Winsted is a census-designated place and an incorporated city in
Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is part of the town
of Winchester. The population of Winsted was 7,712 at the 2010 census,
out of 11,242 in the entire town of Winchester.Settled in 1750, the
city of Winsted was formed at the junction of the Mad River and Still
River, and was one of the first mill towns in Connecticut.
Manufactured products started with scythes at the Winsted
Manufacturing Company in 1792. The city is within the town of
Winchester, and its name derives from the fact that it is the business
center for the towns of Winchester and Barkhamsted.Settled in 1750,
the city of Winsted was formed at the junction of the Mad River and
Still River, and was one of the first mill towns in Connecticut.
Manufactured products started with scythes at the Winsted
Manufacturing Company in 1792. The city is within the town of
Winchester, and its name derives from the fact that it is the business
center for the towns of Winchester and Barkhamsted.Winsted, along with
New Haven, Connecticut, was a center for the production of mechanical
clocks in the 1900s. The Gilbert Clock Company, located along the
Still River north of town, was founded in 1871 by William L. Gilbert
(1806â€"1890) and became one of the largest clock companies in the
world around the start of the 20th century.The Winsted post office
contains an oil on canvas mural, Lincoln's Arbiter Settles the Winsted
Post Office Controversy, painted by muralist Amy Jones in 1938.
Federally commissioned murals were produced from 1934 to 1943 in the
United States through the Section of Painting and Sculpture, later
called the Section of Fine Arts, of the Treasury Department. Winsted, Connecticut Top Movies & Young Movies