Stafford Springs is a

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located in

Stafford, Connecticut Stafford is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States, settled in 1719. The population was 11,472 at the 2020 United States Census. The community consists of the downtown area of Stafford Springs and the more rural villages of Cry ...

. The population was 4,988 at the 2010 Census. The village was a

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until November 1991, when it was disincorporated. Located near the source of the

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, the mill industry grew in the town due to its location and became the largest industry in the area. The village has the Holt Memorial Fountain and the former railroad station. In the 18th century, the

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at Stafford Springs was famous for its reputed ability to cure "the

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, sterility, pulmonary, hysterics, etc."Frank Chapelle, ''Wellsprings: A Natural History of Bottled Spring Waters'' (Rutgers University Press, 2005), pp. 107-08. In 1771,

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, then a young lawyer, visited Stafford Springs for several days after suffering from overwork and anxiety. Stafford Springs was once the headquarters of Station C of the

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, and subsequently was the site of the Troop C Barracks. Currently Route 32, Route 190, Route 19, and Route 140 pass through or originate in the village.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of 6.41 mi² (16.6 km²). 6.37 mi² (16.5 km²) of it is land and 0.036 mi² (0.093 km²) of it (0.56%) is water.

References

External links

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Census-designated places in Connecticut Census-designated places in Tolland County, Connecticut Stafford, Connecticut Former municipalities in Connecticut Populated places disestablished in 1991 {{Connecticut-geo-stub