Connecticut was the 5 th state in the USA ; it became a state on January 9, 1788 .
State Abbreviation - CT
State Capital - Hartford
Largest City - Bridgeport
Area - 5,544 square miles [Connecticut is the 48th biggest state in the USA]
Population - 3,405,565 (as of 2000) [Connecticut is the 29th most populous state in the USA]
Name for Residents - Connecticuters
Major Industries - agriculture, industry (especially insurance), tourism
Presidential Birthplace - George Walker Bush was born in New Haven on July 6, 1946 (he is the 43rd US President, serving from 2001 to the present).
Major Rivers - Connecticut River, Housatonic River, Thames River
Major Lakes - Lake Candlewood
Highest Point - Mt. Frissell - 2380 feet, (725 m) above sea level
Bordering States - Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island
Bordering Bodies of Water - Long Island Sound, Atlantic Ocean
Origin of the Name Connecticut - The name Connecticut is from a Mohican/Algonquin Indian word "quonehtacut", which means "long tidal river."
State Nickname - Constitution State
State Motto - "Qui transtulit sustinet" - He who transplanted still sustains
State Song - Yankee Doodle
Dinosaur Fossils Found in Connecticut - Ammosaurus, Anchisaurus, Anchisauripus, Anomoepus, Eubrontes trackways , Gigandipus, Sauropus, Yaleosaurus
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Bridgeport , CT
Danbury , CT
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New Britain , CT
New Haven , CT
Norwalk , CT
Stamford
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Wallingford , CT
Waterbury , CT
Westport , CT |
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