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Town History
Located on the banks of the Shetucket River, Sprague was founded in 1861. Then Governor
Sprague, of Rhode Island, was looking for a location to begin a new town. Finding a wonderful water source for a mill, Sprague
purchased land from the towns of Franklin and Lisbon to create a place named after him. Sprague’s mill, which stood
for over a 100 years, was the largest mill in the town. (Tragically, a few years ago, the mill caught fire and was destroyed.
All that remains of the once beautiful mill of Baltic is a pile of rubble.)
Villages and Hamlets
Sprague is located in eastern Connecticut. Bounded
on the east with the town of Lisbon, and on the west with Franklin, Norwich lies to its south with Scotland and Windham to
the north. The village of Baltic lies on the west side of the Shetucket River. Baltic today still has many of its original
mill houses built in the time when Governor Sprague built his mill. Hanover, located north and east of the Shetucket, was
another mill village whose mill is gone. Versailles, also a mill village of yesteryears, lies in the south part of the town
and borders the village of Occum, a part of Norwich.
Sprague, like the towns of Plainfield, Putnam,
and Willimantic, was a source of employment for many French Canadians during its mill days. Today, many French Canadian descendants
still live in the town where their grandparents once worked.
Town information
Town Hall Main Street, Baltic (860) 822-3001
Library (Located in the Grist Mill) Main Street, Baltic (860) 822-3012
Tax Collector Main Street, Baltic (860) 822-3003
For Probate information, contact:
City of Norwich City Hall, Norwich 06360 (860) 887-2160
Churches
Hanover Congregational Church Main Street, Hanover 06350 (860) 822-6771
St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church 70 W. Main Street, Baltic (860) 822-6378
Baltic United Methodist Church W. Main Street, Baltic
Mailing address: PO Box 707, Baltic (860) 822- 1040 or e-mail to them at sjlamb@sbcglobal.net
Versailles United Methodist Church 4 Church Street, Versailles 06383 (860) 822-9439 or (860) 822-1040
(Please note: Records for the Baltic and Versailles Methodist Churches are housed at
the Baltic Methodist Church. Records from the former Methodist Church in Voluntown and the Bethel Methodist Church are also
housed in Baltic. Please contact the church secretary at the Baltic address.)
Other information:
Sprague Historical Society RFD1 Baltic Sprague,
CT
(Please note: Last I heard they met in the Grist
Mill and their collection is located in the library.)
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| Looking down Route 207 circa 1930 |
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