Housatonic River

The Housatonic River is an approximately 149 mi long river in western and western in the United States. It flows south to southeast, and drains about 1,950 square miles of southwestern Connecticut into .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Connecticut and Massachusetts
  • Also known as: “Housatonick River”, “Oosotnuc”, “Ouatonick River”, “Ousatonick River”, “Paugasset River”, “Pootatuck”, “Potatunk”, “Puttetuck”, “Stratford River”, and “Westenhok River”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Duck Island and Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport.

Island
is the one of two islands in the at the mouth of the Housatonic River. It is approximately 100 feet from the end of Milford Point Road, near the .

Aerodrome
Photo: USGS, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport is a public airport in , United States, owned by the city of . It is three miles southeast of downtown, in the town of .

The is a nature center and bird sanctuary in , established in 1995. Over 300 different species of bird have been observed at this location.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lordship and Stratford Center Historic District.

Village
Photo: Jllm06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small, waterfront neighborhood situated on Connecticut's Gold Coast in , United States. As of the 2020 census, had a population of 2,954.

Neighborhood
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The is a 220-acre historic district in . The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. is situated 2 miles northwest of Housatonic River.

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is a town in . , Connecticut was founded in 1639. It is in New England and located on the Long Island Sound. It is east of the Housatonic River and it also part of Fairfield County.

Housatonic River

Latitude
41.16926° or 41° 10′ 9″ north
Longitude
-73.10844° or 73° 6′ 30″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
87H85V9R+PJ
Geo­Names ID
4836376
Wiki­data ID
Q1631368
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Housatonic River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نهر هوساتونيك”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Housatonic”
  • Basque: “Housatonic ibaia”
  • Catalan: “Riu Housatonic”
  • Cebuano: “Housatonic River”
  • Chinese: “豪萨托尼河”
  • Chuvash: “Хусатоник”
  • Dutch: “Housatonic River”
  • Dutch: “Housatonic”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر هوساتونيك”
  • French: “Housatonic River”
  • French: “Housatonic”
  • German: “Housatonic River”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Housatonic”
  • Italian: “Fiume Housatonic”
  • Italian: “Housatonic”
  • Japanese: “フーストニック川”
  • Lithuanian: “Husatonikas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Housatonic River”
  • Norwegian: “Housatonic River”
  • Russian: “Хусатоник (река)”
  • Russian: “Хусатоник”
  • Russian: “Хьюсатоник (река)”
  • Slovenian: “Housatonic”
  • Ukrainian: “Гузатонік”
  • Venetian: “Housatonic”
  • Welsh: “Afon Housatonic”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sniffens Point and Milford Point.

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