Funeral Homes in East Glastonbury, CT

Facts about the city

Glastonbury is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, formally founded in 1693 with settlers first arriving in 1636. The town was named after Glastonbury in Somerset, England. Glastonbury is located on the banks of the Connecticut River, 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Hartford. The town center is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place (CDP). The population was 34,427 at the 2010 census.

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History

The population was 31,876 at the 2000 United States Census census. The J.B. Glastonbury is located on the banks of the Connecticut River, south east from Hartford, Connecticut The town center is also defined by the US Census Bureau as a census-designated place (CDP).

In 1636, thirty families were settled in Pyaug, a tract of land belonging to Wethersfield on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River bought from the Native American Chief, Sowheag, for of trading cloth. Noah Webster was both a student in these classes, and taught classes in one of Glastonbury’s one-room schoolhouses. The orchard that started with in 1866 grew to more than by 1900.

The official website for the city of East Glastonbury is http://www.glastonbury-ct.gov.