Connecticut Fast Facts

Date Admitted to the Union:

January 9, 1788 - Connecticut was the 5th state.

Connecticut State Capital:

Hartford

State Nickname:

Constitution State

State Motto:

Qui transtulit sustinet.
Translation: He who transplanted still sustains.

Connecticut State Bird:

American Robin

Connecticut State Flower:

Mountain Laurel

Connecticut State Tree:

White Oak

Cities With Population Over 100,000:

• Bridgeport
• New Haven
• Hartford
• North Stamford
• Stamford
• Waterbury

Ten Famous People From Connecticut :

• Benedict Arnold, British Spy
• John Brown, Abolitionist
• George W. Bush, 43rd President
• Samuel Colt, Gun Manufacturer
• Charles Goodyear, Inventor
• Nathan Hale, Revolutionary War Soldier
• Katherine Hepburn, Author
• Benjamin Spock, Pediatrician and Author
• Harriet Beecher Stowe, Author and Abolitionist
• Noah Webster, Author of First Dictionary