Connecticut Gazetteer
French River is a physical feature (stream) in Northeastern Connecticut County. The primary coordinates for French River places it within the CT 06255 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | French River |
| Category: | Connecticut physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | 25.3 miles long. Heads in MA at the junction of Bartons and Town Meadow Brooks in Greenville Pond at, flows south into CT, to the Quinebaug River 2.4 km (1.5 mi) north of Putnam, CT; Towns of Leicester, Oxford, Dudley, and Webster, MA and Thompson, CT. |
| History: | Named for a French-Protestant settlement in the Town of Oxford (MGB 1932). |
| County: | Northeastern Connecticut County |
| Latitude: | 41.9425977 |
| Longitude: | -71.8981278 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for French River: French River.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for French River does not include property ownership information.
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Mechanicsville, CT
(< 0.1 mile) Putnam, CT (1.9 miles SSW) North Grosvenor Dale, CT (3.1 miles N) South Woodstock, CT (3.1 miles W) Quasset Lake, CT (4.5 miles WSW) |
Quinebaug, CT
(6.3 miles NNW) Dayville, CT (6.7 miles S) Webster, MA (7.5 miles N) Lake Bungee, CT (8.4 miles W) Witches Woods, CT (8.9 miles W) |
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West Thompson, CT
(< 0.1 mile) Grosvenor Dale, CT (1.9 miles N) Thompson, CT (1.9 miles ENE) Harrisville, CT (2.4 miles WSW) Roseland Park, CT (3.1 miles W) |
Putnam Heights, CT
(3.9 miles SSE) Woodstock, CT (3.9 miles W) Quaddick, CT (4.1 miles E) Pomfret, CT (4.5 miles SW) East Putnam, CT (4.7 miles ESE) |
