Hartford, Connecticut
city in and capital of Connecticut, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is on the Connecticut River and only 24 miles from Springfield, Massachusetts. The city of Hartford had 121,054 people as of 2020.[7] This is the third most people in the state behind Bridgeport and New Haven. It is an important center of Insurance. Airline service is provided from Bradley International Airport.
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From top to bottom, left to right: Downtown seen from the Connecticut River, Hartford Seminary, Old State House, University of Connecticut School of Law, Connecticut State Capitol, and the Cheney Building | |
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Motto(s): Post Nubila Phoebus (Latin) "After the clouds, the sun"[1] | |
Coordinates: 41°45′45″N 72°40′27″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Connecticut |
County | Hartford |
MSA | Greater Hartford |
Settled | October 15, 1635; 388 years ago (1635-10-15) |
Named | February 21, 1637; 387 years ago (1637-02-21)[2] |
Incorporated (city) | May 29, 1784; 239 years ago (1784-05-29)[3] |
Consolidated | April 1, 1896; 128 years ago (1896-04-01)[4] |
Named for | Hertford, Hertfordshire |
Area | |
• State capital | 18.05 sq mi (46.76 km2) |
• Land | 17.38 sq mi (45.01 km2) |
• Water | 0.68 sq mi (1.75 km2) |
• Urban | 535.93 sq mi (1,388.0 km2) |
Elevation | 30 ft (9 m) |
Population | |
• State capital | 121,054 |
• Density | 6,965.1/sq mi (2,689.5/km2) |
• Urban | 977,158 (US: 47th) |
• Urban density | 1,823.3/sq mi (704.0/km2) |
• Metro | 1,214,295 (US: 48th) |
• CSA | 1,489,361 (US: 41st) |
Demonym | Hartfordite |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
ZIP Codes | 061xx |
Area code(s) | 860/959 |
FIPS code | 09-37000 |
GNIS feature ID | 2378277[8] |
Primary airport | Bradley International Airport |
Secondary airport | Hartford–Brainard Airport |
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Website | www |
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Hartford has an American Hockey League team called the Hartford Wolf Pack, a rugby team called the Hartford Wanderers and a United Football League team called the Hartford Colonials. From 1979 to 1997 Hartford had a National Hockey League team called the Hartford Whalers.