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The first settlers came here in 1654 and established a settlement called Uptown Derby, now part of the City of Ansonia, incorporated in 1889. South of this green is the home of General David Humphreys, who, as aide-de-camp to General George Washington, accepted the British colors in surrender at Yorktown. Many of the private homes on Elm Street are pre-Revolutionary, and the Episcopal cemetery has gravestones dating back to 1741. During the Revolution, men who lived here served with the Second Connecticut Regiment and drilled on this green, then called Cankwood Plain.
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Ansonia, Connecticut · United States
