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Connecticut (/kəˈnɛtɪkət/ ⓘkə-NET-ih-kət) is astate in theNew England region of theNortheastern United States. It bordersRhode Island to the east,Massachusetts to the north,New York to the west, andLong Island Sound to the south. Its capital isHartford, and its most populous city isBridgeport. Connecticut lies between the major hubs ofNew York City andBoston along theNortheast Corridor, where theNew York-Newark Combined Statistical Area, which includes four of Connecticut's seven largest cities, extends into the southwestern part of the state. Connecticut is thethird-smallest state by area afterRhode Island andDelaware, and the29th most populous with more than 3.6 million residents as of 2024, ranking it fourth among themost densely populated U.S. states.
The state is named after theConnecticut River, the longest in New England, which roughly bisects the state and drains into the Long Island Sound between the towns ofOld Saybrook andOld Lyme. The name of the river is in turn derived from anglicized spellings ofQuinnetuket, aMohegan-Pequot word for "long tidal river". Before the arrival of the first European settlers, the region was inhabited by variousAlgonquian tribes. In 1633, theDutch West India Company established a small, short-lived settlement calledHouse of Hope in Hartford. Half of Connecticut was initially claimed by the Dutch colonyNew Netherland, which included much of the land between the Connecticut andDelaware Rivers, although the first major settlements were established by the English around the same time.Thomas Hooker led a band of followers from theMassachusetts Bay Colony to form theConnecticut Colony, while other settlers from Massachusetts founded theSaybrook Colony and theNew Haven Colony; both had merged into the first by 1664.
Connecticut's official nickname, the "Constitution State", refers to theFundamental Orders adopted by the Connecticut Colony in 1639, which is considered by some to be the first written constitution in Western history. As one of theThirteen Colonies that rejected British rule during theAmerican Revolution, Connecticut was influential in the development of thefederal government of the United States. In 1787,Roger Sherman andOliver Ellsworth, state delegates to theConstitutional Convention, proposeda compromise between theVirginia andNew Jersey Plans; itsbicameral structure forCongress, with a respectively proportional and equal representation of the states in theHouse of Representatives andSenate, was adopted and remains to this day. In January 1788, Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify theConstitution. (Full article...)
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New York State Route 343 (NY 343) is a state highway located entirely within centralDutchess County, in theHudson Valley region of theU.S. state ofNew York. It runs east–west from the intersection ofNY 82 in the village ofMillbrook to the town ofAmenia, where it crosses theConnecticut state line and continues eastward asRoute 343, a Connecticut state highway located entirely within the town ofSharon. Along the way, it has a 7.3-mile (11.7 km)concurrency withNY 22 from vicinity of thehamlet ofDover Plains to thehamlet of Amenia.
The entirety of modern Route 343 was originally the Dover branch of theDutchess Turnpike. The turnpike, which was in operation from the early to the mid-19th century, was a major transportation route at the time, connecting several local communities toLitchfield County, Connecticut, and the city ofPoughkeepsie. NY 343 was designated in 1930, connecting the hamlet of Amenia to the state line, but was relocated a few years later onto the portion ofNew York State Route 200 from South Millbrook to the hamlet of Dover Plains. The NY 200 designation was rerouted east of Millbrook on NY 343's original alignment. NY 343 absorbed NY 200 in the early 1940s, creating an overlap with NY 22 between Dover Plains and Amenia. The Connecticut portion of the highway was originally designated as part ofRoute 4; it was renumbered to Route 343 in 1932. (Full article...)
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ThePaugussett Trail is a 14-mile (23 km)Blue-Blazedhiking trail "system" in the lowerHousatonic River valley inFairfield County and, today, is entirely inShelton andMonroe,Connecticut. Much of the trail is inIndian Well State Park and the Town ofMonroe'sWebb Mountain Park. The mainline (official "Blue-Blazed") trail is primarily southeast to northwest with three short side or spur trails.
The Paugussett Trail today is composed of four (4) trails of which one is the upside-down V-shaped Southeast-to-North-to-SouthWest mainline trail (13.3 miles) plus three shorter side or access spur trails. The northernmost point on the trail is at ConnecticutRoute 34 and Lake Zoar's southern shore. (Full article...)
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