Woodbury is a

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. The population was 9,723 at the 2020 census. The town center, comprising the adjacent villages of Woodbury and North Woodbury, is designated by the U.S. Census Bureau as the Woodbury Center

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(CDP). Woodbury was founded in 1673. The center of Woodbury is distinctive because, unlike many New England towns, it is not nucleated. In Woodbury, the older buildings are arrayed in linear fashion along both sides of a road that stretches for over a mile. The public buildings in the National Register Historic District include the First Congregational Church (1818), the Old Town Hall (1846), the United Methodist Church, the St. Paul's Episcopal Church (1785), and the North Congregational Church (1816). The most notable of the public buildings is the

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(1839). It is a modest, clapboard,

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temple, notable less for its architecture than for its dramatic location, situated atop a high cliff accessed by a long flight of steps (there is a modern road at the rear). It is visible from a distance and is especially dramatic at night, when it is illuminated by spotlights. The Woodbury Temple echoes the many temples of the Greek world that were perched at the edge of high places from which they could be seen from miles around and from far out at sea. Originally, the many historic houses on the street were residential. In the late twentieth century they were occupied by a series of antique shops. Woodbury is often referred to as Connecticut's antiques capital. Woodbury is one of the two towns in Litchfield County, along with

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, served by the

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overlay.

Geography

Woodbury is in southern Litchfield County and is bordered to the south by

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. It is west of Waterbury and northeast of

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. According to the

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, the town has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.67%, are water. The CDP covering the town center has a total area of , all land. Woodbury lies in the Pomperaug River valley, a tributary of the

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. The Pomperaug River is formed in Woodbury by the confluence of the Nonnewaug River and the Weekeepeemee River.

Principal communities

* Hotchkissville *Minortown *Neufa *North Woodbury *Pomperaug *Woodbury Center *Woodlake

Climate

Woodbury has a humid

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(

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''Dfb'').

History

The founders of Woodbury came from

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, in the early 1670s. Ancient Woodbury consisted of the present towns of Woodbury, Southbury,

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, most of

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and parts of Middlebury and

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. Two groups of settlers came from Stratford. The first group, religious dissidents unhappy with the church in Stratford, was led by Woodbury's first minister, the Reverend Zachariah Walker. The second group, led by Deacon Samuel Sherman, had been given approval by the general court to purchase land from local Native Americans in order to establish a new settlement. The two groups, consisting of fifteen families (about fifty people), arrived in ancient Woodbury, known as "Pomperaug Plantation", early in 1673. In 1673, these original settlers drew up an agreement called the "Fundamental Articles", which proclaimed that as many settlers as could be accommodated would be welcomed to the new settlement. The Fundamental Articles stated that expenses of establishing the settlement would be shared by its inhabitants, and that no one was to be given more than twenty-five or less than ten acres of land. Other sections of the articles provided for common land and for land saved to be divided up for future inhabitants of the settlement. Signers of the Fundamental Articles: The settlement was named Woodbury, which means "dwelling place in the woods", and was first recognized as a town in 1674. Deacon and captain John Minor was the first leader of the community during Woodbury's early years. Minor was the first town clerk and, along with Lieutenant Joseph Judson, served as the first deputy to the Connecticut General Court from the town of Woodbury. On October 9, 1751, the town of Woodbury was transferred from Fairfield County at the formation of Litchfield County. On March 25, 1783, a meeting of ten Episcopal clergy in Woodbury elected

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the first American Episcopal bishop, the second presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States, and the first bishop of Connecticut.

The Woodbury Songbook

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The German composer

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, who had taken asylum in the United States after fleeing from the Nazi rule in Germany, spent three and a half months (from June 15 to September 30, 1941) in Woodbury as the guest of another German refugee, Dr. Joachim Schumacher, and his wife Sylvia. Joachim Schumacher taught classes in art history, musicology, philosophy, and other subjects at the

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in Middlebury. Sylvia Schumacher taught piano at Westover School and privately in her home. Joachim Schumacher enticed Eisler to compose 20 songs on 16 US children's verses or

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s and four texts in the German language by

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Eduard Mörike Eduard Friedrich Mörike (8 September 18044 June 1875) was a German Lutheran pastor who was also a Romantic poet and writer of novellas and novels. Many of his poems were set to music and became established folk songs, while others were used by ...

and

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. The songs were composed for female voices and suitable for a school chorus. This was published as ''The Woodbury Songbook'', or, in German, ''Das Woodbury Liederbüchlein'' with the lyrics in English and German, unfortunately with a wrong spelling of Woodbury (with two "r"s). The German translations are by

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Demographics

At the 2010 census there were 9,984 people, 4,219 households, and 2,772 families in the town. The population density was 252.2 people per square mile (97.4/km). There were 3,869 housing units at an average density of 106.1 per square mile (41.0/km). The

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of the town was 97.25% White, 0.53% African American, 0.22% Native American, 1.15% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 0.22% from other races, and 0.57% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.65%. Of the 3,715 households 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.9% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.7% were non-families. 25.4% of households were one person and 8.7% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.99. The age distribution was 24.0% under the age of 18, 4.4% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 29.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% 65 or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.8 males. The median household income was $68,322 and the median family income was $82,641. Males had a median income of $53,246 versus $35,298 for females. The per capita income for the town was $37,903. About 2.3% of families and 4.5% of the population were below the

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, including 4.9% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.

