Connecticut
Geography
- County Profile:
Connecticut County Map , 8 Counties
- Geographic Center:
Hartford, at East Berlin
- Highest Point:
Mt. Frissell, on south slope ; 2,380 feet, (725 m), 36th tallest
- Location:
- Absolute Center: 41°35.7’N / 72°42.4’W
- Relative Center: Hartford, at East Berlin
- Distance Between U.S. Cities
- Lowest Point:
Connecticut; sea level, tied for 3rd lowest
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- Topography:
Image | | Western upland, the Berkshires, in the Northwest; narrrow central lowlands; hilly eastern upland.
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- Presidential Birthplace:
- George Walker Bush, 2001 – 2009 (43rd) | July 6, 1946 | New Haven, Connecticut
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- Agriculture: Nursery stock, eggs, dairy products, cattle.
- Industry: Transportation equipment, machinery, electric equipment, fabricated metal products, chemical products, scientific instruments.
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- Admission to Statehood:
January 9, 1788 (5th State)
- Area:
- Area: 5,544 sq.mi (14,359 sq.km.), 48th
- Land: 4,845 sq.mi. (12,549 sq.km.), 48th
- Water: 698 sq.mi. (1,808 sq.km.), 37th
- Shoreline: 618 mi. (995 km.), 18th
- Constitution:
Connecticut’s Constitution , 5th State
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- Population (2019):
3,596,080; Rank: 29 of 50 | Population Quick Facts
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- Constitution:
Connecticut’s Constitution , 5th State
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- Flag:
On a field of azure blue is an ornamental white shield with three grapevines, each bearing three bunches of purple grapes. The states motto “He who Transplanted Sustains Us” is displayed on a white ribbon. The vines stand for the first settlements of English people who began to move from Massachusetts in the 1630’s. These settlements were thought of as grape vines that had been transplanted. Flag adopted 1897. Get this Flag - Flower:
Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) | Other State Flowers
- Largest Cities:
Bridgeport | New Haven | Hartford | Stamford | Waterbury | Norwalk | New Britain | Meriden | Bristol
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- Origin of State Name:
From the Eastern Algonquin Indian word quinnitukqut meaning “at the long tidal river,” referring to the Connecticut River
- Population (2019):
3,596,080; Rank: 29 of 50 | Population Quick Facts
- Soil:
Windsor
- Song:
- “Yankee Doodle” | Words by: Unknown | Music by: Unknown
- Other State Songs | Sheet Music
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- Tree:
White Oak (Quercus alba) | Other State Trees
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- County Profile:
Connecticut County Map Connecticut County Map , 8 Counties
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- Area:
- Area: 5,544 sq.mi (14,359 sq.km.), 48th
- Land: 4,845 sq.mi. (12,549 sq.km.), 48th
- Water: 698 sq.mi. (1,808 sq.km.), 37th
- Shoreline: 618 mi. (995 km.), 18th
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