Killingworth (Connecticut)
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Location in Connecticut
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Foundation : | 1663 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | Connecticut | |
County : | Middlesex County | |
Coordinates : | 41 ° 23 ′ N , 72 ° 35 ′ W | |
Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | |
Residents : | 6,018 (as of: 2000) | |
Population density : | 65.8 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Area : | 92.7 km 2 (approx. 36 mi 2 ) of which 91.5 km 2 (approx. 35 mi 2 ) is land |
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Height : | 119 m | |
Postal code : | 06419 | |
FIPS : | 09-40710 | |
GNIS ID : | 0213448 | |
Website : | www.killingworthct.com | |
Mayor : | Richard J. Cabral |
Killingworth is a town in Middlesex County in the US state of Connecticut .
history
In 1663, the area that is now Killingworth and neighboring Clinton was first settled as "Homonoscitt" (from Hammonasset, a river). Already in 1667 the settlement was renamed "Kenilworth" and since about 1705 the name "Killingworth" has been in use. In 1734 the place was divided into two parishes, Killingworth in the north and Clinton in the south on the coast, but they formed a kind of "community association" until 1838, only in this year the final separation was completed.
Yale University
In 1701 the Collegiate School was founded in what is now Clinton in the home of Rector Abraham Pierson. In 1718 it moved to New Haven as Yale University after several stops .
schools
- Haddam-Killingworth Middle School
- Killingworth Elementary School
sons and daughters of the town
- Abel Buell, published the first map of the United States made by an American in 1784.
- Jonathan Bush , brother of former US President George HW Bush and uncle of former US President George W. Bush
- Jeff Bagwell, former American Major League Baseball player
Web links
Commons : Killingworth (Connecticut) - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Footnotes
- ↑ The Killingworth Historical Society ( Memento of the original from October 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.