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History. Railroad Square, c. 1918. Danielson was originally named "Danielsonville" for Gen. James Danielson, the builder of the first house in the settlement. It was renamed Danielson in 1895. [3] Historic districts. Danielson is the site of two historic districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places:
Local History. Killingly was settled in 1700, incorporated in 1708, the forty-second town established in Connecticut. In 1653, the second John Winthrop obtained a grant of a large tract of land formerly held by the Quinebaug Indian tribe and known as the Quinebaug (Long Pond) Country.
History of CT Boroughs. Historical Image Slideshow. View Slideshow. View PDF. Danielson is a borough in the town of Killingly in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 4,051 at the 2010 census.
History of Danielsonville, Connecticut. Source: History of Windham County, Connecticut, Bayles, Richard M.; New York: W.W. Preston, 1889. https://archive.org/details/cu31924028841992/page/958/mode/2up. The borough of Danielsonville was created by an act of assembly in May, 1854.
History. In 1653, the second John Winthrop, son of Massachusetts Bay Colony's founding governor, obtained a grant of land formerly held by the Quinebaug Indian tribe and known as the Quinebaug (Long Pond) Country.
Danielson, CT 06239. Phone: 860-779-7250. For more information email us at director@killinglyhistorical.org
The Danielson Main Street Historic District encompasses the historic late 19th-century commercial business district of the borough of Danielson in the town of Killingly, Connecticut.
