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Hartford

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Capital city of Connecticut, U.S.
121,054Population
18.1 sq miArea
59 ftElevation

Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The city, located in Hartford County, had a population of 121,054 at the 2020 census and was estimated at 124,006 in 2025. Hartford is the most populous city in the Capitol Planning Region and the core city of the Greater Hartford metropolitan area with 1.17 million residents in total. Founded in 1635, Hartford is among the oldest cities in the United States. It is home to the country's oldest continuously operating public art museum (Wadsworth Atheneum), the second oldest publicly funded park (Bushnell Park), the oldest continuously published newspaper (the Hartford Courant), the second-oldest secondary school (Hartford Public …

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