Windham, Connecticut, United States

🇺🇸 Windham is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. It contains the city of Willimantic as well as the boroughs of Windham Center, North Windham, and South Windham. Willimantic, an incorporated city since 1893, was consolidated with the town in 1983. The town is part of the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region.

History Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the region was occupied by Algonquian peoples, including the Pequot, Mohegan, Narragansett, and Nipmuck. After the conclusion of the Pequot War in 1638, the Pequots ceased to exist as a tribe; after King Philip's War ended in 1678, the Narragansett and Nipmuck did as well, leaving the Mohegans the only native power in the region. The settlement of Windham was left to settlers by Joshua Uncas, son of Uncas, in a will dated 1675. Settlers moved in, and held their first town meeting on May 18, 1691. The tract was named the town of Windham in May 1692, and was incorporated into Hartford County in fall of 1693. 

Starting in the early nineteenth century, the town's centre of activity moved from Windham to Willimantic, as the water power available there led to the establishment of factories. First established as a borough in 1833, it was incorporated as a separate city in 1893, then reincorporated into the town of Windham in 1983 as its industry declined.

Historic Places • Dr. Chester Hunt Office – Windham Center Road (added November 6, 1970) • Forty-Seventh Camp of Rochambeau's Army (added February 23, 2003) • Fourth Camp of Rochambeau's Army (added February 8, 2003) • Main Street Historic District (Windham, Connecticut) – 32, 50 and 54 North St. (added August 29, 1992) • March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road – Scotland Road, from intersection with Back Rd. to 80 Scotland Rd. (added July 6, 2003) • Willimantic Armory – Pleasant Street (added October 12, 1985) • Windham Center Historic District – state Routes 14 and 203 (added July 4, 1979)

Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 27.9 square miles (72.3 km²), of which, 27.1 square miles (70.1 km²) of it is land and 0.9 square miles (2.2 km²) of it (3.04%) is water.

Education Public Schools • Windham Early Childhood Center • Natchaug School • North Windham School • W.B. Sweeney School • Windham Center School • Windham Middle School • Windham High School • Windham Technical High School; Magnet Schools • Charles H. Barrows STEM Academy; Private Schools • St Mary-St Joseph School.

Transport Route 32 runs through South Windham and north-western Willimantic. Route 66 goes east to west from North Windham to Columbia. Route 14 serves Willimantic to Windham Center. Route 203 severs the eastern section of town from North Windham to South Windham. Route 195 goes from Willimantic to Mansfield eventually going to the University of Connecticut. Route 289 starts in southern Willimantic and shortly after going into Lebanon to Route 87. US 6 bypasses Willimantic and serves North Windham. Bus service is available around the town seven days a week. Windham Airport is a general aviation airport located in North Windham. Bradley International Airport (BDL) in Windsor Locks is the closest major commercial airport. There is no passenger train service, but a freight train stop is found in Willimantic for the Providence and Worcester Railroad. Bus service is provided by the Windham Region Transit District, and Connecticut Transit express bus route 918.