Facts of Connecticut

  • Governor: Dannel Malloy
  • Capital city: Hartford
  • Motto: "He who is transplanted still sustains."
  • Population: 3,574,097 people
  • Time Zone: Eastern
  • State abbreviation: CT
  • Border States: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York.
  • Admission to Statehood:1788
  • Largest City: Brigeport
  • Highest point: Bear Mountain 2,316 feet
  • Lowest point: Long Island Sound sea level

  • Professional Sports Teams: they have a WNBA team and they used to have a professional hockey team.

  • Famous People from the state: Ella Grasso (1919 - 1981) The first woman to be elected governor of a state. Born in Hartford County, CT; Noah Webster (1758 - 1843) Author of the first dictionary published in 1807; from West Hartford. Born in Hartford, CT; Nathan Hale (1755 - 1776) A martyr soldier of the American Revolution. Born in Coventry, CT 

 

  • Sources: thingstodo.com; Wikipedia;