 350. This faded town is at junction of SH 66/151, on east side of Connecticut River, six miles east of Middletown. Cobalt Landing is located along the river just southwest o... history.rootsweb
Millington Green
A class B lumbering community along SH 434 (Mt. Parnassus-Millington Road) in the eastern part of the county, midway between Middletown and New London and just northwest of Devils Hopyard State Park. The lumber was sent... history.rootsweb