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Derby (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 41 19 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 41.3167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 073 05 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -73.0833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Housatonic & Naugatuck rivers; established as a trading post in mid-17th cen.; was a shipbuilding & fishing center through 19th cen., famed for trade with overseas ports. |
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| Derby (preferred,C,V)
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............ | renamed for Derby, England, in 1675 |
| Paugusset (H,V)
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Derby (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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established in 1642; incorporated in 1893 |
| town (C) |
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| river settlement (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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produces sponge rubber, pins, hardware, & brass, copper & bronze specialities |
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