Tolland County, Connecticut


Founding: 1785
Parent counties: Hartford and Windham
Namesake: The town of Tolland
Seat: Tolland (1785–1889); Rockville (1889–1960)
Land area: 410 square miles
Population (2020): 149,788
Population (historic): 13,251 (1790); 17,980 (1840); 22,000 (1870); 24,523 (1900); 28,659 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1800; 1810–1830; 1840–1890; 1900–2010
Subdivisions: 13 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 10,529 (17.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 80.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 39.5%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.2%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.9%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,472
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,944
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,977
Average farm size (1920): 26.8 acres
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Tolland (ex-seat)
 
Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps Tolland, England
Founding: 1715 (incorporation); 1798 (post office)
Population (2020): 14,563
Population (historic): 1,597 (1820); 1,310 (1860); 1,169 (1880); 1,036 (1900); 1,064 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1820; 1900s; 1920–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 215 (3.9%)
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Rockville
 
Namesake: A reference to stone outcroppings along the Hockanum River
Founding: 1842 (post office)
Population (2020): 7,920
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,787 (47.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

  1. Daniel White Tavern (1773). 131 US Highway 6. Andover.
  2. Dewey Farm (1823). 80 Old Willimantic Road. Columbia. Federal.
  3. Daniel Holbrook Farm (1819). 42 Pine Street. Columbia. Federal.
  4. Second Congregational Church (1847). 1740 Boston Turnpike. Coventry. Greek Revival.
  5. Eleazer Pomeroy House (c. 1833). 1747 Boston Turnpike. Coventry. Federal.
  6. House (c. 1820). 290 North River Road. Coventry. Federal.
  7. Nathaniel Root House (1809). 335 North River Road. Coventry. Federal.
  8. Nathan Hale Farm (1776). 2299 South Street. Coventry.
  9. William Pinney House (c. 1810). 34 Pinney Street. Ellington. Federal.
  10. Eleazer Pinney House (1776). 59 Pinney Street. Ellington. Georgian.
  11. David Phelps House (1852). 155 Burrows Hill Road. Hebron. Greek Revival.
  12. Jonathan Peters House (1744). 148 East Street. Hebron. Georgian.
  13. Judson Strong Farm (c. 1845). 233 Millstream Road. Hebron. Greek Revival.
  14. Hope Valley Methodist Church (1849). 21 Reidy Hill Road. Hebron. Greek Revival.
  15. Fitch House (c. 1835). 1621 Storrs Road. Mansfield. Greek Revival.
  16. Whitney House (1769). Storrs Road, south of Willowbrook Road. Mansfield. Georgian.
  17. Harwood Chapel (1929). 11 Monson Road. Stafford. Gothic Revival.
  18. Miner Grant House (c. 1810). 80 Stafford Street. Stafford. Federal.
  19. House (c. 1810). 100 Stafford Street. Stafford. Federal.
  20. Clark House (c. 1820). 168 Weigold Road. Tolland. Greek Revival.
  21. Fuller House (c. 1830). 275 Weigold Road. Tolland. Greek Revival.
  22. House (c. 1895). 142 Daleville Road. Willington. Queen Anne.
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