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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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Windham County, Connecticut
Windham County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Willimantic
Year Organized: 1726
Square Miles: 513
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Court House: Town Building
979 Main St.
Willimantic, CT 06226-0000
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
After Windham (now Wineham) in Sussex, England
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Windham County is located in the northeast corner of the State of Connecticut, bordered on the east by Rhode Island,
to the north by Massachusetts, on the west by Tolland County, and to the south by New London County. Connecticut's fifth
established county, it is the least populous. The total land area covered by Windham County is 513 square miles.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Worcester County, Mass.
- East: Providence County, R.I.
- Southeast: Kent County, R.I.
- Southwest: New London County
- West: Tolland County
Cities and Towns:
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- Ashford |
town |
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- Brooklyn |
town |
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- Canterbury |
town |
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- Chaplin |
town |
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- Danielson |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Eastford |
town |
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- Hampton |
town |
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- Killingly |
town |
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- Plainfield |
town |
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- Pomfret |
town |
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- Putnam |
town |
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- Scotland |
town |
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- Sterling |
town |
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- Thompson |
town |
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- Willimantic
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- Windham |
town |
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- Woodstock |
town |
County Resources:
1. Killingly Historical Center (Danielson 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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