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Coventry (/k'v'ntri/ KOV-'n-tree) is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut. The population was 12,235 at the 2020 census.[1] The birthplace of Captain Nathan Hale, Coventry is home to the Nathan Hale Homestead, which is now a museum open to the public. Coventry was incorporated in May 1712. ...
History
Coventry was named in October 1711, the first town in the colonies to be named "Coventry" for Coventry in the West Midlands, United Kingdom.[2]
Settlement and founding
The Middle Post Road, one of the three Boston Post Roads declared in 1671 with the creation of the Colonial post, ran through Coventry. The Post Roads were meant to connect the colony of New York, formerly New Amsterdam, with the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Middle Post Road connected Hartford and Boston, Massachusetts via Coventry and Pomfret, Connecticut, and Mendon and Roxbury, Massachusetts. [1] ...
Demographics
Historical population
Census Pop. %
1790 2,130 "
1800 2,021 '5.1%
1810 1,938 '4.1%
1820 2,058 6.2%
1850 1,984 "
1860 2,085 5.1%
1870 2,657 27.4%
1880 2,043 '23.1%
1890 1,875 '8.2%
1900 1,632 '13.0%
1910 1,606 '1.6%
1920 1,582 '1.5%
1930 1,554 '1.8%
1940 2,102 35.3%
1950 4,043 92.3%
1960 6,356 57.2%
1970 8,140 28.1%
1980 8,895 9.3%
1990 10,063 13.1%
2000 11,504 14.3%
2010 12,435 8.1%
2020 12,235 '1.6%
U.S. Decennial Census[7]
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At the 2010 census,[8] there were 12,435 people, 4,783 households and 3,426 families residing in the town. The population density was 330.0 inhabitants per square mile (127.4/km2). There were 4,783 occupied housing units. 316 vacant housing units. The racial makeup of the town was 94.00% White, 0.90% African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.80% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.20% from other races, and 1.40% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.60% of the population.
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