Coventry, Connecticut
| Coventry, Connecticut | ||
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 Location in Tolland County, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates: 41°47′04″N 72°20′20″W / 41.78444°N 72.33889°WCoordinates: 41°47′04″N 72°20′20″W / 41.78444°N 72.33889°W | ||
| Country | United States | |
| State | Connecticut | |
| NECTA | Hartford | |
| Region | Windham Region | |
| Incorporated | 1712 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Council-manager | |
| • Town manager | John A. Elsesser | |
| • Town council | Julie A. Blanchard (R), Council Chair Matthew D. O'Brien (R), Vice-Chair Richard Williams Jr (R), Secretary Andrew Brodersen (R) Hannah Pietrantonio (D) Lisa Thomas (D) Thomas Pope (R) |
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| Area | ||
| • Total | 38.4 sq mi (99.5 km2) | |
| • Land | 37.7 sq mi (97.7 km2) | |
| • Water | 0.6 sq mi (1.7 km2) | |
| Elevation | 656 ft (200 m) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 12,445 | |
| • Density | 330.0/sq mi (127.3/km2) | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | |
| ZIP code | 06238 | |
| Area code(s) | 860 | |
| FIPS code | 09-17800 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 0213413 | |
| Website | www |
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Coventry (KOV-ən-tree) is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 12,435 at the 2010 census. The birthplace of Captain Nathan Hale, Coventry is home to the Nathan Hale Homestead, which is now a museum open to the public.
Coventry was incorporated in May 1712.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 38.4 square miles (99 km2) of which 37.7 square miles (98 km2) is land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2) (1.67%) is water.
Coventry was named in October 1711, the first town in the colonies to be named "Coventry" for Coventry in the West Midlands, United Kingdom.
The first house in Coventry was said to have been built near the shore of Lake Wangumbaug by Nathaniel Rust, a Hartford, Connecticut, man, originally from Northampton, Massachusetts. The entire Rust family is said to have made their final move to Coventry from Massachusetts in a group of a dozen families in 1709. Along with Nathaniel Rust, the names of some of the earliest settlers were David Lee, Thomas Root, Samuel Gurley, Ebenezer Searl, Joseph Petty, Benjamin James and Benjamin Carpenter. Four other settlers were also from Northampton and two from Reading.
The land was said to have originally been given to men from Hartford by Joshua, Indian sachem. The Connecticut General Assembly, held in Hartford in 1706, appointed William Pitkin, Joseph Tallcot, William Whiting and Richard Lord, as a committee with full power to lay out the bounds of the town and divisions of the land, to admit inhabitants. A 1711 revision added Nathaniel Rust to the committee and the task of procuring a minister of the gospel. The first church was established in October 1714.
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