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Sherman is the location of Naromiyocknowhusunkatankshunk Brook [7] (29 letters), in the north end of town near the New Milford border. The name of indigenous origin means "water flowing from the hills". The Naromi Land Trust in Sherman derived its name from the brook. [8] In some deeds it is called Deep Brook.
Sherman is a census-designated place (CDP) comprising the central community in the town of Sherman, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is in the central part of the town, at the north end of Candlewood Lake .
The Sherman Historic District encompasses the historic town center of Sherman, Connecticut. It covers an 85-acre (34 ha) historic district area centered on the junction of Connecticut Routes 37 and 39 , and consists mostly of residential structures, some of them dating to not long after the town's incorporation in 1740.
They "purchased" a 31,000-acre (13,000 ha) tract of land that is now New Fairfield and Sherman, for the equivalent of about 300 dollars, and on April 24, 1729, the deed was recorded on May 9, 1729, and is now deposited in the archives of the state capital in Hartford, Connecticut. Settlers originally spelled the town as "Newfairfield".
The Sherman town line forms the western boundary, although several homes in Sherman are usually considered to be part of the Gaylordsville community. The Housatonic River runs through the center of the village and is joined by the Wimisink, Womunshenuck, Naromiyocknowhusunkatankshunk (Morrissey), and Squash Hollow brooks.
Connecticut's land claims in the Western United States. The Connecticut Western Reserve was a portion of land claimed by the Colony of Connecticut and later by the state of Connecticut in what is now mostly the northeastern region of Ohio. The Reserve had been granted to the Colony under the terms of its charter by King Charles II. [1]