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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instanceOf census-designated place
former city
village
areaCode 860
959
consolidatedWith Windham, Connecticut
surface form: Town of Windham, Connecticut
consolidationEffectiveDate January 1, 1983
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Windham County, Connecticut
demographicCharacteristic post-industrial mill town
formedAtConfluenceOf Natchaug River
Yantic River
surface form: Willimantic 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
surface form: National Register of Historic Places (multiple properties)
locatedIn eastern Connecticut
locatedNearRiver Natchaug River
locatedOnRiver Yantic River
surface form: Willimantic River
nickname Thread City
observesDST Eastern Time Zone
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
partOf Windham, Connecticut
primaryIndustryHistorical textiles
thread production
region Windham County, Connecticut
surface form: 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