CONNECTICUT
- Origin of name: From an Indian word (Quinnehtukqut) meaning “beside the long tidal river”
- Capital: Hartford
- Largest city: Bridgeport
- Population: 3,596,080 (2013 est) Ranked 29th in the US.
- Nicknames: The Constitution state; The nutmeg state; The provisions state; The land of steady habits.
- Highest point: South slope of Mount Frissell, note: the summit of Mount Frissell is in Massachusetts, 2,380 ft
- Admission to union: January 9, 1788 (5th)
- State motto: He who is transplanted still sustains.
- State song: Yankee doodle
- State tree: Wight (charter) oak
- State flower: Mountain Laurel.
- State bird: American robin
- Area: 5,543 Ranked 48th in the US
Did you know……...
1) The first telephone book ever issued contained only fifty names. The New Haven District Telephone Company published it in New Haven in February 1878.
2) The first automobile law was passed by the state of CT in 1901. The speed limit was set at 12 miles per hour.
3) In colonial New Haven cut pumpkins were used as guides for haircuts to ensure a round uniform style. Because of this fashion, these New Englanders were nicknamed "pumpkin-heads."
4) Connecticut is home to the oldest U.S. newspaper still being published: The Hartford Courant, established in 1764.
5) The first English settlers of Connecticut arrived in 1636, settling the plantations of Windsor, Hartford and Wethersfield.