Connecticut, one of the six New England states of the United States, is bounded on the north by Massachusetts; on the east by Rhode Island; on the south by Long Island Sound; and on the west by New York. It lies between approximately 40º 58′ and 42º 3′ north latitude, and between 71º 47′ and 73º 44′ west longitude. The state stretches about 90 miles from east to west and 55 miles from north to south. It contains an area of approximately 5,567 square miles, or 3,563,000 acres.
This state project is part of the much larger American History & Genealogy Project or better known by the abbreviation of AHGP. It has been in existence online since 2000 and over the years has been spread out across the web. These pages are an attempt to consolidate it under one website of the larger project.
History
- Connecticut in 1843
A complete descriptive and statistical gazetteer of the United States of America, By Daniel Haskel, A. M and J. Calvin Smith, published by Sherman & Smith, 1843. - Connecticut Newspapers Collection
Back in 2001, Clayton Betzing, along with Deb Axtman and Holice Young built a set of pages for the American History and Genealogy Project that they titled the Old Newspaper Collection Project. This was a time before digital images of older newspapers were placed online in any great numbers. This is an index to the Connecticut collection. It appears that Holice Young had access to August 1840 editions of the Hartford Times, as that is where the vast majority of these articles come from. - Military History
Counties in Connecticut
- Fairfield
- Hartford
- Litchfield
- Marriages of Goshen Connecticut 1740-1896
A. G. Hibbard transcribed a table of 839 marriages from Goshen, Connecticut, town clerk records in 1896, noting some entries predated the town’s settlement. His transcription aimed for accuracy, maintaining irregular name spellings from the originals. However, a significant volume covering 1786 to 1820 is missing, limiting the records’ completeness. Researchers are encouraged to consult the original documents for verification. The source of this information is Hibbard’s 1897 publication, “History of the Town of Goshen, Connecticut. - Marriages of Norfolk Connecticut 1762-1800
These Norfolk, Connecticut marriage records were extracted from Frederic W. Bailey’s Early Connecticut Marriages series. They are not taken from official town records but from the records of the Congregational Church in Norfolk, which served as one of the sources for Bailey’s seven-volume compilation.
- Marriages of Goshen Connecticut 1740-1896
- Middlesex
- New Haven
- New London
- Tolland
- Windham
Cities and Towns in Connecticut
The state of Connecticut currently has a total of 169 cities and towns. Historically, it has had many more and you’ll find information about those historical town and Indigenous villages throughout our website.
Andover, Ansonia, Ashford, Avon, Barkhamsted, Beacon Falls, Berlin, Bethany, Bethel, Bethlehem, Bloomfield, Bolton, Bozrah, Branford, Bridgeport, Bridgewater, Bristol, Brookfield, Brooklyn, Burlington, Canaan, Canterbury, Canton, Chaplin, Cheshire, Chester, Clinton, Colchester, Colebrook, Columbia, Cornwall, Coventry, Cromwell, Danbury, Darien, Deep River, Derby, Durham, East Granby, East Haddam, East Hampton, East Hartford, East Haven, East Lyme, East Windsor, Eastford, Easton, Ellington, Enfield, Essex, Fairfield, Farmington, Franklin, Glastonbury, Goshen, Granby, Greenwich, Griswold, Groton, Guilford, Haddam, Hamden, Hampton, Hartford, Hartland, Harwinton, Hebron, Kent, Killingly, Killingworth, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Litchfield, Lyme, Madison, Manchester, Mansfield, Marlborough, Meriden, Middlebury, Middlefield, Middletown, Milford, Monroe, Montville, Morris, Naugatuck, New Britain, New Canaan, New Fairfield, New Hartford, New Haven, New London, New Milford, Newington, Newtown, Norfolk, North Branford, North Canaan, North Haven, North Stonington, Norwalk, Norwich, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Orange, Oxford, Plainfield, Plainville, Plymouth, Pomfret, Portland, Preston, Prospect, Putnam, Redding, Ridgefield, Rocky Hill, Roxbury, Salem, Salisbury, Scotland, Seymour, Sharon, Shelton, Sherman, Simsbury, Somers, South Windsor, Southbury, Southington, Sprague, Stafford, Stamford, Sterling, Stonington, Stratford, Suffield, Thomaston, Thompson, Tolland, Torrington, Trumbull, Union, Vernon, Voluntown, Wallingford, Warren, Washington, Waterbury, Waterford, Watertown, West Hartford, West Haven, Westbrook, Weston, Westport, Wethersfield, Willington, Wilton, Winchester, Windham, Windsor, Windsor Locks, Wolcott, Woodbridge, Woodbury, and Woodstock.
Need the above list in a different format? Then view our text lists of current cities and towns in Connecticut. Or go explore the origins and naming methods of the towns and cities of Connecticut. If you’re deep in research and cannot find a town name in those Colonial records, then view our list of historic Connecticut towns and we’ll show you what the name of the town is today. This list is invaluable for genealogy research in Connecticut!
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