Canterbury

Canterbury is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the . The population was 5,045 at the 2020 census.
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  • Type: Village with 5,050 residents
  • Description: town in Connecticut, USA
  • Also known as: “Canterbury Green”, “Canterbury, Connecticut”, and “Canterbury, CT”
  • Postal code: 06331

Places of Interest

Highlights include Prudence Crandall Museum and Canterbury Green.

Museum
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The is a historic house museum, sometimes called the Elisha Payne House for its previous owner. It is located on the southwest corner of the junction of Connecticut Routes 14 and 169, on the Canterbury, Connecticut village green.

Park
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is a park.

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March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Old Canterbury Road is a historic site in along the 1781 and/or 1782 march routes of Rochambeau's army.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Canterbury Center Historic District and Quinebaug River Prehistoric Archeological District.

Neighborhood
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The is a historic district in Canterbury, Connecticut. The district is centered on the town green, located at the junction of Route 169 and Route 14.

Locality
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The encompasses a collection of prehistoric archaeological sites near the in Canterbury, Connecticut. is situated 2 miles southeast of Canterbury.

Village
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is a village and census-designated place in the town of , United States. The population was 2,557 at the 2010 census. is situated 3 miles southeast of Canterbury.

Canterbury

Latitude
41.69821° or 41° 41′ 54″ north
Longitude
-71.97098° or 71° 58′ 16″ west
Population
5,050
Elevation
256 feet (78 metres)
Open location code
87HCM2XH+7J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158822346
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5283439
Wiki­data ID
Q2446069
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Canterbury” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كانتربوري”
  • Basque: “Canterbury”
  • Catalan: “Canterbury”
  • Chechen: “Кентербери”
  • Chinese: “坎特伯里”
  • Czech: “Canterbury”
  • Dutch: “Canterbury”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بلده كانتربورى”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كانتربورى”
  • French: “Canterbury”
  • German: “Canterbury”
  • Greek: “Καντέρμπερι”
  • Haitian: “Canterbury, Connecticut”
  • Haitian: “Canterbury”
  • Hebrew: “קנטרברי”
  • Hungarian: “Canterbury”
  • Italian: “Canterbury”
  • Japanese: “カンタベリ”
  • Kazakh: “Kanterbyurï”
  • Kazakh: “Кантербюри”
  • Kazakh: “كانتەربيۋرىي”
  • Kirghiz: “Кантербюри”
  • Mazanderani: “کانتربری”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Canterbury”
  • Norwegian: “Canterbury”
  • Polish: “Canterbury”
  • Slovak: “Canterbury”
  • Slovenian: “Canterbury”
  • Spanish: “Canterbury (Connecticut)”
  • Spanish: “Canterbury”
  • Swedish: “Canterbury, Connecticut”
  • Swedish: “Canterbury”
  • Tatar: “Кентербери”
  • Turkish: “Canterbury”
  • Ukrainian: “Кентербері”
  • Urdu: “کینٹربری، کنیکٹیکٹ”
  • Urdu: “کینٹربری”
  • Volapük: “Canterbury”
  • Welsh: “Canterbury, Connecticut”
  • Welsh: “Canterbury”
  • “Canterbury”
  • “Canterbury (Connecticut)”

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