Once known worldwide as "Rosetown," Cromwell has enjoyed multiple identities in its nearly 370-year existence.
However, by the mid-19th century, Cromwell had become an independent rural town with small farms and businesses, its river port no longer of consequ.
Gradually, substantial maritime activities developed to define the community.
Initially called Upper Houses, the village was a tiny religious and agricultural outpost of the larger Middletown colonial settlement on the Connecticut River.
Once known worldwide as "Rosetown," Cromwell has enjoyed multiple identities in its nearly 370-year existence