Preston

Preston is a town in . It is a small, mostly rural town with multiple historic districts. It is between and , giving easy access to both Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods.
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  • Type: Village with 4,790 residents
  • Description: town in New London County, Connecticut, United States
  • Also known as: Preston City”, “Preston, Connecticut”, and “Preston, CT

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Preston City.

Village
is a village and the original town center of the town of Preston, , United States. The core of the village around the junction of Old Northwest Road and Route 164 is designated as the Historic District, a historic district that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Preston

Latitude
41.5268° or 41° 31′ 37″ north
Longitude
-71.9821° or 71° 58′ 56″ west
Population
4,790
Elevation
220 feet (67 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US PVS
Open location code
87HCG2G9+P4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2459856297
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4841125
Wiki­data ID
Q2446061
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Preston” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Preston
  • Catalan: Preston
  • Cebuano: Preston City
  • Chechen: Престон
  • Chinese: 普雷斯頓
  • Dutch: Preston
  • French: Preston
  • German: Preston
  • Haitian: Preston, Connecticut
  • Haitian: Preston
  • Hungarian: Preston
  • Italian: Preston
  • Kazakh: Preston
  • Kazakh: Престон
  • Kazakh: Прэстон
  • Kazakh: پرەستون
  • Kirghiz: Престон
  • Kirghiz: Прэстон
  • Korean: 프레스턴
  • Mazanderani: پرستون
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Preston
  • Norwegian: Preston
  • Polish: Preston
  • Portuguese: Preston
  • Russian: Престон
  • Spanish: Preston (Connecticut)
  • Spanish: Preston
  • Swedish: Preston, Connecticut
  • Swedish: Preston
  • Tatar: Престон
  • Turkish: Preston
  • Ukrainian: Престон
  • Urdu: پریسٹن، کنیکٹیکٹ
  • Urdu: پریسٹن
  • Volapük: Preston
  • Welsh: Preston, Connecticut
  • Welsh: Preston

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Preston”. Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.