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Willimantic was the dominant cotton manufacturing center in the North. It ceases to be dominant after the Willimantic Linen Company closes.

Willimantic is incorpated as a city and divided into four wards.

Willimantic demands independence due to the difficulty of voting at Windham Green. Windham refuses to fully emancipate Willimantic and instead makes it into a Borough. The borough holds its first meeting in July. The new status helps Willimantic…

Willimantic and Windham Governments consolidate cutting off garbage removal and police patrols to the Windham Heights area.

William Swift builds a one story, wood framed silk mill at the corner of Church and Valley streets.

Following a flurry of overspending, expensive social programs, and the failure of his company store, William Barrows resigns. Willimantic Linen sells his store shortly afterwards.