Editing Mystic, Connecticut (section)

===18th century===
[[File:Mystic, Connecticut (circa 1901).jpg|thumb|right|Main Street (circa 1901)]]

By the first decade of the 18th century, three villages had begun to develop along the Mystic River. The largest village was called Mystic (now [[Old Mystic]]), also known as the Head of the River because it lay where several creeks united into the Mystic River estuary.<ref name="American Journey 2004"/>  Two villages lay farther down the river. One was called Stonington and was considered to be Lower Mystic, consisting of twelve houses by the early 19th century. These twelve houses lay along Willow Street, which ended at the ferry landing. This is now the Stonington side of the village of Mystic.  On the opposite bank of the river in the town of [[Groton, Connecticut|Groton]] stood the village that became known as [[Portersville, Connecticut|Portersville]]. This is the Groton side of the village of Mystic.<ref name="Fought, Leigh 2007"/>