Historical U.S. Census Totals for Windham County, Connecticut

Nyaks is the best This article shows THe U.S. Census totals for Windham County, Connecticut, broken down by municipality, from 1900 to 2000.

Like most areas of New England, Windham County is (and has been at all times since well before the 20th century) entirely divided into incorporated municipalities. There is no unincorporated territory.

There are three types of municipalities in Connecticut: towns, boroughs and cities. As in the other New England states, towns are the basic unit of municipal government.

Boroughs overlay towns and assume responsibility for some municipal services within their boundaries. Boroughs are not found in any of the other New England states, and are not very common in Connecticut today, although they were somewhat more numerous in the past. A number of boroughs have disincorporated over the years, choosing to revert back to full town control.

Cities also overlay towns. This is different from the other New England states, where cities are a different type of municipality equivalent to a town (this difference is related to cities having originally developed in Connecticut from the borough model). Most current cities are coextensive with their parent town, however, such that the entire municipality functions as a city. In practice, these cities are really no different from cities in the other New England states.

It is also possible for a city in Connecticut to overlay part, but not all, of a town. There are currently only one or two examples, but it was a more common arrangement in the past. Many of today’s coextensive cities were non-coextensive at one time. As with boroughs, a number of non-coextensive cities have also disincorporated over the years, choosing to revert back to full town control.

The main tables below show municipalities at the town level. For any census, adding up the totals for each municipality should yield the county total. In cases where a community encompassed a coextensive city, the tables in the New England Historical U.S. Census Totals series mark the community as a city; however, there have never been any coextensive cities in Windham County. In cases where a town included a non-coextensive city, the total shown below represents the entire town, including but not limited to the city. A separate section follows with population totals for boroughs and non-coextensive cities.

For more information on the New England municipal system, see New England town.

Corporate changes since 1900

There have been no changes in Windham County’s town-level municipality roster since 1900.

1900

County Total: 46,861

*Windham 10,137
*Putnam 7,348
*Killingly 6,835
*Thompson 6,442
*Plainfield 4,821
*Brooklyn 2,358
*Woodstock 2,095
*Pomfret 1,831
*Sterling 1,209
*Canterbury 876
*Ashford 757
*Hampton 629
*Chaplin 529
*Eastford 523
*Scotland 471

1910

County Total: 48,361

*Windham 12,604
*Putnam 7,280
*Plainfield 6,719
*Killingly 6,564
*Thompson 4,804
*Brooklyn 1,858
*Pomfret 1,857
*Woodstock 1,849
*Sterling 1,283
*Canterbury 868
*Ashford 668
*Hampton 583
*Eastford 513
*Scotland 476
*Chaplin 435

1920

County Total: 52,815

*Windham 13,801
*Putnam 8,397
*Killingly 8,178
*Plainfield 7,926
*Thompson 5,055
*Brooklyn 1,655
*Woodstock 1,767
*Pomfret 1,454
*Sterling 1,266
*Canterbury 896
*Ashford 673
*Eastford 496
*Hampton 475
*Scotland 391
*Chaplin 385

1930

County Total: 54,086

*Windham 13,773
*Killingly 8,852
*Putnam 8,099
*Plainfield 8,027
*Thompson 4,999
*Brooklyn 2,250
*Woodstock 1,712
*Pomfret 1,617
*Sterling 1,233
*Canterbury 942
*Ashford 726
*Eastford 529
*Hampton 511
*Chaplin 414
*Scotland 402

1940

County Total: 56,223

*Windham 13,824
*Killingly 9,547
*Putnam 8,692
*Plainfield 7,613
*Thompson 5,577
*Brooklyn 2,403
*Woodstock 1,912
*Pomfret 1,710
*Sterling 1,251
*Canterbury 992
*Ashford 704
*Hampton 535
*Eastford 496
*Chaplin 489
*Scotland 478

