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Dudleytown, sometimes referred to as the "Village of the Damned", was founded as a small settlement in Cornwall, Connecticut in the mid-1740s and was abandoned in the 1800s. It is not a true ghost town because there are few visible remains of it. The site, now overgrown with trees, is on private land and access is forbidden. ==History== Dudleytown was never an actual town. The name was given at an unknown date to a portion of Cornwall that included several members of the Dudley family. The area that became known as Dudleytown was settled in the early 1740s by Thomas Griffis, followed by Gideon Dudley and, by 1753, Barzillai Dudley and Abiel Dudley; Martin Dudley joined them a few years later. Other families also settled there. As with every other part of Cornwall, Dudleytown was converted from forest to farm land. Families tilled the land for generations. Located on top of a high hill, Dudleytown was not ideally suited for farming. When more fertile and spacious land opened up in the Midwest in the mid-19th century, and as the local iron industry wound down, Cornwall's population declined. During the early 20th century, old farms in Cornwall were sold to New Yorkers seeking a better life in the countryside. Much of the Dudleytown area land was acquired by the Dark Entry Forest Association, which planted thousands of trees. During the 1930s, New York's Skidreiverein Club spent their winter weekends skiing on trails they built in the area; in the summers, they canoed down the Housatonic River.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Skidreiverein Club )〕 The town's abandonment has meant that barely any ruins of the original township survive. The land on which Dudleytown used to stand is now in private ownership, and entry is forbidden.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dudleytown, Connecticut」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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