Wethersfield [Hartford County] was settled as Watertown 1634 and named 1637 from Wethersfield in Essex, England. Indian name, "Pyquag." Area, 13.1 sq. miles. Population, est., 25,095. Voting districts, 10. Principal industries, motel-gas-restaurant motoring trade, marine terminals for gasoline and fuel oils, tools and dies, offices and warehouses food, drug supplies, printing, seedsmen. Connecticut Light and Power Co. Computer Center and Northeast Utilities Service Co. Headquartered there, as well as the Department of Corrections, Labor Department and State Motor Vehicles Department of Transportation.
It is considered to be a part of the Greater Hartford Metro Area.
