Cornwall - Cornwall Connecticut - Connecticut Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Marker Text: This area was once part of the Western Lands ordered surveyed by the Legislature in 1731. Yale Lands were surveyed and three hundred acres were set aside for income for Yale College in 1732. At an auction in Fairfield in 1738 the town was sold in fifty shares, named Cornwall, and incorporated in 1740.
After the church "gathered" in 1740 schools began to open. In time there were seventeen school districts. The foreign Mission School in 1817 numbered among the students an Hawaiian, Obookiah, who links Cornwall eternally to Hawaii.

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An agricultural school was started in 1849. More than ten private schools have educated youth through the years.
Farming was the earliest industry. The Cornwall Iron Company, founded in 1833, increased prosperity and growth. Products found new markets with the advent of the Housatonic Railroad in 1842.
Ira Allen, the Vermont statesman was born here. A Civil War general, John Sedgwick, is remembered by a monument. Mark Van Doren, poet-teacher, enriched many lives from his Cornwall home. State landmarks: Cornwall Bridge Railroad Station, West Cornwall's Covered Bridge.

About Cornwall: Cornwall is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,420 at the 2010 census. Cornwall was incorporated in May 1740 and was named after the county of Cornwall in England.

Marker Name: Cornwall Marker Type: Roadside Date Dedicated / Placed: 1975 Additional Information: Not listed

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