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Seymour| Town in southwestern Connecticut, on the Naugatuck River, 16 km/10 mi northwest of New Haven; population (1990) 14,300. In 1802 David Humphreys of Derby brought the first (Spanish) merino sheep to North America, and started a woollen mill here; in 1880, the first mohair plush in the USA was made. |
| Other industries have included the manufacture of brass, wire, cables, and paper. Since the 1970s the brass industry has virtually disappeared. |
Seymour| City in southern Indiana, 62 km/38 mi southeast of Bloomington; population (1990) 15,600. Its many industries produce such goods as car parts, heavy machinery, wood products, textiles, packaging materials, pharmaceuticals, appliances, fertilizer, and plastics. Situated in an agricultural region, it also processes food and is a shipping centre. |
| Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge is to the east. |
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