Originally a mill village, Wauregan was established around a cotton mill powered by the Quinebaug River. Wauregan and West Wauregan, across the Quinebaug in
villages: Plainfield (south, ZIP code 06374), Moosup (northeast, 06354), Wauregan (northwest, 06387), and Central Village (west, 06332). Each village has
redeveloped into residential apartments. A similar mill and village community is Wauregan Historic District, which is also NRHP-listed. Taftville has a public elementary
village of Wauregan in Plainfield to the town center of Brooklyn. Route 205 begins at an intersection with Route 12 in the village of Wauregan in the north
Rogers chose the word based on exposure to either of the Algonquian words wauregan and olighin, both meaning "good and beautiful (river)", but in Rogers'