Hydeville, Connecticut

Hydeville is a rural section of the town of Stafford, Connecticut, United States, located on Furnace Creek.

[1] The Lafayette blast furnace, established in Hydeville in 1799 to process bog iron, is reputed to have been the first iron furnace in the state to cast stoves.

[2] In the 1890s, Hydeville was described as "consisting of a few houses about a woolen mill" with a population of about 130.

Several of the houses in the village were tenement buildings containing several individual dwelling units.

[1] Wilson Woodworks, a producer of wood flooring, was once located in Hydeville, but moved to the town of Windsor, about 30 miles to the southwest.