Map of Tolland County, Connecticut 857 - Old Maps

Map of Tolland County, Connecticut 1857 �

Map of Tolland County, Connecticut �857

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

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A complete copy of the 1857 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 below

ANDOVER BOLTONCOLUMBIA COVENTRY ELLINGTONHEBRONMANSFIELD

SOMERSSTAFFORDTOLLAND UNIONVERNONWILLINGTON

Modern Town Outline Map

1857 Map of Tolland County

The original map is a large wall map measuring 54” x 47”. 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The 1857 Map of Tolland County is an important historical document.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. Though credited to “Wood-ford and Bartlett”, the principal publisher of this map is likely Edgar M. Woodford of Avon, an accom-plished mapmaker who is associated with several other Connecticut and New England county maps in the 1850s.

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 MapMap of Tolland CountyAn Historical Sketch of The Map

ANDOVER BOLTONCOLUMBIA ColumbiaCOVENTRY South CoventryH.R. Fargo’s MillsN. Kingsbury & Co. MillsResidence of Alanson WashburnThe Hale MonumentELLINGTONEllington CentreResidence of J.H. Brockway Esq.Ellington MillsHEBRONHebron MANSFIELDMansfield CentreEaglevilleMansfield Hollow SOMERS

Somers StreetSomersvilleSTAFFORDStafford SpringsStaffordvilleFurnace HollowFoxvilleResidence of J. H. BoltonSprings Hotel, Congregational Church, Bank, & Granite MillResidence of E.A. ConverseHope Co. Satinet MillHydeville Mfg. Co.TOLLANDTollandRockville UNIONVERNONWILLINGTON

Population in 1850

Bank & Court House

Map of Tolland County

ANDOVER

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BOLTON

COLUMBIA

Columbia

COVENTRY

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South Coventry

H.R. Fargo’s Mills, South Coventry

N. Kingsbury & Co. Mills, South Coventry

Residence of Alanson Washburn, South Coventry

The Hale Monument, South Coventry

ELLINGTON

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ELLINGTON Cont.

Ellington Centre

Residence of J.H. Brockway Esq., Ellington

Ellington Mills, Ellington

HEBRON

Hebron

MANSFIELD

Mansfield Centre

Eagleville Mansfield Hollow

SOMERS

Somers Street

Somersville

STAFFORD

STAFFORD Cont.

Stafford Springs

Staffordville

Furnace Hollow

Foxville

Residence of J. H. Bolton, Furnace Hollow

Springs Hotel, Congregational Church, Bank, & Granite Mill, Stafford Springs

Residence of E.A. Converse, Staffordville

Hope Co. Satinet Mill, Staffordville

Hydeville Mfg. Co., Stafford

TOLLAND

Tolland

Rockville

VERNON

WILLINGTON

Population in 1850

Bank & Court HouseTown unknown

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