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West Hartford began in 1672-1677 when Hartford created the West Division by subdividing a tract bounded by Quaker Lane, Mountain Road, and the towns of Bloomfield and Newington. It was later enlarged by lands from Hartford and Farmington. In 1679 Stephen Hosmer, the first settler, built a mill on Trout Brook west of North Main Street. The West Division became a parish in 1711. The state legislature named it West Hartford in 1806 and made it a town in 1854. In 1919 West Hartford became the first place in Connecticut to adopt council-manager government. The birthplace of Noah Webster, compiler of the first American dictionary, is two miles down South Main Street.
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