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Tolland County, Connecticut

Street maps, historic prints and keepsakes for 11 Tolland County towns.

The oldest is Mansfield, established 1702. The largest by population is Vernon (30,215).

Town	Established	Population
Andover	1848	3,151
Bolton	1720	4,858
Columbia	1804	5,272
Ellington	1786	16,426
Hebron	1708	9,098
Mansfield	1702	25,892
Stafford	–	11,472
Tolland	1715	14,563
Union	1734	785
Vernon	1808	30,215
Willington	1727	5,566

About these towns

Andover: Andover is a rural town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States, roughly 10 miles east of Hartford.

Bolton: Originally part of the town of Hartford, the area was referred to as Hartford Mountains or Hanover, until incorporation in October 1720.

Columbia: Originally a part of Lebanon, known as the North Society or Lebanon's Crank, Columbia was incorporated in May 1804. The town was named for patriotic reasons after the national symbol "Columbia".

Ellington: The land that became Ellington was named by the natives as “Weexskashuck” which translates to “Great Marsh”. The earliest settlers called the area Great Marsh or Goshen.

Hebron: The town of Hebron was settled in 1704, and incorporated on May 26, 1708, within Hartford County from Non-County Area 1 of the Connecticut Colony.

Mansfield: English settler-immigrants arrived in the area that is now Mansfield in the late 17th century. The Town of Mansfield was legally incorporated in 1702, and the Storrs family history dates back to that time.

Stafford: The Colonial Town of Stafford began as a rural agricultural community in the eastern part of Hartford County. It became part of Tolland County upon the latter's formation on 13 October 1785.

Tolland: Tolland was named in May 1715, and incorporated in May 1722 from Windsor. The town was over 20 miles away from Tolland and was incorporated to grow the population out in the hill areas.

Union: The first European Settlement in Union was in 1727, making Union the last Connecticut town east of the Connecticut River to be settled.

Vernon: Vernon was incorporated in October 1808, from Bolton. Vernon was named after George Washington's Mount Vernon estate. Vernon contains the former city of Rockville, incorporated in January 1889 and consolidated in January 1965.

Willington: In 1720 a party of eight men, originally from England, bought 16,000 acres of the region and called it Wellington. Willington was incorporated in May 1727.