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Connecticut Counties
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Connecticut Counties
There are currently eight counties in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Four of them were
originally created in 1666, during the first consolidation of the colony of Connecticut from a number of smaller
colonies. Two more counties were created during colonial times, and only two counties, Middlesex and Tolland
counties, have been created since American independence, both in 1785. The majority of Connecticut counties are
named for locations in England, where many early Connecticut settlers originated
Connecticut is divided into geographic regions called counties, but they do not have
functioning governments, as defined by the Census Bureau |
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Hartford County, Connecticut
Hartford County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Hartford
Year Organized: 1666
Square Miles: 736 |
Court House: 95 Washington Street
Hartford, CT 06106-4431
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
After the county of Hertfordshire in the UK
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Hartford County is located in north central Connecticut, bordered on the west by Litchfield County, on the east by
Tolland County, and to the south by New Haven and Middlesex Counties. Connecticut's first established county, it is also
bordered to the north by the State of Massachusetts. The Connecticut River bisects Hartford County from north to south
and has played an important role in the development of the region since colonial times. The total land area covered by
Hartford County is 736 square miles.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Hampden County, Mass.
- East: Tolland County
- Southeast: New London County; Middlesex County
- Southwest: New Haven County
- West: Litchfield County
Cities and Towns:
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- Avon |
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- Berlin |
town |
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- Bloomfield |
town |
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- Bristol |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Burlington |
town |
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- Canton |
town |
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- East Hampton |
town |
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- East Hartford |
town |
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- East Windsor |
town |
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- Enfield |
town |
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- Farmington |
town |
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- Glastonbury |
town |
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- Granby |
town |
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- Hartford
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hartland |
town |
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- Manchester |
town |
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- Marlborough |
town |
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- New Britain |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Newington |
town |
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- Plainville |
town |
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- Rocky Hill |
town |
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- Simsbury |
town |
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- South Windsor |
town |
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- Southington |
town |
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- Suffield |
town |
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- West Hartford |
town |
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- Wethersfield |
town |
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- Windsor |
town |
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- Windsor Locks |
town |
County Resources:
1. Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Inc. (East Hartford CT)
2. Connecticut State Library - History & Genealogy Unit
(Hartford CT)
3. Connecticut Historical Society (Hartford CT)
4. LDS Family History
Center (Bloomfield CT)
5. Simsbury Genealogy &
Historical Research Library (Simsbury CT)
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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