Windsor, Connecticut

 town (New England / New York), draw only border

Windsor, Connecticut's first community, was launched in 1633 when settlers sailed from Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts to establish themselves at the confluence of the Farmington and Connecticut rivers. The Native Americans referred to this area as Matianuck.

The Reverend John Warham and 60 members of his congregation, a church organized in England in 1630, arrived two years later, and renamed the settlement Dorchester. A final name change to Windsor was decreed in 1637 by the colony's General Court.

Historically, Windsor has been known best for its brickmaking and tobacco farming. More recently, the area has seen a boom in the insurance industry; spillover from Hartford, known as the Insurance Capital of the World.