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Yes, there’s a Pussy Lane in New Hartford. The same town that boasts . You now have no reason not to love New Hartford, Connecticut. I set out one day to experience Pussy Lane myself, and this is my story.
It is also named on official USGS maps and other important maps. I love maps. In fact, I learned of Pussy Lane’s existence simply by looking at a map of New Hartford one day. It’s what I do for fun. I was surprised to learn that I’d been at the eastern end of Pussy Lane a few times before – property abuts the country lane.
No one lives on Pussy Lane and there are no businesses there. I drove from east to west and found it to be in fairly good condition for a dirt road. Smooth with no hairy turns or anything. Not having had enough of it, I turned around and drove it again.
For whatever insane reason, some New Hartford residents have taken up the Pussy Lane cause over the last couple of decades. I guess there was a small push to rename the road and that didn’t sit well. In fact, there was about the road in 1996. My guess is that someone just thought it was great to be able to publish the following – even though it’s absurd and I can’t imagine anyone cares – or cared then – to retain the name of the road. The entire premise of this “preservation” simply must be because the guy thinks it’s funny/cool to live near Pussy Lane.
When it was first established in the mid-1700s, Pussy Lane was one of three major roads serving the village of New Hartford.
