Hartford | |
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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 / 41.76250°N 72.67417°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Connecticut |
County | Hartford |
MSA | Greater Hartford |
Settled | October 15, 1635 |
Named | February 21, 1637[2] |
Incorporated (city) | May 29, 1784[3] |
Consolidated | April 1, 1896[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 |
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.
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.
Post Nubila Phoebus – after the clouds, the sun. Our city's motto, written a long time ago, but written for such a time as this
The town and city of Hartford were consolidated on April 1, 1896, and their debts are no longer reported separately
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