Wethersfield, town, Hartford County, central Connecticut, on the Connecticut River, a residential community near Hartford; incorporated 1822. Its seed industry dates from 1720; processed food, tools and dies, oil burners, and specialty steel also are manufactured. The town's many colonial structures include the Joseph Webb House (1752), site of a conference (1781) between George Washington and the French general Comte de Rochambeau preceding the siege of Yorktown. Dinosaur State Park is nearby. The community, settled in 1634, probably is named for Wethersfield, England. Population 26,013 (1980); 25,651 (1990); 25,651 (1996 estimate).
