Middletown

Middletown, (1) a city and port of entry of Connecticut, on the right bank of the Connecticut River, 15 miles below Hartford, at the junction of three railway lines. It is a well-built town, dating from 1636, with wide, shaded streets and numerous handsome residences. Here are the Wesleyan University (1831), the Berkeley Divinity School (Episcopal), a large state hospital for the insane, and an industrial school for girls. The manufactures include sewing-machines, tape, webbing, Britannia ware, &c. Pop. (1890) 9012.—(2) A town of New York, 67 miles by rail NNW. of New York city. It contains the state homœopathic insane asylum, and has manufactures of iron, blankets, hats, &c. Pop. 8494.—(3) A town of Ohio, on the Miami River and Canal, 35 miles by rail N. of Cincinnati, with several paper-mills and tobacco-factories. Pop. 4538.