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Place Name
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Windham County
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Pronunciation
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WIND-uhm
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Putnam and Willimantic
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Population
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102,525 (1990)
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Location
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Connecticut, United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°49'N
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Longitude
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71°59'W
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Windham
(WIND-uhm), county (
521 sq mi/1,349 sq km; 1990 pop.
102,525), NE Conn., on Mass. and R.I. state lines;  Putnam and
Willimantic; 41°49'N 71°59'W. Agr. area (dairy prods.; vegetables;
poultry) and mfg. centers producing machinery, cutlery, metal prods.,
clothing, paper and rubber goods, shoes, chemicals, furniture, optical
goods, wood prods. Has several state parks and forests; resorts on
small lakes. Drained by Quinebaug, Natchaug, Shetucket, Little, Moosup,
and French rivers. Constituted 1726.
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