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State CONNECTICUT NIANTIC (regional info) also search: Mystic Greater Area Best Value Inn And Suites Niantic DAYS INN NIANTIC Sleep Inn & Suites Settled in the 1640s in part of Lyme and New London, East Lyme was made a separate town in 1839 by the Connecticut General Assembly. In what was originally a farming area along the Old Post Road, a cottage textile industry developed similar to that in Belgium, which gained for the district the name of Flanders. Prior to the arrival of the settlers, the Nehantic Indians fished and hunted along the shoreline, and afterward lived amicably among the newcomers, who gave this district its name of Niantic, a variant of the tribal name. The Thomas Lee House (1660) and the Smith Harris House (1840) are both fine examples of the architecture of their time. A plaque at Bride Brook on Route 156 tells of a romantic marriage there in 1646 and marks the boundary between what was then Saybrook and New London. The Town now encompasses 34.8 square miles of beaches, ponds, streams, woodland, and fields. OTHER POPULAR DESTINATIONS IN CONNECTICUTAll available cities in Connecticut Cromwell Danbury East Hartford Farmington Groton Hartford Manchester Meriden Milford Mystic New Haven New London Niantic Norwalk Norwich Shelton Southington Stamford Torrington Vernon Waterbury Windsor Windsor Locks |
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