Montville, Connecticut
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1786 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Connecticut |
| County : | New London County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 28 ′ N , 72 ° 9 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 19,612 (as of 2005) |
| Population density : | 180.3 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 114.2 km 2 (approx. 44 mi 2 ) of which 108.8 km 2 (approx. 42 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 335 m |
| Postcodes : | 06353, 06370, 06382 |
| Area code : | +1 860 |
| FIPS : | 09-48900 |
| GNIS ID : | 0213464 |
| Website : | www.montville-ct.org |
| Mayor : | Ronald K. McDaniel |
Montville is a town in New London County in the US state of Connecticut . There are seven villages in the 114.3 km² municipal area: Chesterfield ( ⊙ ), Mohegan ( ⊙ ), Oakdale ( ⊙ ), Kitemaug ( ⊙ ), Massapeag ( ⊙ ), Palmertown ( ⊙ ) and Uncasville ( ⊙ ). The Oxoboxo River settlement area includes the latter two. In Montville that's Basketball -Damenteam Connecticut Sun resident.
geography
Montville is on the west bank of Connecticut's Thames . Its tributary Oxoboxo River , which rises in Oxoboxo Lake , flows completely through the area of the municipality. In the northwest of Montville is Gardner Lake , in the southwest near Chesterfield is Lake Konomoc , which, like Oxoboxo Lake and Bogue Brook Reservoir, is a lake regulated by a dam.
Neighboring communities
| Bozrah | Norwich | Preston |
| Salem |
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Ledyard |
| East Lyme | Waterford | Ledyard |
sons and daughters of the town
- George Miller Beard (1839-1883), neurologist
- Sidney Frank (1919–2006), entrepreneur, art collector and philanthropist
- James Albert Gary (1833–1920), US Secretary of the Post
- James Hillhouse (1754–1832), United States Senator for Connecticut
- Oliver H. Prince (1787–1837), US Senator for Georgia
Web links
Commons : Montville - Collection of Images
