Lanesville, Connecticut
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Lanesville, Connecticut | |
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Unincorporated area | |
  Lanesville Location in Connecticut  Lanesville Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 41°32′8.34″N 73°25′22.44″W / 41.5356500°N 73.4229000°W[1] | |
| Country |  United States |
| U.S. state |  Connecticut |
| County | Litchfield |
| Town | New Milford |
Lanesville is an unincorporated area in the town of New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.[1]
The establishment of what we now consider Lanesville is marked by the construction of the area's first gristmill, on the Still River in 1717.[2]: 298 For a time, the area was known as Pleasant Valley[3] but was eventually named Lanesville after prominent resident Jared Lane.[2]: 301 In the nineteenth century, Lanesville was a well-known district with a post office, one-room schoolhouse,[4] and railroad depot.[5]
