The New International Encyclopædia/Manchester (Connecticut)

MANCHESTER. A town in Hartford County, Conn., 8 miles east of Hartford, on the Hockanum River and on the New England Railroad (Map: Connecticut, E 2). It was taken from East Hartford and incorporated in 1823, and includes the villages of Manchester, South Manchester, Buckland, Manchester Green, and Highland Park. The town is an important industrial centre, and has the great Cheney silk mills, paper mills, cotton and woolen mills, and manufactories of electrical appliances, needles, and tinware. There are public libraries in the villages of Manchester and South Manchester. Population, in 1890, 8222; in 1900, 10,601.