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History · Terramuggus

22% of Terramuggus’ homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1892 on.

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Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 4.0

What stands out about Terramuggus’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Terramuggus are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18926 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1984. Watch Terramuggus change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Terramuggus’s history is told.

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On the map

Terramuggus on the map, 1892 to 1984

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Terramuggus. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Terramuggus on the 1892 USGS mapTerramuggus on the 1944 USGS mapTerramuggus on the 1953 USGS mapTerramuggus on the 1967 USGS mapTerramuggus on the 1972 USGS mapTerramuggus on the 1984 USGS map1892Gilead sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Terramuggus.

The story so far

Terramuggus, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Terramuggus yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Terramuggus is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Marlborough, Connecticut, United States. It contains the town center village and surrounding areas. As of the 2020 census, Terramuggus had a population of 990.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,025 to 990 (-3%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Terramuggus, decade by decade

Today4 recent
North Main Street2024North Main StreetLake Terramuggus2024Lake TerramuggusRanunculus2023RanunculusThe Old Country Store2017The Old Country Store
Famous people

Famous people close to Terramuggus

Nobody well known was born in Terramuggus itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Katharine HepburnAmerican actress · b. 1907
Barbara McClintockAmerican scientist and cytogeneticist · b. 1902
J. P. MorganAmerican financier, banker, and art collector · b. 1837
Stephenie MeyerAmerican author · b. 1973
Samuel Colt19th-century American industrialist and inventor · b. 1814
Suzanne CollinsAmerican television writer and novelist · b. 1962

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (4) and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.