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Willimantic is a census-designated place located in Windham, Connecticut, United States. Previously organized as a city and later as a borough, Willimantic is currently one of two tax districts within the Town of Windham. Willimantic is located within Windham County and the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region.
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Willimantic, city and principal community in the town (township) of Windham, Windham county, east-central Connecticut, U.S., at the junction of the Willimantic and Natchaug rivers. The site was settled about 1686 and developed because of the availability of waterpower for gristmills and sawmills.
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Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the region was occupied by Algonquian peoples, including the Pequot, Mohegan, Narragansett, and Nipmuck. After the conclusion of the Pequot War in 1638, the Pequots ceased to exist as a tribe; after King Philip's War ended in 1678, the Narragansett and Nipmuck did as well, leaving the Mohegans the only native powe...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 27.9 square miles (72.3 km2), of which, 27.1 square miles (70.1 km2) of it is land and 0.9 square miles (2.2 km2) of it (3.04%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 22,857 people, 8,342 households, and 5,088 families residing in the town. The population density was 844.4 inhabitants per square mile (326.0/km2). There were 8,926 housing units at an average density of 329.8 per square mile (127.3/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 74.0% White, 5.1% African American, 0.6%...
The Windham Public School system serves students from pre-K through high school. Elementary schools are district-based, while Windham Middle School and Windham High School serve all residents. The school district has a preschool, four elementary schools, a middle school, a high school and an alternative high school. The alternative high school, Win...
Transportation
Route 32 runs through South Windham and north-western Willimantic. Route 66 goes east to west from North Windham to Columbia. Route 14 serves Willimantic to Windham Center. Route 203 severs the eastern section of town from North Windham to South Windham. Route 195 goes from Willimantic to Mansfield eventually going to the University of Connecticut. Route 289 starts in southern Willimantic and shortly after going into Lebanon to Route 87. US 6 bypasses Willimantic and serves North Windham. Bus...
Eliphalet Dyer (1721–1807), a lawyer, jurist, and delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Congress, was born in townBenjamin Hanks (1755–1824), goldsmith, instrument maker, and first maker of bronze cannons and church bells in AmericaWilliam Hebard (1800–1875), a United States representative from Vermontwas born in townMar 31, 2016 · The Bright Lights of Willimantic - Connecticut Explored. 0. Best Of, Connecticut History, Made in Connecticut, Notable Connecticans. Thread box, c. 1879. The center woodcut depicts Mill Number Two, where the Willimantic Linen Company’s first experiments with the Brush electric arc light took place in 1879.
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