Saybrook, Connecticut

E595365
former town

Saybrook, Connecticut is a historic coastal town at the mouth of the Connecticut River, known as one of New England’s earliest English settlements.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Town of Old Saybrook 3
Saybrook, Connecticut canonical 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former town ⓘ
adjacentTo Deep River, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
Essex, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old Lyme, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy Connecticut River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Long Island Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
economyType fishing ⓘ
maritime economy ⓘ
trade ⓘ
foundedBy English colonists ⓘ
governmentType New England town government ⓘ
hasHistoricRole early defensive outpost at mouth of Connecticut River ⓘ
strategic port in colonial New England ⓘ
hasPart Old Saybrook, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
Westbrook, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation historic town ⓘ
inception 1635 ⓘ
1636 ⓘ
knownFor coastal location ⓘ
colonial-era history ⓘ
one of New England’s earliest English settlements ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
locatedAtMouthOf Connecticut River NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Connecticut ⓘ
Middlesex County, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInHistoricalRegion Connecticut Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOn Long Island Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ
mergedInto Old Saybrook, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Lord Brooke NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lord Saye and Sele NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalName Saybrook Plantation NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf New England ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yankee cultural region NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionHistoricallyDominant Congregationalism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
significantEvent Saybrook Colony established ⓘ
Saybrook Colony merged into Connecticut Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ
location of Saybrook Fort ⓘ
site of early English settlement in Connecticut ⓘ
transportHub coastal shipping on Long Island Sound ⓘ
riverine trade on Connecticut River ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Mason → residence → Saybrook, Connecticut ⓘ
Saybrook College → namedAfter → Saybrook, Connecticut ⓘ
Fort Saybrook Monument Park → ownedBy → Saybrook, Connecticut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Town of Old Saybrook
Fort Saybrook Monument Park → operator → Saybrook, Connecticut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Town of Old Saybrook
Harvey’s Beach → operatedBy → Saybrook, Connecticut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Town of Old Saybrook