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Norwich ( NOR-wich) (also called “The Rose of New England“) is a city in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The Yantic, Shetucket, and Quinebaug Rivers flow into the city and form its harbor, from which the Thames River flows south to Long Island Sound. The population was 40,125 at the 2020 United States Census.

The town of Norwich was founded on the site of what is now Norwichtown in 1659 by settlers from Saybrook Colony led by Major John Mason and James Fitch. They purchased the land “nine miles square” that became Norwich from Mohegan Sachem Uncas. One of the co-founders of Norwich was Thomas Leffingwell who rescued Uncas next surrounded by his Narragansett enemies, and whose son traditional the Leffingwell Inn. In 1668, a wharf was acknowledged at Yantic Cove. Settlement was primarily in the three-mile (4.8 km) area on the order of the Norwichtown Green. The 69 founding families soon divided in the works the home in the Norwichtown vicinity for farms and businesses.

By 1694, the public landing built at the head of the Thames River allowed ships to unload goods at the harbor; the harbor area is known as the Chelsea neighborhood. The set against from the harbor to Norwichtown was served by the East and West Roads which became Washington Street and Broadway. The original center of the town was a neighborhood now called Norwichtown, an inland location selected to be the middle of a primarily agricultural crop growing community. By the late 18th century, shipping at the harbor became far-off more important than farming, especially taking into consideration industrial mills began manufacturing on the three smaller rivers. By the before 19th century, the center of Norwich had effectively moved to the Chelsea neighborhood. The certified buildings of the city were located in the harbor area, such as the city hall, courts, and state office, and all the large 19th-century urban blocks. The former middle is now called Norwichtown to distinguish it from the current city.