Back Hartford Afrikaans ሃርትፈርድ Amharic Hartford (Connecticut) AN Heortford (Connecticut) ANG هارتفورد (كونيتيكت) Arabic هارتفورد (كونيتيكت) ARZ Hartford (Connecticut) AST Hartford (Konnektikut) Azerbaijani هارتفورد، کانتیکت AZB Hartford, Connecticut BAR
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| Motto(s): Post Nubila Phoebus (Latin) "After the clouds, the sun"[1] | |
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| Coordinates: 41°45′45″N 72°40′27″W / 41.76250°N 72.67417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Connecticut |
| County | Hartford |
| Region | Capitol Region |
| 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 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-council |
| • Mayor | Arunan Arulampalam (D) |
| Area | |
| 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 (2020) | |
| 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 |
| GDP | |
| • Hartford (MSA) | $114.887 billion (2022) |
| 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 |
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Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The city, located in Hartford County, had a population of 121,054 as of the 2020 census. Hartford is the most populous city in the Capitol Planning Region and the core city of the Greater Hartford metropolitan area.[9]
Founded in 1635, Hartford is among the oldest cities in the United States. It is home to the country's oldest public art museum (Wadsworth Atheneum), the oldest publicly funded park (Bushnell Park), the oldest continuously published newspaper (the Hartford Courant), the second-oldest secondary school (Hartford Public High School), and the oldest school for deaf children (American School for the Deaf), founded by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet in 1817.[10] It is the location of the Mark Twain House, in which the author Mark Twain wrote his most famous works and raised his family. He wrote in 1868, "Of all the beautiful towns it has been my fortune to see this is the chief."[11]
Hartford has been the sole capital of Connecticut since 1875.[12] (Before then, New Haven and Hartford alternated as dual capitals, as part of the agreement by which the Colony of New Haven was absorbed into the Colony of Connecticut in 1664.)[13]
Hartford was the richest city in the United States for several decades following the American Civil War.[14] Since 2015, it has been one of the poorest cities in the country, with three out of ten families living below the poverty threshold. In sharp contrast, the Greater Hartford metropolitan statistical area was ranked 32nd of 318 metropolitan areas in total economic production and 8th out of 280 metropolitan statistical areas in per capita income in 2015.[15]
Nicknamed the "Insurance Capital of the World" and "America's filing cabinet",[16][17] the city holds high sufficiency as a global city, as home to the headquarters of many insurance companies, the region's major industry.[18] Other prominent industries include the services, education and healthcare industries. Hartford coordinates certain Hartford–Springfield regional development matters through the Knowledge Corridor Economic Partnership.[19]
- ^ "Mayor Bronin Delivers State of the City Address". City of Hartford. March 13, 2017. Archived from the original on March 27, 2017.
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
- ^ Burpee, Charles W (1928). History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633–1928: being a study of the first makers of the Constitution and the story of their lives, of their descendants and of all who have come. Vol. I. Chicago: S. J. Clarke. p. 41.
- ^ Municipal Register of the City of Hartford. Hartford: The Smith-Linsley Company. 1909. p. 36.
- ^ "State and Municipal Compendium". The Commercial & Financial Chronicle. New York. April 1, 1897. p. 37.
The town and city of Hartford were consolidated on April 1, 1896, and their debts are no longer reported separately
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
- ^ "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
- ^ "Total Gross Domestic Product for Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT (MSA)". Federal Reserve Economic Data.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hartford, Connecticut
- ^ "Connecticut: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. June 2012. p. 11. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 22, 2017. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ^ "Beginnings: The American School for the Deaf · Yale University Library Online Exhibitions". onlineexhibits.library.yale.edu. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
- ^ "LIFE ON THE CONNECTICUT HAD ALLURE FOR CLEMENS". Hartford Courant. November 28, 1994. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
- ^ "General Description and Facts". CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
- ^ "New Haven's History | New Haven, CT". www.newhavenct.gov. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
- ^ Paul Zielbauer, "Poverty in a Land of Plenty: Can Hartford Ever Recover?" The New York Times, August 26, 2002.
- ^ "Metro Hartford Progress Points" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 6, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
- ^ Masur, Louis P. (October 14, 2007). "Opinion | Hartford's Glory Day". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
- ^ Grabar, Henry (June 2, 2017). "Trouble in America's Country Club". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
- ^ "The World According to GaWC 2020". GaWC - Research Network. Globalization and World Cities. Archived from the original on August 24, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
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