Map of Lisbon, Connecticut in 2026

If you grew up in Lisbon, or you’ve ever stood on the old Newent Meeting House Green, you’ll find your town on this map just as it stands in 2026. Look for your road. North Burnham Highway, South Burnham Highway, Newent Road, Ross Hill Road, River Road, Kinsman Hill Road, Town House Road, Lee Road, Icehouse Road, Kimball Road and Oak Drive are all printed by name, along with many more.

Lisbon is in New London County, between the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers in eastern Connecticut.

KNOWOL made this map in 2026 from public survey data, and gave it the look of an old atlas. The shaded hills, from Newent and Ross Hill down to Sachem Point and the Shetucket in the south, come from United States Geological Survey elevation data. The streets and the town line come from the Census Bureau, right down to small roads like Bundy Hill Road. Lisbon and Newent are printed by name, and so is Versailles, a village of neighboring Sprague. A guide of 20 numbered landmarks runs along the bottom, with the National Register sites marked, and we checked those against National Park Service records.

Named for Portugal’s Capital

Lisbon was named for the capital of Portugal, and it sits in the National Heritage Corridor known as The Last Green Valley. It was part of Norwich until 1786, when it was incorporated as its own town. That’s the year on the title panel: Incorporated 1786. By the 1800s the town lived by farming and by wool and silk factories.

One of Lisbon’s best known people was Ebenezer Tracy, born in 1744, a carpenter who set up shop here and became the leading maker of Windsor chairs in Connecticut. He made some of his finest work between 1785 and 1800. His fan-back, sack-back and continuous-bow chairs and settees are prized today, and his sons and sons-in-law carried on his craft. Lisbon’s notable people also include the congressman Elias Perkins and the abolitionist John D. Read. Click here to learn more about the history of Lisbon.

Newent and the Town Center

The cluster of numbers in the middle of the map is the town center. Lisbon Town Hall (2), the Lisbon Fire Department (6), the Lisbon Active Aging Center (7) and Lisbon Central School (14) stand together beside the Newent Meeting House Green (8). The John Bishop House Museum (17) and the Lisbon Community Center (16) are beside the green, and Lisbon Meadows Park (4) and Bicentennial Park (11) are just south. The guide also lists the Lisbon Resident State Trooper (18).

East of the center, at 142 Newent Road, is the Former Anshei Israel Synagogue (9). Fifteen Jewish families who had come from Poland and Russia, and lived in Plainfield, Lisbon, Griswold and Jewett City, founded the congregation and had it built in 1936 on land given by Harry Rothenberg, who became its first cantor. It’s a small clapboard building with a Star of David atop its tower, and inside, the raised bimah and ark are original. As the congregation grew smaller, services were held only on holidays, and the town took over the building in the 1980s. The Lisbon Historical Society cares for it now. It was listed on the National Register in 1995, one of 15 Connecticut synagogues listed together, as a fine example of a small country house of worship.

The Old Houses on Ross Hill

Ross Hill Road runs through the middle and north of town past three Register houses. The Andrew Clark House (5), about half a mile north of Route 138, was built in 1798 by Captain Andrew Clark, a wealthy farmer and state representative, on the old Morgan Farm, whose pre-1728 farmhouse is now its north ell. Its front has a Palladian window and a hand-carved gilded eagle. The Lathrop-Mathewson-Ross House (19), at 198 Ross Hill Road, dates to 1761. The Mathewson and Ross families owned it from 1800 to 1958, and generations of them kept diaries and accounts that give a rare look at country life. At the corner of North Burnham Highway and Ross Hill Road is the John Palmer House (3), a Cape built in 1790 by John Palmer, who had helped found a Separatist church in nearby Scotland during the Great Awakening. The guide also lists the Ross Hill Park Family Campground (10), the Sunfox Campground (13) and the Burnham Tavern Trails (15).

Taft Tunnel and Mill Brook

Down in the south of town, the Taft Tunnel (1) carries the old Norwich and Worcester line, now the Providence and Worcester Railroad, through the hills along the Quinebaug. It was cut in 1837, and the town claims it as the first railroad tunnel built in the United States. Close by, just north of Lower Blissville Road, is the Mill Brook Bridge (12), a small dry-laid stone arch over Mill Brook. It’s thought to date from the 1790s and is probably the oldest surviving stone arch bridge in the state. The road here was open by 1717 between Norwich and Plainfield and later became a post road, and in 1790 the town improved it, adding a “stone causeway” on Bundy Hill. It was moved a short way to its present spot in 1915, and it was listed on the National Register in 1997, though part of the arch has since fallen. The guide also lists the Rogers Prehistoric Archaeological Site (20).

This map of Lisbon makes a handsome addition to a living room, office, library or den, and it can even help teach children the geography and history of the town. It’s a thoughtful gift for anyone who calls Lisbon home, grew up here, or moved away. Created by KNOWOL in 2026, it’s printed on museum quality archival paper in three sizes. Zoom in on the preview above to explore the details, then click here to get your copy of the Lisbon map.

Sources

• Lisbon, ConnecticutHistory.org
• Lisbon, Connecticut, Wikipedia
• Versailles, Connecticut, Wikipedia
• Ebenezer Tracy Made Some of the Finest 18th-Century Furniture, ConnecticutHistory.org
• Anshei Israel Synagogue, Wikipedia
• Andrew Clark House, Wikipedia
• Lathrop-Mathewson-Ross House, Wikipedia
• John Palmer House, Wikipedia
• Mill Brook Bridge, Wikipedia