Jewett City

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Jewett City

Total population

3,429

Median home value

$196,900

10.9%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$55,530

Jewett City$56k

National$74k

Elevation47 m

Land area1.92 km²

Weather65°F · Mostly Sunny

Coordinates41.61°, -71.98°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Jewett City is a borough in New London County, Connecticut, United States, in the town of Griswold. The borough is part of the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 3,328 at the 2020 census, down from 3,487 in 2010. The borough was named for Eliezer Jewett, who founded a settlement there in 1771.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Jewett City, CT from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

James Monroe

American congressman (1821-1898)

Charles Seymour Whitman

American judge and politician (1868–1947)

David A. Starkweather

American politician (1802-1876)

James Wright Gordon

American politician (1809–1853)

William A. Barstow

Union Army general and governor of Wisconsin (1813-1865)

George Grafton Wilson

American academic (1863-1951)

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Elias Perkins

American politician (1767-1845)

Gil Bouley

American football player (1921-2006)

Henry H. Starkweather

American politician (1826-1876)

Isaac E. Crary

American politician (1804–1854)

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Nathan Belcher

American politician (1813-1891)

Moses Coit Tyler

American author and professor of American history. (1835–1900)

Nathan F. Dixon I

American politician (1774-1842)

William Howard Doane

American businessman and composer (1832-1915)

William Jewett Tucker

American cleric (1839–1926); president of Dartmouth College from 1893 to 1909

Aaron Dwight Stevens

American abolitionist (1831–1860)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Connecticut

• Moosup
  9.3 mi away · pop. 2,885
• Mashantucket
  9.9 mi away
• South Windham
  11.7 mi away
• Oxoboxo River
  13.6 mi away
• Gales Ferry
  13.9 mi away
• Willimantic
  14.2 mi away
• Old Mystic
  15.5 mi away
• Conning Towers-Nautilus Park
  15.7 mi away
• Dayville
  17.1 mi away
• Pawcatuck
  17.3 mi away
• Mystic
  17.4 mi away · pop. 4,483
• Long Hill
  18.2 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Jewett City

Flood insurance study

1984

Sudoku Genius Mind Exercises Volume 1

Jewett City C. State of Mind Collection · 2019

Bedrock Geologic Map of the Jewett City Quadrangle, New London County, Connecticut

United States Geological Survey · 1984

A New Year's sermon

Thomas Leffingwell Shipman · 1846

Ghost stories & legends of eastern Connecticut

Donna Kent · 2007

[Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors, record of cases on appeal, 1855]

Edward Trowbridge · 1855

A memorial of Rev. Thomas Leffingwell Shipman

William Barker Clarke · 1889

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