Glastonbury Center
Glastonbury Center is a census-designated place that constitutes the densely populated center of Glastonbury in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 7,387 at the 2010 census, out of a total town population of 34,427.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet with 7,390 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Connecticut, United States
- Also known as: “Glastonbury Center, Connecticut”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gideon Welles House and Welles-Turner Memorial Library.
Gideon Welles House
Historic building
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The Gideon Welles House is a historic house at 17 Hebron Avenue in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Built in 1783, it was home to generations of the locally prominent Welles family, whose most famous member was Gideon Welles, the United States Secretary of the Navy under Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.
Welles-Shipman-Ward House
Museum
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The Welles-Shipman-Ward House is a historic house museum at 972 Main Street in South Glastonbury, Connecticut. Built in 1755, it is a well-preserved example of Georgian architecture, with the largest period fireplace in Connecticut. Welles-Shipman-Ward House is situated 2 miles south of Glastonbury Center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include J. B. Williams Co. Historic District and Glastonbury Historic District.
J. B. Williams Co. Historic District
Neighborhood
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The J. B. Williams Co. Historic District encompasses a historic 19th-century factory complex and related family housing in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Located on and around Hubbard, Williams, and Willieb Streets, the area includes a mid-19th century frame factory as well as later brick buildings, and houses belonging to its owners, members of the Williams family.
Glastonbury Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Glastonbury Historic District encompasses a streetscape dating to the 17th century, along Main St. from Hebron Ave. to Talcott Rd. in Glastonbury, Connecticut.
Glastonbury
Town
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Glastonbury is a town in the Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, United States, officially founded in 1693 and first settled in 1636. It was named after Glastonbury in Somerset, England.
Glastonbury Center
Latitude
41.70093° or 41° 42′ 3″ northLongitude
-72.59954° or 72° 35′ 58″ westPopulation
7,390Elevation
69 feet (21 metres)Open location code
87H9PC22+95OpenStreetMap ID
node 158822518OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4835004Wikidata ID
Q3108568
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Glastonbury Center” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غلاستونبري سنتر”
- Basque: “Glastonbury Center”
- Cebuano: “Glastonbury Center”
- Chechen: “Гластонбери-Сентер”
- Chinese: “格拉斯頓伯里森特”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جلاستينبرى سنتر”
- French: “Glastonbury Center (Connecticut)”
- French: “Glastonbury Center”
- German: “Glastonbury Center”
- Gilaki: “گلاستنبري سنتر (کنتيکت)”
- Gilaki: “گلاستنبري سنتر”
- Irish: “Glastonbury Center”
- Italian: “Glastonbury Center”
- Ladin: “Glastonbury Center”
- Newari: “ग्यासटनबरी सेन्टर (कनेक्टिकट)”
- Newari: “ग्यासटनबरी सेन्टर, कनेक्टिकट”
- Newari: “ग्यासटनबरी सेन्टर”
- Persian: “گلستونبری سنتر، کنتیکت”
- Persian: “گلستونبری سنتر”
- Serbian: “Гластонбери Сентер”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Glastonbury Center, Connecticut”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Glastonbury Center”
- South Azerbaijani: “قلستونبری سنتر، کنتیکت”
- Spanish: “Glastonbury Center (Connecticut)”
- Spanish: “Glastonbury Center”
- Swedish: “Glastonbury Center, Connecticut”
- Swedish: “Glastonbury Center”
- Tatar: “Гластонбери-Сентер”
- Turkish: “Glastonbury Center”
- Ukrainian: “Гластонбері-Сентер”
- Volapük: “Glastonbury Center (Connecticut)”
- Volapük: “Glastonbury Center (CT)”
- Volapük: “Glastonbury Center, Connecticut”
- Volapük: “Glastonbury Center, CT”
- Volapük: “Glastonbury Center”
- Welsh: “Glastonbury Center, Connecticut”
- Welsh: “Glastonbury Center”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Old Parsonage Estates Open Space and Glastonbury Green Cemetery.
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