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Place Name
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Watertown
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Place Status (Type)
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town
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Population
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20,456 (1990)
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Location
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Litchfield County, Connecticut (CT), United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°37'N
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Longitude
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73°07'W
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Watertown
, town (1990 pop. 20,456), Litchfield co., W
Conn.; 41°37'N 73°07'W. Mfg. includes textiles, plastics,
chemicals, mattresses, and brass goods. A method for processing silk
thread developed here (1849) and led to the foundation of a major silk
industry in the 19th cent. Portions of a state park and a state forest
are in Watertown. Taft, a preparatory school, is here. Set
off from Waterbury and inc. 1780.
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