Groton (Connecticut)
| Groton | |||
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| Nickname : The Submarine Capital of the World | |||
 The monument to the Battle of the Groton Heights |
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| Location in Connecticut | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1705 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Connecticut | ||
| County : | New London County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 21 ′ N , 72 ° 2 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 41,336 (as of 2005) | ||
| Population density : | 509.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 117.1 km 2 (approx. 45 mi 2 ) of which 81.1 km 2 (approx. 31 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 24 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 06340, 06355 | ||
| Area code : | +1 860 | ||
| FIPS : | 09-34180 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 207531 | ||
| Website : | www.town.groton.ct.us | ||
| Mayor : | Harry A. Watson | ||
Groton is a town in New London County in the south of the US -amerikanischen State of Connecticut . As of the 2010 census date, Groton had a population of 10,389.
Groton's main employer is Electric Boat , a General Dynamics shipyard that mainly builds submarines for the US Navy . So far, u. a. the USS Nautilus (SSN-571) (the first nuclear powered submarine), the later sunken USS Scorpion (SSN-589) and several Ohio , Los Angeles , Seawolf and Virginia class boats .
schools
- Charles Barnum School
- Claude Chester School
- Colonel Ledyard School
- Eastern Point School
- Groton Heights School
- Mary Morrison School
- Noank School
- Pleasant Valley School
- SB Butler School
- Cutler Middle School
- Fitch Middle School
- West Side Middle School
- Fitch Senior High School
Web links
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