{"id":946,"date":"2023-02-02T09:02:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T09:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=946"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:49:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:49:24","slug":"tolland-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/tolland-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Tolland County, Connecticut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tolland County is a county in Connecticut, United States, in the north-central part of the<br \/>\nstate, about 20 miles northeast of Hartford. It had a population of 149,788 at the 2020 census<br \/>\nand covers 410 square miles (1,100 km2) of land centred near 41&deg;51&prime;N 72&deg;20&prime;W.<\/p>\n<p>Connecticut abolished county government in 1960, so Tolland County has no seat, no courts and<br \/>\nno elected officials of its own today; its 13 towns run their own affairs. Rockville, a village<br \/>\nin Vernon, was the last county seat, from 1889 until 1960; its postal code is 06066. The county<br \/>\nholds 13 towns and several villages and unincorporated places within them, and it runs on Eastern<br \/>\nTime.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Tolland County<\/h2>\n<p>Tolland County has 13 towns &mdash; the primary unit of local government in Connecticut &mdash;<br \/>\nplus a number of named villages and census-designated places inside them. CDP stands for census<br \/>\ndesignated place; Unincorp. covers smaller villages and crossroads with no formal boundary of<br \/>\ntheir own. The Town column shows which of the 13 towns each village sits inside; for a town<br \/>\nitself the column reads &mdash;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Town<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Vernon<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>30,215<\/td>\n<td>06066<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rockville<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>Vernon<\/td>\n<td>7,920<\/td>\n<td>06066<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Vernon Center<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Vernon<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mansfield<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>25,892<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Storrs<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>Mansfield<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>06268<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mansfield Center<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Mansfield<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>06250<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mansfield Depot<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Mansfield<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>06251<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mansfield City<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Mansfield<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mansfield Four Corners<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Mansfield<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mansfield Hollow<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Mansfield<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gurleyville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Mansfield<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Eagleville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Mansfield<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Spring Hill<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Mansfield<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ellington<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>16,426<\/td>\n<td>06029<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>North Somers<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Ellington<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Crystal Lake<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Ellington<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Windermere<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Ellington<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tolland<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>14,563<\/td>\n<td>06084<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Coventry<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>12,235<\/td>\n<td>06238<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South Coventry<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Coventry<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>North Coventry<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Coventry<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Coventry Lake<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Coventry<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Stafford<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>11,472<\/td>\n<td>06076<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Stafford Springs<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>Stafford<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>06076<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Staffordville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Stafford<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>West