Lisbon (Connecticut)
Lisbon | |
---|---|
Location in Connecticut
|
|
Basic data | |
Foundation : | 1786 |
State : | United States |
State : | Connecticut |
County : | New London County |
Coordinates : | 41 ° 36 ′ N , 72 ° 1 ′ W |
Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
Residents : | 4,338 (as of 2010) |
Population density : | 103 inhabitants per km 2 |
Area : | 43.0 km 2 (approx. 17 mi 2 ) of which 42.1 km 2 (approx. 16 mi 2 ) is land |
Height : | 74 m |
Postal code : | 06351 |
Area code : | +1 860 |
FIPS : | 09-43230 |
GNIS ID : | 213451 |
Website : | www.lisbonct.com |
Lisbon is a town in New London County in the state of Connecticut in the United States with 4,338 inhabitants. The municipality is named after the Portuguese capital Lisbon .
geography
Geographical location
Lisbon is framed by the Quinebaug River and the Shetucket River and is about 25 kilometers north of New London , the capital of the county of the same name .
Neighboring communities
Sprague |
Canterbury ( Windham County ) |
Canterbury ( Windham County ) |
Norwich | Griswold | |
Norwich | Preston | Preston |
Population development
year | 1820 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Residents | 1159 | 938 | 1262 | 502 | 630 | 548 | 697 | 824 | 867 |
year | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 |
Residents | 1097 | 1131 | 1282 | 2019 | 2808 | 3279 | 3790 | 4069 | 4338 |
Culture and sights
- Buildings
- Andrew Clark House , historic building from 1740 ( ⊙ )
- Anshei Israel Synagogue , building of the Jewish community built in 1936 ( ⊙ )
- John Palmer House , historic building from 1790 ( ⊙ )
- Lathrop-Mathewson-Ross-Haus , historical building from 1761 ( ⊙ )
sons and daughters of the town
- Elias Perkins (1767–1845), politician
- Jeannine Phillips (* 1984), Miss Connecticut USA
Web links
Commons : Lisbon (Connecticut) - Collection of images
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lisbon in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved April 30, 2017
- ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
- ↑ epodunk profile for Lisbon. In: http://www.epodunk.com/ . Retrieved April 28, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Population 1820–2010 according to census results