Where did the name "Aspinock Historical Society" come from?
"Originally known as Aspinock, then part of Killingly, Putnam was incorporated in 1855, carved out of Killingly, Pomfret and Thompson and named in honor of General Israel Putnam of Revolutional War fame."
The charter members of the historical society chose Aspinock Historical Society as its name to encompass the land's entire known history.