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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- 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
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.
Millers Pond State Park
Nature reserve
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Millers Pond State Park is a public recreation area lying adjacent to Cockaponset State Forest in the towns of Durham and Haddam, Connecticut. The park's central feature is 33-acre Millers Pond, whose principal source of water is large springs that create a body of unpolluted water excellent for trout and smallmouth bass. Millers Pond State Park is situated 3 miles east 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
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In Other Languages
“Town of Durham” goes by many names.
- German: “Coginchaug”
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