Wethersfield, Colonial settlement in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
Wethersfield is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, that stretches along the Connecticut River and preserves over 150 colonial buildings within roughly two square miles. The streets wind through a compact center of wooden homes from the 17th and 18th centuries, surrounded by residential neighborhoods and farmland that reaches the riverbank.
Puritans from Massachusetts founded the settlement in 1634 as the first permanent English community in Connecticut. During the Revolutionary War in 1781, George Washington and General Rochambeau met here to discuss military plans.
Old Wethersfield, with its red brick sidewalks and white steepled churches, functions as a living neighborhood where families maintain homes with historic plaques and small front gardens. On weekends, house museums open their doors and walkers cross the village green where local events take place.
Visitors can explore the historic district on foot, as most points of interest lie close to the main roads and the village green. The town is accessible by car and offers public schools as well as several parks along the riverfront.
Two meteorites struck Wethersfield within eleven years, with one falling through a residential house roof in 1982. The residents escaped injury, but the event made the town the only place with two documented meteorite strikes on occupied buildings.
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