Editing Hartford City, West Virginia (section)

== History ==
Hartford is located on a portion of land owned by Colonel Andrew Waggener, who in 1772 was given {{convert|4000|acre|km2}} by [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]] for his services in the [[French and Indian War]].  It was established as a town in 1853, and a [[coal mining|coal mine]] was established the same year.  [[Salt]] extraction began in 1856, by [[capitalism|capitalists]] from [[Connecticut]] named Morgan Buckley and William Healey, who named the town for [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]], the state capital of Connecticut.  The first [[post office]] was opened in 1858, and the community was [[municipal corporation|incorporated]] in 1868.<ref>''West Virginia Blue Book.'' [http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Educational/publications/pub.cfm Published annually] by the Clerk's Office of the [[West Virginia Senate]].</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Kenny|first=Hamill|title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=328;size=125|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=300}}</ref>