The Pomperaug River is a
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accessed April 1, 2011 river in the US state of
Connecticut. The two main tributaries to the Pomperaug are the
Nonnewaug River and the
Weekeepeemee River; their confluence forms the Pomperaug and
Woodbury developed here. The river flows through Woodbury and the Town of
Southbury
Southbury is a town in western New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. Southbury is north of Oxford and Newtown, and east of Brookfield. Its population was 19,879 at the 2020 census.
Southbury comprises sprawling rural country areas, ...
, where it empties into the
Housatonic River
The Housatonic River ( ) is a river, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed April 1, 2011 in western Massachusetts and western Connecticut in the United S ...
at
Lake Zoar. The name of the river is from a local Native American language, likely Paugussset.
The locality of Pomperaug in Woodbury takes its name from the river. The Pomperaug is the namesake for the nearby
Pomperaug High School.
Several districts that developed along the river have now been designated as historic: Woodbury Historic District 1, Woodbury Historic District 2, the
Russian Village Historic District
The Russian Village Historic District, also known as Churaevka (russian: Чураевка), is a historic summer colony founded by George Grebenstchikoff and Ilya Tolstoy in Southbury, Connecticut. The colony was founded in the 1920s by Russian ...
and the
South Britain Historic District
The South Britain Historic District encompasses the core of the unincorporated village of South Britain in Southbury, Connecticut, United States. The village arose in the 18th century as an industrial center serving the surrounding agricultural ...
.
See also
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List of Connecticut rivers
References
External links
Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition
Rivers of Litchfield County, Connecticut
Rivers of New Haven County, Connecticut
Rivers of Connecticut
Tributaries of Housatonic River
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