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Source: U.S. Census
There are 169 towns in Connec cut.
Bridgeport ............................................... 144,229
New Haven .............................................. 129,779
Har ord ................................................... 124,775
Stamford .................................................. 122,643
Waterbury ............................................... 110,366
Norwalk ................................................... 85,603
Danbury ................................................... 80,603
New Britain ............................................. 71,254
Bristol ...................................................... 61,353
Meriden ................................................... 59,653
CT's Largest Cities Ranked by Population
major, toll-free highways crisscross the state of
Connec cut, allowing you to travel from one end of the state
to the other by car in about
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Source: U.S. Census
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The highest elevation in CT is
feet in the town of Salisbury in
the Northwest corner.
2,380
There are miles
of shoreline on CT's coast.
330
Famous Connecticut Inventors:
Famous Connecticut Authors:
PHOTO/Wadsworth Atheneum
PHOTO/CT Historical Society
Samuel Colt .................... Colt Revolver
Charles Goodyear .....Vulcanized Rubber
Eli Whitney ..........................Cotton Gin
Eli Terry ...................................Clocks
David Bushnell ................... Submarine
Mark Twain
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Wally Lamb
Suzanne Collins
Dr. Benjamin Spock
PHOTO/Mark Twain House
PHOTO/Chris Hetzer
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Connecticut Towns
Samuel Colt
Eli Whitney
Mark Twain
Wally Lamb
