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East Hartford Middle School

East Hartford, Connecticut
Town
The skyline near the Connecticut River
The skyline near the Connecticut River
Flag of East Hartford, Connecticut
Flag
Official seal of East Hartford, Connecticut
Seal
Location in Hartford County, Connecticut
Location in Hartford County, Connecticut
East Hartford is located in the US
East Hartford
East Hartford
Location in the contiguous United States and Connecticut
East Hartford is located in Connecticut
East Hartford
East Hartford
East Hartford (Connecticut)
Coordinates: 41°45′41″N 72°36′55″W / 41.76139°N 72.61528°W / 41.76139; -72.61528Coordinates: 41°45′41″N 72°36′55″W / 41.76139°N 72.61528°W / 41.76139; -72.61528
Country  United States
U.S. state  Connecticut
County Hartford
NECTA Hartford
Region Capitol Region
Incorporated 1783
Government
 • Type Mayor-council
 • Mayor Marcia Leclerc (D)
Area
 • Total 18.7 sq mi (48.5 km2)
 • Land 18.0 sq mi (46.6 km2)
 • Water 0.7 sq mi (1.9 km2)
Elevation 39 ft (12 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 51,252
 • Density 3,200/sq mi (1,250/km2)
Time zone Eastern (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) Eastern (UTC-4)
ZIP code 06108, 06118
Area code(s) 860
FIPS code 09-22630
GNIS feature ID 0213424
Website www.easthartfordct.gov

East Hartford is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 51,252 at the 2010 census.

The town is located on the east bank of the Connecticut River, directly across from Hartford, Connecticut. The town includes the neighborhoods of Burnside and Hockanum. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 18.7 square miles (48.5 km2), of which 18.0 square miles (46.6 km2) is land and 0.73 square miles (1.9 km2), or 3.93%, is water.

When the Connecticut Valley became known to Europeans around 1631, it was inhabited by what were known as the River Tribes — a number of small clans of Native Americans living along the Great River and its tributaries. Of these tribes the Podunks occupied territory now lying in the towns of East Hartford and South Windsor, and numbered, by differing estimates, from sixty to two hundred bowmen. They were governed by two sachems, Waginacut and Arramamet, and were connected in some way with the Native Americans who lived across the Great River, in what is now Windsor. The region north of the Hockanum River was generally called Podunk; that south of the river, Hockanum; but these were no certain designations, and by some all the meadow along the Great River was called Hockanum.

In 1659, Thomas Burnham (1617–1688) 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. The town of Hartford once included the land now occupied by the towns of East Hartford, Manchester, Bolton, Vernon, and West Hartford. In 1783, East Hartford became a separate town, which included Manchester in its city limits until 1823.


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