Editing Seymour, Connecticut (section)

==History==
Seymour was incorporated as a town in May 1850,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.city-data.com/city/Seymour-Connecticut.html|title= Seymour Connecticut|publisher= City-Data.com |access-date= September 19, 2012}}</ref> and was named for Governor [[Thomas H. Seymour]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qoEyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA334|year=1903|publisher=Connecticut Magazine Company|page=334}}</ref>

The area that now encompasses the lands of the town was originally part of the town of Derby, which in turn was a part of [[Milford, Connecticut|Milford]].  The downtown portion of what is now Seymour was eventually called Humphreysville, named after Revolutionary War hero [[David Humphreys (soldier)|David Humphreys]], aide-de-camp to General [[George Washington]].<ref>[[David Humphreys (soldier)]]</ref> Humphreys had purchased a factory in what is the downtown portion of the town, which produced scythes and other tools as well as wool products from the sheep he had imported.

In 1836, Humphreysville was incorporated as a borough within the town of Derby by the General Assembly.  Upon the creation of the town of Seymour in 1850, the borough government was dis-incorporated.<ref>[[Borough (Connecticut)]]</ref>