CDP

At the 2000 census, there were x people, 618 households, and 336 families in the CDP. The population density was 668.8 inhabitants per square mile (258.3/km). There were 644 housing units at an average density of 331.8 per square mile (128.2/km). The

of the CDP was 98.07% White, 0.85% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.39% Asian, 0.31% from other races, and 0.23% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.16% of the population. Of the 618 households 25.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.9% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.5% were non-families. 39.3% of households were one person and 15.7% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.10 and the average family size was 2.82. The age distribution was 20.6% under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 28.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% 65 or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.1 males. The median household income was $51,136 and the median family income was $65,227. Males had a median income of $50,625 versus $40,729 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $30,277. None of the families and 4.6% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 8.9% of those over 64.

Government

Woodbury is currently located in

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, and is represented by Democrat

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. The town is part of Connecticut's 32nd State Senate District and is represented by State Sen. Eric Berthel.

Politics

Woodbury is one of the most reliably Republican towns in the United States. Since its founding in 1854, every Republican presidential candidate has carried Woodbury, even in nationwide Democratic landslides such as

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1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

, and 1964 in which Democratic candidates won Connecticut. Only four times, in 1884, the aforementioned 1912,

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, and

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone o ...

has the GOP candidate for president not received an absolute majority of the vote. In the eleven elections from 1920–1960, the Republican candidates all broke 70% of the vote in Woodbury, with the party's best showing coming in

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when

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received 84.17% of the vote. The best showing for any Democrat in Woodbury since the founding of the GOP occurred in 1964 when

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received 48.82% of the vote in an election where he won Connecticut with 67.81% of the vote. Similarly, Woodbury has also supported the last 32 GOP campaigns for governor of Connecticut. Prior to the GOP’s founding, Woodbury supported Whig presidential nominees

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, Zachray Taylor,

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, and

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in 1852, 1848, 1832, and 1828 respectively. Adams of whom has the largest percentage of the vote since 1828 for a presidential candidate in Woodbury at 88.36%. In 1836, 1840, and 1844,

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, and James K. Polk carried Woodbury, they remain the only two Democratic presidential candidates to carry the town, as of the 2020 presidential election. The results for Woodbury in all presidential elections since 1828, and all gubernatorial elections since 1924 can be found below: } , - style="background:lightgrey;" ! Year ! Democratic ! Republican ! Third Parties , - , align="center" , 2022 , align="center" , 45.91% ''2,321'' , align="center" , 52.50% ''2,654'' , align="center" , 1.59% ''80'' , - , align="center" ,

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, align="center" , 39.22% ''2,073'' , align="center" , 57.14% ''3,020'' , align="center" , 3.63% ''192'' , - , align="center" ,

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, align="center" , 37.67% ''1,598'' , align="center" , 61.41% ''2,605'' , align="center" , 0.92% ''39'' , - , align="center" ,

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, align="center" , 38.61% ''1,727'' , align="center" , 60.32% ''2,698'' , align="center" , 1.07% ''48'' , - , align="center" ,

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro votes to declare independence from Serbia; The 2006 ...

, align="center" , 26.67% ''1,160'' , align="center" , 72.14% ''3,138'' , align="center" , 1.20% ''52'' , - , align="center" ,

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

, align="center" , 29.50% ''1,187'' , align="center" , 70.50% ''2,837'' , align="center" , 0.00% ''0'' , - , align="center" ,

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

, align="center" , 22.13% ''788'' , align="center" , 76.30% ''2,717'' , align="center" , 1.57% ''56'' , - , align="center" ,

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...

, align="center" , 25.53% ''982'' , align="center" , 52.89% ''2,034'' , align="center" , 21.58% ''830'' , - , align="center" ,

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...

, align="center" , 12.56% ''447'' , align="center" , 53.18% ''1,892'' , align="center" , 34.26% ''1,219'' , - , align="center" ,

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal en ...

, align="center" , 46.19% ''1,297'' , align="center" , 53.81% ''1,511'' , align="center" , 0.00% ''0'' , - , align="center" ,

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, align="center" , 38.40% ''1,228'' , align="center" , 60.79% ''1,944'' , align="center" , 0.81% ''26'' , - , align="center" ,

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, align="center" , 42.79% ''1,255'' , align="center" , 57.21% ''1,678'' , align="center" , 0.00% ''0'' , - , align="center" ,

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...

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1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo ...

, align="center" , 27.34% ''509'' , align="center" , 72.66% ''1,353'' , align="center" , 0.00% ''0'' , - , align="center" ,

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...

