Dudleytown, Connecticut
Former populated place in Connecticut, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dudleytown is an abandoned settlement, located in a valley known as the Dark Entry Forest, in northwestern Connecticut in the United States, best known today as a ghost town. Due to vandalism and trespassers, the site is not open to the public.
Dudleytown, Connecticut | |
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Former populated place | |
Coordinates: 41.8078°N 73.3523°W / 41.8078; -73.3523 | |
Country | United States |
State | Connecticut |
County | Litchfield |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern(EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 1931925[1] |
Since the mid-1920s, the land occupied by the village has been maintained by philanthropists as a private land trust, who worked to reforest the land after decades of agricultural use. Only a few traces, such as cellar holes, remain of the original village. Due to rumors of ghost activity beginning in the 1980s, the village site has been subject to frequent vandalism, and the owners have since closed the land to the public.[2]