Bethany

Bethany

The town of Bethany is located in the south central region of the state in New Haven County. First settled in 1717 as part of Woodbridge, Bethany was incorporated as a town in 1832. In 1844, an act of legislature took the town’s Straitsville area, along with parts of Waterbury and Oxford, to form Naugatuck. A few decades later, the western part of Bethany became Beacon Falls. Today, this small town retains its rural nature, with dairying and agriculture being among its industries. Bethany’s reservoirs serve the larger municipalities of Naugatuck and New Haven.

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Places

“Bethany Historical Society,” 2008. Link.

Documents

“Map - North Part of New Haven Co., Connecticut from Town and City Atlas of the State of Connecticut.” Boston, MA: D.H. Hurd & Company, 1893. University of Connecticut Libraries, Map and Geographic Information Center - MAGIC. Link.

Books

Lines, Eliza. Bethany and Its Hills: Glimpses of the Town of Bethany as It Was Before the Railroads and the Fire Fiend Robbed It of Its Glory. New Haven, CT: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1905. Link.

Sharpe, W. C. Bethany Sketches and Records. Seymour, CT: W. C. Sharpe, 1908. Link.

Rockey, J. L., ed. History of New Haven County, Connecticut. Vol. 2. New York: W. W. Preston, 1892. Link.