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1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

, align="center" , 38.73% ''596'' , align="center" , 61.27% ''943'' , align="center" , 0.00% ''0'' , - , align="center" ,

1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...

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1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

, align="center" , 21.58% ''260'' , align="center" , 77.34% ''932'' , align="center" , 1.08% ''13'' , - , align="center" ,

1946 Events January * January 6 - The first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four occupation zones. * January 10 ** The ...

, align="center" , 15.06% ''134'' , align="center" , 79.44% ''707'' , align="center" , 5.51% ''49'' , - , align="center" ,

1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in ...

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1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maxi ...

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1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hir ...

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1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will b ...

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1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hold ...

, align="center" , 20.42% ''118'' , align="center" , 79.24% ''458'' , align="center" , 0.35% ''2'' , -

Education

Woodbury is part of the Region 14 School District consisting of Nonnewaug High School, Woodbury Middle School, Bethlehem Elementary School, Mitchell Elementary School, and STAR Preschool Program.

Infrastructure

Transportation

U.S. Route 6 is the main thoroughfare in the town, leading northeast to Watertown and south to Southbury.

Connecticut Route 64 Route 64 is a Connecticut state highway connecting the towns of Woodbury and Waterbury via Middlebury. Route description Route 64 begins as Sherman Hill Road at an intersection with US 6 in the Pomeraug section of Woodbury (just south of the ...

is a main highway leading east five miles to Middlebury and to Waterbury. Other highways in the town include Route 47, leading northwest to

; Route 61, leading north from the eastern part of town to

; Route 132, leading north from the center of Woodbury to Bethlehem; and Route 317, leading west to

Notable locations

* Glebe House * Jabez Bacon House * Hotchkissville Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 *St. Paul's Episcopal Church *The Soldiers Monument *The Hollow Park

Notable people

* Leroy Anderson (1908–1975), composer ("

Sleigh Ride "Sleigh Ride" is a light orchestra standard composed by Leroy Anderson. The composer had formed the original idea for the piece during a heat wave in July 1946, and he finished the work in February 1948. The original recordings were instrument ...

" and many other works); lived in Woodbury from 1948 until his death in 1975. His widow Eleanor Anderson (1918–2014) lived in Woodbury from 1948 until her death * Mac Baldrige (1922–1987), 26th

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; lived in Woodbury until his death in 1987 * Joe Beck (1945–2008), jazz guitarist; lived in Woodbury until his death in 2008 *

Hayden Carruth Hayden Carruth (August 3, 1921 – September 29, 2008) was an American poet, literary critic and anthologist. He taught at Syracuse University. Life Hayden Carruth was born in Waterbury, Connecticut and grew up in Woodbury, Connecticut. He gra ...

(1921–2008), poet and critic; grew up in the town * Santino Ferrucci, racing driver; born in the town in 1998 *

Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757July 12, 1804) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first United States secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795. Born out of wedlock in Charle ...

(1847–1928), rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church * Kay Sage (1898–1963),

surrealist Surrealism is a cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists depicted unnerving, illogical scenes and developed techniques to allow the unconscious mind to express itself. Its aim was, according to ...

painter; lived in Woodbury from 1940 until her death * Henry Shelton Sanford (1823–1891), diplomat and the founder of

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; born in Woodbury *

Yves Tanguy Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy (January 5, 1900 – January 15, 1955), known as just Yves Tanguy (, ), was a French surrealist painter. Biography Tanguy, the son of a retired navy captain, was born January 5, 1900, at the Ministry of Naval Aff ...

(1900–1955), surrealist painter; lived in Woodbury from 1940 until his death *

William Robert Taylor William Robert Taylor (July 10, 1820March 17, 1909) was an American politician and the 12th Governor of Wisconsin from 1874 to 1876. Early life Taylor was born in Woodbury, Connecticut. He was orphaned at age 6 when his father's ship was lost ...

(1820–1909),

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; born in WoodburyWilliam Robert Taylor, Wisconsin Historical Society
/ref> * Robert Templeton (1929–1991), presidential portraitist and civil rights artist; lived in Woodbury and maintained his studio there from 1965 until his death *

Rob Zombie Rob Zombie (born Robert Bartleh Cummings; January 12, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, filmmaker, and voice actor. His music and lyrics are notable for their horror and sci-fi themes, and his live shows have be ...

, musician and movie director; moved to the town in January 2009 with his spouse Sheri Moon and has since sold his house and moved from town.

Local media

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Waterbury Republican-American The ''Republican-American'' is a conservative-leaning, family-owned newspaper based in Waterbury, Connecticut established in 1990 through merger of two newspapers under the same ownership: ''Waterbury American'' and ''Waterbury Republican''. The ...

'', independent daily newspaper *''Voices'', a local newspaper serving Southbury, Middlebury, Oxford, Seymour, Naugatuck, Woodbury, Bethlehem, New Preston, Washington, Washington Depot, Roxbury, Bridgewater, Monroe, Sandy Hook and Newtown

References

External links

Official town websiteTribury Chamber of Commerce
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