Willimantic, Connecticut, United States

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Willimantic is a historic mill town and former textile manufacturing center in eastern Connecticut, now a village within the city of Windham.

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Willimantic, Connecticut, United States canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf census-designated place ⓘ
former city ⓘ
village ⓘ
areaCode 860 ⓘ
959 ⓘ
consolidatedWith Town of Windham, Connecticut ⓘ
consolidationEffectiveDate January 1, 1983 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Windham County, Connecticut ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic post-industrial mill town ⓘ
formedAtConfluenceOf Natchaug River ⓘ
Willimantic River ⓘ
linked to: Yantic River
GNISFeatureID 0213624 ⓘ
governmentType village within consolidated city-town ⓘ
hasCampusOf Eastern Connecticut State University ⓘ
hasCulturalEvent Boom Box Parade ⓘ
Third Thursday Street Fest ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Willimantic Downtown Historic District ⓘ
Willimantic Linen Company Mill Complex ⓘ
hasHospital Windham Hospital ⓘ
hasLandmark Frog Bridge (Thread City Crossing) ⓘ
Jillson Square Park ⓘ
Windham Textile and History Museum ⓘ
hasPostcode 06226 ⓘ
hasRiverFeature Willimantic Falls ⓘ
hasUniversity Eastern Connecticut State University ⓘ
historicalRole textile manufacturing center ⓘ
incorporatedAsCity 1893 ⓘ
knownFor historic textile mills ⓘ
mill town history ⓘ
thread manufacturing ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places (multiple properties) ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Connecticut ⓘ
locatedNearRiver Natchaug River ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Willimantic River ⓘ
linked to: Yantic River
nickname Thread City ⓘ
observesDST Eastern Daylight Time ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Time Zone
partOf Windham, Connecticut ⓘ
primaryIndustryHistorical textiles ⓘ
thread production ⓘ
region Windham region of Connecticut ⓘ
servedByRailroadHistorical New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad ⓘ
state Connecticut ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
traversedBy Connecticut Route 32 ⓘ
Connecticut Route 66 ⓘ
U.S. Route 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Christopher Dodd → birthPlace → Willimantic, Connecticut, United States ⓘ