Thompson, Connecticut, USA (North Grosvenordale) (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville)
1819 - Thompson

Thompson, a post township, is situated in the northeast corner of the county and State, 47 miles northeast from Hartford, and 26 northwest from Providence; bounded on the north by Massachusetts line, on the east by Rhode-Island, on the south by Killingly, and on the west by Woodstock and Pomfret.

The township forms nearly a square, and comprises and area of about 50 square miles, or 32,000 acres.

The town is intersected into nearly two equal parts, by the Quinibaug river, which runs thro' it from north to south. In addition to this stream, it is watered by the French river, a tributary stream of the Quinibaug, and by Five mile river, which rises in Douglass, in Massachusetts, and enters the town at the northeast corner, and running through it from north to south, passes into Killingly, and discharges itself into the Quinibaug. Muddy brook, also, which rises in Woodstock, runs across the southwest corner of the town, a distance of about two miles. Upon these streams there are numerous bridges maintained by the town. Some salmon are taken in the Quinibaug and French rivers...

A Gazetteer of the States of Connecticut and Rhode-Island: Written with Care and Impartiality, from Original and Authentic Materials : Consisting of Two Parts ... with an Accurate and Improved Map of Each State Authors John Chauncey Pease, John Milton Niles Publisher W.S. Marsh, 1819

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