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New Britain, Connecticut, United States

Published on Dec 27, 2022

New Britain, city and town, central Connecticut, U.S. Stanley Quarter in the north and Great Swamp in the south became the New Britain parish of Farmington in 1754. Berlin town and New Britain parish separated from Farmington in 1785. The first tinware in North America was created in Berlin, a suburb of New Britain. By 1850, New Britain was an industrial center producing tools, locks, and other hardware. Modern city industries include such products and machinery. New Britain is home to Central Connecticut State University, founded as a state normal school in 1849, and the mapquest directions New Britain Museum of American Art, founded in 1903. 1871 incorporated; 1905 merged with town. Pop. (2000) 71,538; (2010) 73,206.

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New Britain, Connecticut, United States

  • New Britain is a city that is the same size as the town of New Britain. It is in Hartford County, in the middle of the U.S. state of Connecticut. In 1686, the Stanley Quarter in the north and the Great Swamp settlement in the south began to live there. In 1754, the area became the New Britain parish of Farmington. In 1785, Farmington split from Berlin town, which included the New Britain parish. In the 1800s, metalworking began in New Britain. The first tinware made in North America was made in Berlin, which is now a suburb. New Britain became a town and borough in 1850. At that time, it was a center for making tools, locks, and other hardware. These kinds of goods and machines are also the main modern industries in the city. Central Connecticut State University, which was founded as a state normal school in 1849, and the New Britain Museum of American Art, which opened in 1903 and is known for its collection of American paintings, are both in New Britain. It became a city in 1871, and the town and city merged in 1905. Pop. (2000) 71,538; (2010) 73,206.
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Hartford

  • Hartford is a county in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is next to Massachusetts to the north, and the Connecticut River runs through it from north to south. The Farmington, Pequabuck, and Quinnipiac rivers, as well as the Barkhamsted and Nepaug reservoirs, are other bodies of water. Most of the land is made up of an Appalachian oak forest with broad lowlands and ridges of traprock. Tunxis and Massacoe state forest reserves, as well as Penwood and Talcott Mountain state parks, are all types of parkland.

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