Coventry (Connecticut)
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Location in Connecticut
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Basic data | ||
Foundation : | 1712 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | Connecticut | |
County : | Tolland County | |
Coordinates : | 41 ° 47 ′ N , 72 ° 20 ′ W | |
Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | |
Residents : | 12,190 (as of: 2005) | |
Population density : | 124.8 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Area : | 99.5 km 2 (approx. 38 mi 2 ) of which 97.7 km 2 (approx. 38 mi 2 ) is land |
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Height : | 200 m | |
Postal code : | 06238 | |
Area code : | +1 860 | |
FIPS : | 09-17800 | |
GNIS ID : | 0213413 | |
Website : | www.coventryct.org | |
Mayor : | Elizabeth A. Woolf |
Coventry is a city in Tolland County in the US state of Connecticut , United States , with 12,200 inhabitants (as of 2004 ). The urban area has a size of 99.4 km². It was founded in May 1712.
schools
- Coventry Grammar School
- GH Robertson Intermediate School
- Captain Nathan Hale School
- Coventry High School
sons and daughters of the town
- Jesse Root (1736-1822), politician
- Paul Brigham (1746–1824), politician, lawyer and governor of the US state of Vermont
- Nathan Hale (1755–1776), officer and teacher, and one of America's historical heroes
- Samuel Huntington (1765–1817), lawyer and politician
- Jesse Buel (1778–1839), printer, newspaper owner, judge and politician
- George N. Barnard (1819–1902), photographer
Web links
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