Windsor Locks, Connecticut

Windsor Locks, Connecticut
Town
Town of Windsor Locks
The Windsor Locks Canal Company alongside the Enfield Falls Canal
Seal
Hartford County and Connecticut  Capitol Planning Region and Connecticut
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Coordinates: 41°55′30″N 72°38′58″W / 41.92500°N 72.64944°W / 41.92500; -72.64944
Country	United States
U.S. state	Connecticut
County	Hartford
Region	Capitol Region
Settled	1633
Incorporated	1854
Government
• Type	Selectman-town meeting
• First selectman	Scott A. Storms (R)
• Selectman	Jonathan W. Savino (D)
• Selectman	James E. Cannon (R)
Area
• Total	9.4 sq mi (24.3 km2)
• Land	9.0 sq mi (23.4 km2)
• Water	0.3 sq mi (0.9 km2)
Elevation	157 ft (48 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	12,613
• Density	1,300/sq mi (520/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern)
ZIP Code	06096
Area code(s)	860/959
FIPS code	09-87070
GNIS feature ID	0212355
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Website	www.windsorlocksct.org

Windsor Locks is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. As of the 2020 census, its population was 12,613.^[1] It is the site of Bradley International Airport, which serves the Greater Hartford-Springfield region and occupies approximately a third of the town. Windsor Locks is also the site of the New England Air Museum.

Located beside the Connecticut River and equidistant from the densely populated cities of Springfield, Massachusetts and Hartford, Connecticut, Windsor Locks is named for a set of canal locks that opened in 1829. Windsor Locks is situated just south of the first large falls in the Connecticut River, the Enfield Falls, which is the head of navigation (the farthest point that seagoing vessels can reach) of the Connecticut River. The Enfield Falls Canal circumvents the Enfield Falls and its nearby shallows.^[2]