South Windsor is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 25,709 at the 2010 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 28.7 square miles , of which, 28.0 square miles of it is land and 0.7 square miles of it is water. In 1659, Thomas Burnham purchased the tract of land now covered by the towns of South Windsor and East Hartford from Tantinomo, chief sachem of the Podunk Indians. Burnham lived on the land and later willed it to his nine children. Beginning in the middle of the 17th century, a few of the settlers of... Windsor, Connecticut, began using land on the east bank of the Connecticut River for grazing and farming purposes. By 1700, a number of families had made their homes in this area, now known as South Windsor. In 1768, the residents of the area were allowed to incorporate as the separate town of East Windsor, though the area was informally referred to as East Windsor before this time, which then included all of East Windsor, South Windsor and Ellington.
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| County: | Hartford County |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Population: | 25,985 |
| Area: | 28.7 sq. mi. |
| Time zone: | North American Eastern Time Zone |
| Also known as: | South Windsor, Connecticut |