Greenwood Road

United States Migration  Trails and Roads  Connecticut  Massachusetts  New York  Greenwood Road

Did an ancestor travel the Greenwood Road of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York? Learn about this settler migration route, its transportation history, and find related genealogy sources.

History
The Greenwood Road, also known at Greenwoods Turnpike, was chartered by the Connecticut legislature in October 1798. In Massachusetts it was also called the Twelfth Massachusetts Turnpike.

Route
Starts from Hartford, Connecticut. Runs northwest through Winsted, Norfolk, and North Canaan, then north into Massachusetts along the east side of the Housatonic River to Great Barrington, from there to Pittsfield, and then over the hills northwest into the corner of Columbia County, New York, and from there northwest to the city of Albany. Today it is parallel to US Route 44, U.S. Route 7, and U.S. Route 20.