Hartford
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Hartford is the caipital o the U.S. state o Connecticut an the historic seat o Hartford Coonty till Connecticut disbandit coonty govrenment in 1960. As o the 2010 Census, Hartford's population wis 124,775,[1] makin it Connecticut's fowert-lairgest ceety efter the coastal ceeties o Bridgeport, New Haven, an Stamford.
Hartford | |
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Ceety | |
The City of Hartford | |
Eik-name(s): The Insurance Capital of the World, The Heartbeat, New England's Rising Star | |
Location in Hartford Coonty, Connecticut | |
Coordinates: 41°45′45.85″N 72°40′27.43″W | |
Kintra | Unitit States |
State | Connecticut |
NECTA | Hartford |
Region | Capitol Region |
Namit | 1637 |
Incorporatit (city) | 1784 |
Consolidatit | 1896 |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Mayor-cooncil |
• Mayor | Pedro Segarra (D) |
Area | |
• Ceety | 46.5 km2 (18.0 sq mi) |
• Laund | 44.8 km2 (17.3 sq mi) |
• Water | 1.7 km2 (0.7 sq mi) |
• Urban | 1216 km2 (469 sq mi) |
Elevation | 18 m (59 ft) |
Population (2012) | |
• Ceety | 124,893 |
• Density | 2776/km2 (7025.5/sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,212,381 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 061xx |
Area code(s) | 860 |
FIPS code | 09-37000 |
GNIS feature ID | 0213160
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Airport | Bradley Internaitional Airport (Windsor Locks, CT) – BDL (International/Major) |
Website | www.hartford.gov |
Elk-namit the "Insurance Caipital o the Warld", Hartford hooses mony insurance company heidquairters, an insurance remains the region's major industry.[2] Amaist 400 year auld, Hartford is amang the auldest ceeties in the Unitit States. Follaein the American Ceevil War, Hartford wis the walthiest ceety in the Unitit States for several decades.[3] In 1868, Mark Twain wrote afore he dee'd, "Of all the beautiful towns it has been my fortune to see this is the chief."[4] The day, Hartford is ane o the poorest ceeties in the naition wi 3 oot o ivery 10 faimilies livin belaw the poverty line.[5]
In 2004, the Hartford metropolitan aurie rankit seicont naitionally in per caipita economic activity, ahint anerly San Francisco. Hartford is hame tae the naition's auldest public airt museum, the Wadsworth Atheneum; the auldest public paurk, Bushnell Park; the auldest continuously published newspaper, The Hartford Courant; the seicont-auldest seicontar schuil, Hartford Public, an the Mark Twain House whaur the author wrote his maist famous wirks an raised his faimily, amang ither historically significant attractions.