David Humphreys house at 37 Elm Street Ansonia, CT, photographed from the Episcopal Cemetery. The house is maintained by the Derby Historical Society. – Creative Commons License

The city of Ansonia, located in New Haven County on the Naugatuck River, is in the lower Naugatuck Valley region. Though its development as a village center started in the 1600s, it was not until 1864 that it was incorporated as a town, and in 1893 reincorporated as a city. Also referred to as the “Copper City,” Ansonia produced copper, brass, rubber, and plastics, among other manufacturing industries. It was the home of the well-known Ansonia Clock Company and the birthplace of Revolutionary War Colonel David Humphreys.

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View of Ansonia, Conn. 1875

Map – Bird’s-eye View of Ansonia, 1875

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries panoramic or perspective maps, also known as bird's-eye views and aero views, were used to depict many of Connecticut's town and cities. …[more]

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Places

“Derby Historical Society,” 2016. Link.
“Kosciuszko (Polish-American) Historical Society, Inc,” 2017. Link.

Documents

Hughes & Bailey. “Aero View of Ansonia, Connecticut / Waterbury, Conn.” Bird’s-eye. Waterbury, CT: Hughes & Bailey, 1921. University of Connecticut Libraries, Map and Geographic Information Center - MAGIC. Link.
Connecticut State Library Digital Collections. “Ansonia - WPA Architectural Survey,” 2017. Link.
“AnsonIa Collection.” Connecticut Digital Archive, n.d. Link.
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. “Digital Photograph Collection: Ansonia -  Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, ca. 1940s,” 2017. Link.
“Photograph: Factory At Ansonia, Coe Brass Manufacturing Company,” 1900. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries. Link.
“View of Ansonia, Conn.” O.H. Bailey & Company, 1875. Boston Public Library, Norman B. Leventhal Map Center. Link.

Books

Derby Historical Society. Ansonia. Charleston,  SC: Arcadia, 1999.
Ansonia Bicentennial History Book Committee. Ansonia Bicentenial 1976. Ansonia,  CT: Ansonia Bicentennial Commission, 1976.
Derby Historical Society. Derby and Ansonia. Charleston,  SC: Arcadia, 2004.
Rockey, J. L., ed. History of New Haven County, Connecticut. Vol. 2. New York: W. W. Preston, 1892. Link.
Molloy, Leo. Tercentenary Pictorial and History of the Lower Naugatuck Valley: Compiled by Leo T. Molloy on the Occasion of the 300th Anniversary of the Settlement of Connecticut. Containing a History of Derby, Ansonia, Shelton and Seymour. a Chronicle of the Progress and Achievement of the Several Cities and Towns. Ansonia,  CT: Emerson Brothers, 1935.
Orcutt, Samuel. The History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 with Biographies and Genealogies. Springfield,  MA: Springfield Printing Company, 1880. Link.