Coventry

Coventry, town (township), Tolland county, east-central Connecticut, U.S., on the Willimantic River amid rolling hills. Although the area, known as Waramaug, was first settled about 1700, only in 1709 did a significant number of people move there. It was named for Coventry, England, in 1711 and incorporated in 1712. The town is known chiefly as the birthplace of the American patriot Nathan Hale, who was hanged by the British and is credited with saying, “I...