Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 To find your town, click on the name in the list below BARKHAMSTED BETHLEHEM BRIDGEWATER CANAAN COLEBROOK CORNWALL GOSHEN HARWINTON KENT LITCHFIELD MORRIS NEW HARTFORD NEW MILFORD NORFOLK NORTH CANAAN PLYMOUTH ROXBURY SALISBURY SHARON TORRINGTON WARREN WASHINGTON WATERTOWN WINCHESTER WOODBURY A complete copy of the 1859 county wall map showing the names and locations of 1000s of houses, businesses, churches and schools. Edition of January 2011 Old Maps PO Box 54 West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859
Modern Town Outline Map Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
1859 Map of Litchfield County The original map is a large wall map measuring 62 x 53. 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. Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859
An Historical Sketch of The Map The 1859 Map of Litchfield County is an important historical document.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, G.M. Hopkins, Jr., was an accomplished mapmaker. 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. 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. The original road surveys for this privatelyproduced map were the most comprehensive yet made. This map served as the basis of mapping for decades afterwards. Note on Map Size This publication was prepared for use as a computer-based PDF file, formatted as an 11 x 14 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 possible. For this reason some maps are presented at different scales. Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Table of Contents Title Page Modern Town Outline Map 1859 Map of Litchfield County An Historical Sketch of The Map BARKHAMSTED BETHLEHEM BRIDGEWATER CANAAN Falls Village COLEBROOK CORNWALL Cornwall West Cornwall Cornwall Bridge Res. of S.W. & T.S. Gold, Cream Hill GOSHEN Goshen Centre West Goshen HARWINTON KENT Farm House of Charles Edwards, Kent LITCHFIELD Litchfield The Tallmadge House, Res. of Curtis Noyes, Esq., Litchfield Res. of Myron Osborn, Litchfield Res. of Charles D. Wheeler, Litchfield Maple Grove, Res. of Horatio Benton, Litchfield MORRIS NEW HARTFORD New Hartford Res. of S.O. Mason, New Hartford Centre NEW MILFORD New Milford NORFOLK NORTH CANAAN North Canann PLYMOUTH Plymouth Center Plymouth Hollow Terryville ROXBURY SALISBURY Salisbury Lakeville Res. of A.H. Holley, Salisbury Maple Shade, D.S. Clapp, Salisbury SHARON Sharon TORRINGTON Wolcottville Arvid. Dayton s Melodeon Mfg., Wolcottville WARREN Res. of Wm. Hopkins, Lake Side, Warren WASHINGTON Washington New Preston Res. of Geo. O. Hitchcock, Ash Grove, New Preston WATERTOWN Watertown WINCHESTER Winsted WOODBURY Woodbury Hotchkissville Business Directories Additional Pictographs Law Office and Res. of Gideon Hall The Deming House, Erected 1793 Adelphic Institute, Ambrose S. Rogers 1859 Map of Litchfield County Town names listed in all capital letters. Village names listed in upper and lower case letters. Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 5
BARKHAMSTED Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
BARKHAMSTED continued Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859
BETHLEHEM 8 Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
BRIDGEWATER Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 9
CANAAN 10 Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Falls Village Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 11
COLEBROOK 12 Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
CORNWALL Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 13
Cornwall West Cornwall Cornwall Bridge Residence of S.W. & T.S. Gold, Cream Hill 14 Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
GOSHEN Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 15
Goshen Centre West Goshen 16 Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
HARWINTON Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 17
KENT 18 Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Farm House of Charles Edwards, Kent Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 19
LITCHFIELD 20 Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
LITCHFIELD Cont. Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 21
Litchfield 22 Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
The Tallmadge House Residence of Curtis Noyes, Esq., Litchfield Residence of Myron Osborn, Litchfield Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 23
Residence of Charles D. Wheeler, Litchfield Maple Grove Residence of Horatio Benton, Litchfield 24 Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
MORRIS Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 25
NEW HARTFORD 26 Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
New Hartford Residence of S.O. Mason, New Hartford Centre Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 27
NEW MILFORD 28 Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
New Milford Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 29
NORFOLK 30 Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
NORTH CANAAN Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 31
North Canaan 32 Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
PLYMOUTH Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 33
Plymouth Centre Plymouth Hollow 34 Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Terryville Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 35
ROXBURY 36 Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
SALISBURY Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 37
Salisbury Lakeville 38 Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Residence of A.H. Holley, Salisbury Maple Shade, D.S. Clapp, Proprietor, Salisbury Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 39
SHARON 40 Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Sharon Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 41
TORRINGTON 42 Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Wolcottville Arvid Dayton s Melodeon Manufactory, Wolcottville Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 43
WARREN 44 Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Residence of Wm. Hopkins Lake Side, Warren Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 45
WASHINGTON 46 Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
New Preston Washington Residence of Geo. O. Hitchcock, Ash Grove, New Preston Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 47
WATERTOWN 48 Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Watertown Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 49
WINCHESTER 50 Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Winsted Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 51
WOODBURY 52 Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Woodbury Hotchkissville Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 53
Business Directories 54 Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Additional Pictographs Law Office and Residence of Gideon Hall, Esq. Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 55
The Deming House, Erected 1793 Adelphic Institute, Residence of Ambrose S. Rogers 56 Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
1859 Map of Litchfield County Map of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1859 57