Town of Durham

Coginchaug is an area within the current United States town of Durham, Connecticut. It is largely a swampy, low-lying region of the town, drained by the Coginchaug River and its tributaries.

Type: Locality with 7,300 residents
Description: area in Connecticut, United States
Also known as: “Cockingchaug” and “Coginchaug”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Coginchaug Regional High School and Trimountain.

Coginchaug Regional High School

School

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Coginchaug Regional High School is a public high school located in Durham, Connecticut and is named after the Coginchaug River. It is part of Regional School District #13, which encompasses the communities of Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall, Connecticut.

Trimountain

Peak

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Trimountain or Tri-mountain, est. 760 feet, is a traprock mountain located 6 miles southeast of Meriden, Connecticut. It is part of the narrow, linear Metacomet Ridge that extends from Long Island Sound near New Haven, Connecticut, north through the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts to the Vermont border. Trimountain is situated 3 miles west of Town of Durham.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Middlefield and Durham.

Middlefield

Middlefield is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region. The population was 4,217 at the 2020 census. The town includes the village of Rockfall in the northeastern section.

Durham

Town

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Durham is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. Durham is a former farming village on the Coginchaug River in central Connecticut. The town is part of the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region.

Town of Durham

Category: geographical feature
Location: Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.4622° or 41° 27′ 44″ north

Longitude

-72.6829° or 72° 40′ 58″ west

Population

7,300

Elevation

161 feet (49 metres)

Open location code

87H9F868+VR

GeoNames ID

4833139

Wikidata ID

Q5141122

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In Other Languages

“Town of Durham” goes by many names.

German: “Coginchaug”

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