Stafford<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Stafford<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Somers<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>10,255<\/td>\n<td>06071<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Somersville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Somers<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hebron<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>9,098<\/td>\n<td>06248<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gilead<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Hebron<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>06231<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Willington<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>5,566<\/td>\n<td>06279<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South Willington<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Willington<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>West Willington<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Willington<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Willington Hill<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Willington<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>East Willington<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Willington<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Columbia<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>5,272<\/td>\n<td>06237<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bolton<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>4,858<\/td>\n<td>06043<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Andover<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>3,151<\/td>\n<td>06232<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Amston<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Andover \/ Hebron<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>06231<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Union<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>785<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>A handful of villages sit on town lines rather than inside one town. Amston is a shared postal<br \/>\nname for the neighboring corner of Andover and Hebron, and its mail runs through Hebron&#8217;s 06231<br \/>\nZIP. Coventry Lake and Crystal Lake are both lake-shore communities named for the body of water<br \/>\nthey sit beside, in Coventry and Ellington respectively, not separate villages with their own<br \/>\nboundaries.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>06066 &mdash; Vernon and Rockville<\/li>\n<li>06084 &mdash; Tolland<\/li>\n<li>06238 &mdash; Coventry<\/li>\n<li>06029 &mdash; Ellington<\/li>\n<li>06076 &mdash; Stafford and Stafford Springs<\/li>\n<li>06071 &mdash; Somers<\/li>\n<li>06231 &mdash; Hebron (Gilead) and Amston<\/li>\n<li>06248 &mdash; Hebron<\/li>\n<li>06279 &mdash; Willington<\/li>\n<li>06237 &mdash; Columbia<\/li>\n<li>06043 &mdash; Bolton<\/li>\n<li>06232 &mdash; Andover<\/li>\n<li>06268\/06269\/06235\/06250\/06251 &mdash; Mansfield, including the Storrs university campus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Union has no ZIP code of its own; mail there is split between the neighboring 06076 (Stafford<br \/>\nSprings) and 06242 (Eastford, in Windham County) codes, since the town has never had its own post<br \/>\noffice serving the whole area. The smaller unincorporated villages inside each town &mdash; South<br \/>\nCoventry, Somersville, West Stafford and the rest &mdash; use their parent town&#8217;s ZIP.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Tolland County sits in Connecticut&#8217;s northeastern uplands, a belt of forested hills and<br \/>\nglacial lakes between the Connecticut River valley and the Quinebaug watershed. It is<br \/>\nConnecticut&#8217;s second-smallest county by land area, and roughly 1.7 percent of its 417 square<br \/>\nmiles is water. The Willimantic River runs along Willington&#8217;s western edge, the Hockanum River<br \/>\npowered Rockville&#8217;s 19th-century mills, and Shenipsit State Forest spreads across Ellington,<br \/>\nSomers, Stafford and Tolland. Union, in the county&#8217;s far northeast corner, is nearly one-third<br \/>\nstate park and forest land, including Bigelow Hollow State Park and Nipmuck State Forest.<\/p>\n<p>Hartford County lies to the west, Windham County to the east, and New London County to the<br \/>\nsouth. Hampden County, Massachusetts, borders the county to the northwest and Worcester County,<br \/>\nMassachusetts, to the northeast. <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/hartford-county\/\">Hartford<br \/>\nCounty<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/windham-county\/\">Windham County<\/a> and <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/new-london-county\/\">New London County<\/a> all have posts on<br \/>\nthis site; the two Massachusetts counties do not.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Tolland County had a population of 149,788 at the 2020 census, a 1.9 percent decline from 2010.<br \/>\nVernon and Mansfield are the two largest towns, together holding more than a third of the<br \/>\ncounty&#8217;s residents; Mansfield&#8217;s count includes the main University of Connecticut campus at<br \/>\nStorrs, a large student population that swells the town&#8217;s official figure. Median household<br \/>\nincome across the county was $88,525 (2021 ACS), close to Connecticut&#8217;s statewide figure of<br \/>\n$91,665 (2023 ACS). Population density works out to about 365 people per square mile of land,<br \/>\nconcentrated heavily in Vernon and the Storrs-Mansfield area, with Union and Andover far more<br \/>\nsparsely settled.