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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