What is Groton, Connecticut?
'''Groton''' is a [[town]] in [[Connecticut]]. Groton is next to [[Mystic, Connecticut|Mystic]], [[Norwich, Connecticut|Norwich]] and [[New London, Connecticut|New London]]. The town is in [[New London County, Connecticut|New London County]] in the southeast and coast areas of Connecticut. Groton is next to the [[Rhode Island]] state line. It is across the line from [[Westerly, Rhode Island|Westerly]] and [[Watch Hill, Rhode Island|Watch Hill]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Analysis of Connecticut 2020 Census Redistricts the Data Release|publisher=Data Haven|url=https://www.theday.com/article/20190503/NWS01/190509813|access-date=October 6, 2021|archive-date=October 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007061356/https://www.theday.com/article/20190503/NWS01/190509813|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==Population== 38,222 people lived there in the [[2020 United States Census]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Groton, Connecticut Population|work=The World Population Review|url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/groton-ct-population|access-date=October 6, 2021}}{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Eight years before that, Groton about 40,000 people lived there. ==History== [[File:BarberJohnWarnerGrotonMonument.jpg|thumb|right|''Groton Monument and Fort Griswold'', a sketch by [[John Warner Barber]] for his ''Historical Collections of Connecticut'' (1836)]] Groton was founded in 1705. That year, it separated from [[New London, Connecticut]]. The town was named after [[Groton, Suffolk]] in England.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qoEyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA332|year=1903|publisher=Connecticut Magazine Company|page=332}}</ref> A hundred years before it was established, the [[Niantic people]] settled in the area between the [[Thames River (Connecticut)|Thames River]] and [[Pawcatuck River]]. They eventually settled, however, in [[Westerly, Rhode Island]]. The new people to the land were the [[Pequot]]s. The latt