Quiambaug is an area of

Stonington, Connecticut Stonington is a town located on Long Island Sound in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The municipal limits of the town include the borough of Stonington (borough), Connecticut, Stonington, the villages of Pawcatuck, Connecticut, Pa ...

, consisting primarily of the valley of the Mistuxet Brook and Quiambog Cove, and comprising roughly one-sixth of the

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

. One of the first four settlers of Stonington,

Thomas Miner Thomas Minor (23 April 1608 – 23 October 1690) was a founder of New London, Connecticut, New London and Stonington, Connecticut, United States, and an early colonial New England diarist. Early life and marriage Minor was born in Chew Magna, i ...

, built his house in Quiambaug in 1653. His diary of life there in the 17th century. The entries for 1668 are available at http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6228An. Quiambaug Cove was one of the largest producing area of commercial oysters in Connecticut in 1900. Notable residents have included the sailor Nathaniel Fanning and explorer

Edmund Fanning Edmund Fanning (July 16, 1769 – April 23, 1841) was an American explorer and sea captain, known as the "Pathfinder of the Pacific." Life Born in Stonington in the British Crown Colony of Connecticut to Gilbert and Huldah Fanning, from ne ...

, FBI Director

L. Patrick Gray Louis Patrick Gray III (July 18, 1916 – July 6, 2005) was acting director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from May 3, 1972, to April 27, 1973. During this time, the FBI was in charge of the initial investigation into the burglari ...

, artist Ellery Thompson, and writer L.

Rust Hills Lawrence Rust "Rusty" Hills (November 9, 1924 – August 12, 2008) was an American author and fiction editor at ''Esquire'' from 1957 to 1964. He remained associated with the magazine until 1999. Authors he championed include Norman Mailer, John C ...

. The Quiambaug valley includes the Quiambaug Fire District and the Quiambaug Volunteer Fire Department.

References

*"History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, from its First Settlement in 1649 to 1900, with a Genealogical Register of Stonington Families", by Richard Anson Wheeler *"Stonington By The Sea", by Henry Robinson Palmer *"An Environmental History Review of Oyster, Flounder, Bay Scallop and Smelt Fisheries", Timothy C. Visel

External links

Quiambaug/Mistuxet history
{{New London County, Connecticut * Populated places in New London County, Connecticut 1653 establishments in Connecticut