Windham (Connecticut)
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 Location in Connecticut
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1693 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Connecticut |
| County : | Windham County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 42 ′ N , 72 ° 9 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 23,503 (as of: 2005) |
| Population density : | 335.3 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 72.3 km 2 (approx. 28 mi 2 ) of which 70.1 km 2 (approx. 27 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 71 m |
| Postcodes : | 06226, 06235, 06256, 06266, 06280 |
| Area code : | +1 860 |
| FIPS : | 09-86790 |
| GNIS ID : | 0213537 |
| Website : | www.windhamct.com |
Windham is a town in Windham County in the US state Connecticut , United States , with 23,100 inhabitants (as of 2004). The Windham area has a size of 72.3 km². It consists of the town of Willimantic and the three villages of North Windham, Windham Center and South Windham.
geography
In Windham, the Willimantic River and Natchaug River converge to form the Shetucket River . The country is quite hilly, the highest point is the Obwebetuck Hill with 201.5 m and the lowest point is about 33 m in the valley of the Shetucket River.
Neighboring communities
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Coventry ( Tolland County ) |
Mansfield ( Tolland County ) |
Chaplin |
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Columbia ( Tolland County ) |
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Scotland |
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Lebanon ( New London County ) |
Franklin ( New London County ) |
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1820 | 2489 | - | |
| 1840 | 3382 | - | |
| 1850 | 4503 | 33.1% | |
| 1860 | 4243 | -5.8% | |
| 1870 | 5412 | 27.6% | |
| 1880 | 8264 | 52.7% | |
| 1890 | 10,032 | 21.4% | |
| 1900 | 8937 | -10.9% | |
| 1910 | 12,604 | 41% | |
| 1920 | 13,801 | 9.5% | |
| 1930 | 13,773 | -0.2% | |
| 1940 | 13,824 | 0.4% | |
| 1950 | 15,884 | 14.9% | |
| 1960 | 16,973 | 6.9% | |
| 1970 | 19,626 | 15.6% | |
| 1980 | 21,062 | 7.3% | |
| 1990 | 22,039 | 4.6% | |
| 2000 | 22,857 | 3.7% | |
| 2010 | 25,268 | 10.5% | |
| 2014 estimate | 25.005 | -1 % | |
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US Decennial Census
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Daughters and sons of the city
- Eliphalet Dyer (1721-1807), politician
- Benjamin Hanks (1755–1824), first manufacturer of bronze cannons and bells in the United States
- William Hebard (1800–1875), lawyer and politician
- Samuel Huntington (1731–1796), Founding Father of the United States
- Gardiner Means (1896–1988), economist
- Eleazar Wheelock (1711–1779), parish priest
Web links
Commons : Windham (Connecticut) - Collection of images, videos, and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014 . Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ Census of Population and Housing . Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.