1950

County Total: 61,759

*Windham 15,884
*Killingly 10,015
*Putnam 9,304
*Plainfield 8,071
*Thompson 5,585
*Brooklyn 2,652
*Woodstock 2,271
*Pomfret 2,018
*Canterbury 1,321
*Sterling 1,298
*Ashford 845
*Chaplin 712
*Hampton 672
*Eastford 598
*Scotland 513

1960

County Total: 68,572

*Windham 16,973
*Killingly 11,298
*Plainfield 8,884
*Putnam 8,412
*Thompson 6,217
*Brooklyn 3,312
*Woodstock 3,177
*Pomfret 2,136
*Canterbury 1,857
*Sterling 1,397
*Ashford 1,315
*Chaplin 1,230
*Hampton 934
*Eastford 746
*Scotland 684

1970

County Total: 84,515

*Windham 19,626
*Killingly 13,573
*Plainfield 11,957
*Putnam 8,598
*Thompson 7,580
*Brooklyn 4,965
*Woodstock 4,311
*Canterbury 2,673
*Pomfret 2,529
*Ashford 2,156
*Sterling 1,853
*Chaplin 1,621
*Hampton 1,129
*Scotland 1,022
*Eastford 922

1980

County Total: 92,312

*Windham 21,062
*Killingly 14,519
*Plainfield 12,774
*Putnam 8,580
*Thompson 8,141
*Brooklyn 5,691
*Woodstock 5,117
*Canterbury 3,426
*Ashford 3,221
*Pomfret 2,775
*Chaplin 1,793
*Sterling 1,791
*Hampton 1,322
*Scotland 1,072
*Eastford 1,028

1990

County Total: 102,525

*Windham 22,039
*Killingly 15,889
*Plainfield 14,363
*Putnam 9,031
*Thompson 8,668
*Brooklyn 6,681
*Woodstock 6,008
*Canterbury 4,467
*Ashford 3,765
*Pomfret 3,102
*Sterling 2,357
*Chaplin 2,048
*Hampton 1,578
*Eastford 1,314
*Scotland 1,215

2000

County Total: 109,091

*Windham 22,857
*Killingly 16,472
*Plainfield 14,619
*Putnam 9,002
*Thompson 8,878
*Woodstock 7,221
*Brooklyn 7,173
*Canterbury 4,692
*Ashford 4,098
*Pomfret 3,798
*Sterling 3,099
*Chaplin 2,250
*Hampton 1,758
*Eastford 1,618
*Scotland 1,556

Boroughs and Non-coextensive Cities

As of 1900, Windham County contained one borough and two non-coextensive cities:

*The borough of Danielson, within of the town of Killingly

*The city of Putnam, within the town of the same name

*The city of Willimantic, within the town of Windham

The city of Willimantic disincorporated in 1983, and the city of Putnam disincorporated in 1984.

1900

*Willimantic (city) 8,937
*Putnam (city) 6,667
*Danielson (borough) 2,823

1910

*Willimantic (city) 11,230
*Putnam (city) 6,637
*Danielson (borough) 2,934

1920

*Willimantic (city) 12,330
*Putnam (city) 7,711
*Danielson (borough) 3,130

1930

*Willimantic (city) 12,102
*Putnam (city) 7,318
*Danielson (borough) 4,210

1940

*Willimantic (city) 12,101
*Putnam (city) 7,775
*Danielson (borough) 4,507

1950

*Willimantic (city) 13,586
*Putnam (city) 8,181
*Danielson (borough) 4,554

1960

*Willimantic (city) 13,881
*Putnam (city) 6,952
*Danielson (borough) 4,642

1970

*Willimantic (city) 14,402
*Putnam (city) 6,918
*Danielson (borough) 4,580

1980

*Willimantic (city) 14,652
*Putnam (city) 6,855
*Danielson (borough) 4,553

1990

*Danielson (borough) 4,441

2000

*Danielson (borough) 4,265

ee also

*United States Census
*Windham County, Connecticut