Hydeville, Connecticut

Wilson Woodworks

Hydeville is a rural section of the town of Stafford, Connecticut, located on Furnace Creek. Historically it was also known as Haydenville.^[1]

The Lafayette blast furnace, established in Hydeville in 1799 to process bog iron, is reputed to have been the first iron furnace in the state to cast stoves.It operated until 1840, when the local ore supply had been used up.^[2]

In the 1890s, Hydeville was described as "consisting of a few houses about a woolen mill" with a population of about 130. Several of the houses in the village were tenement buildings containing several individual dwelling units.^[1]

Wilson Woodworks, a producer of wood flooring, is located in Hydeville.^[3]

References

1 2 Smith, H. E. (1895). "Report of Typhoid Fever in Stafford". Seventeenth Annual Report of the State Board of Health of the State of Connecticut. pp. 232–238.
↑ Charles Rufus Harte (1944), Connecticut's Iron and Copper, Part I, from the 60th Annual Report of the Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers, 1944
↑ "Wilson Woodworks". Retrieved March 6, 2013.

Municipalities and communities of Tolland County, Connecticut, United States

Towns	Andover Bolton Columbia Coventry Ellington Hebron Mansfield Somers Stafford Tolland Union Vernon Willington

Other communities	Coventry Lake Crystal Lake Hydeville Mansfield Center Mansfield Hollow Rockville Somersville South Coventry Stafford Hollow Storrs Talcottville

Coordinates: 41°59′35″N 72°16′34″W / 41.99306°N 72.27611°W / 41.99306; -72.27611

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