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Educational services employ the most workers countywide, about 12,884 people, followed by<br \/>\nhealth care and social assistance at 10,428 and manufacturing at 8,684. The University of<br \/>\nConnecticut&#8217;s Storrs campus, in Mansfield, is the single largest employer in the county at<br \/>\nroughly 5,300 staff, and its presence has earned Storrs the nickname &#8220;College Basketball<br \/>\nCapital of the World&#8221; for the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s programs it has produced. Rockville General<br \/>\nHospital and the Town of Vernon are Vernon&#8217;s largest employers. Stafford Motor Speedway, a<br \/>\nshort oval NASCAR-sanctioned track, draws crowds of racing fans every spring and summer weekend.<br \/>\nSomers hosts the Four Town Fair each September, one of the oldest agricultural fairs in the<br \/>\ncountry, and Hebron holds its own Harvest Fair the same month.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>The Connecticut General Assembly formed Tolland County on 13 October 1785, from eastern towns<br \/>\nof Hartford County and western towns of Windham County. It took its name from the town of<br \/>\nTolland, itself named for Tolland, Somerset, in England. Tolland served as the shire town from<br \/>\n1785 to 1889, when the seat moved to the growing mill village of Rockville; the old courthouse<br \/>\nand jail still stand on Tolland&#8217;s town green. Connecticut abolished all county government by<br \/>\nreferendum in 1960, transferring courts and law enforcement to state agencies, and Tolland County<br \/>\nhas functioned only as a geographic and statistical division since.<\/p>\n<p>Coventry is the birthplace of Nathan Hale, the Continental Army officer executed by the<br \/>\nBritish in 1776 and later named Connecticut&#8217;s official state hero; his family homestead is now a<br \/>\nseasonal museum. During the Revolutionary War, French troops under the Comte de Rochambeau<br \/>\nmarched through the county on their way to Yorktown, camping on farmland in Bolton and quartering<br \/>\nofficers at White&#8217;s Tavern in Andover. The University of Connecticut traces to 1881, when the<br \/>\nStorrs Agricultural School opened in Mansfield on land donated by brothers Charles and Augustus<br \/>\nStorrs.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>Interstate 84 crosses the county through Vernon, Tolland and Willington, dips briefly into<br \/>\nWindham County, then re-enters Tolland County at Union before crossing into Massachusetts toward<br \/>\nSturbridge. Connecticut Route 195 in Tolland and Route 32 in Willington both connect I-84 to the<br \/>\nUniversity of Connecticut&#8217;s Storrs campus.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hartford &mdash; about 20 miles west<\/li>\n<li>Willimantic &mdash; about 10 miles southeast<\/li>\n<li>Springfield, Massachusetts &mdash; about 25 miles northwest<\/li>\n<li>Worcester, Massachusetts &mdash; about 30 miles northeast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bradley International Airport, in Windsor Locks, is the nearest major commercial airport, about<br \/>\n20 miles northwest of Vernon. There is no passenger rail station inside Tolland County; the<br \/>\nnearest Amtrak and Hartford Line service runs from Hartford&#8217;s Union Station, roughly 20 miles to<br \/>\nthe west.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Tolland County located?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt sits in Connecticut&#8217;s northeastern uplands, about 20 miles northeast of Hartford, bordered by<br \/>\nHartford, Windham and New London counties and, to the north, Hampden and Worcester counties in<br \/>\nMassachusetts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Tolland County?<\/strong><br \/>\n149,788 at the 2020 census, down 1.9 percent from 2010.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Tolland County?<\/strong><br \/>\n417 square miles total, of which 410 square miles are land and the rest water.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Does Tolland County have a county seat?<\/strong><br \/>\nNo. Connecticut abolished county government in 1960. Rockville, now a village in Vernon, was the<br \/>\nlast seat, serving from 1889 until then; Tolland held the role before that, from 1785.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns are in Tolland County?<\/strong><br \/>\nThirteen: Andover, Bolton, Columbia, Coventry, Ellington, Hebron, Mansfield, Somers, Stafford,<br \/>\nTolland, Union, Vernon and Willington, plus villages and census-designated places inside them<br \/>\nsuch as Rockville, Storrs and Stafford Springs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes does Tolland County use?<\/strong><br \/>\nAmong others, 06066 for Vernon and Rockville, 06084 for Tolland, 06238 for Coventry, 06029 for<br \/>\nEllington and 06076 for Stafford and Stafford Springs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Tolland County known for?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe University of Connecticut&#8217;s main campus at Storrs, Nathan Hale&#8217;s birthplace in Coventry,<br \/>\nand Stafford Motor Speedway.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/connecticut\/\">Towns and villages in Connecticut<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tolland County is a county in Connecticut, United States, in the north-central part of the state, about 20 miles northeast of Hartford. It had a population of 149,788 at the 2020 census and covers 410 square miles (1,100 km2) of land centred near 41&deg;51&prime;N 72&deg;20&prime;W. 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