Connecticut Gazetteer
Scantic River is a physical feature (stream) in Capitol County. The primary coordinates for Scantic River places it within the CT 06088 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Scantic River |
| Category: | Connecticut physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | 40.6 miles long. Heads in Connecticut, flows northwest then southwest through Massachusetts and into Connecticut to the Connecticut River 1.5 km (0.9 mi) northwest of East Windsor Hill; Towns of South Windsor, East Windsor, Enfield, Somers and Staffard, CT and Hampden and Monson, MA. |
| History: | "Name probably originates from ""Scantuck,"" an Indian word, or possibly from ""scantiness,"" as in summer the water is scanty (Bagg 1922) (Steele). Name recorded as River Skentooke on 1636 Indian deed. Possibly Nipmuck dialect for ""branch of the river"" (CT-T123)" |
| County: | Capitol County |
| Latitude: | 41.867864 |
| Longitude: | -72.616668 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Scantic River: Scantic River.
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Windsor Locks, CT
(4.3 miles N) Broad Brook, CT (4.7 miles NE) Blue Hills, CT (5.6 miles SW) East Hartford, CT (6 miles S) Southwood Acres, CT (7 miles NNE) |
Tariffville, CT
(7.9 miles WNW) Manchester, CT (8 miles SE) Hartford, CT (8 miles SSW) Suffield Depot, CT (8 miles NNW) Rockville, CT (8.7 miles E) |
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East Windsor Hill, CT
(< 0.1 mile) Hayden, CT (1.4 miles NNW) Windsor, CT (1.9 miles SW) Breakneck, CT (2.4 miles WNW) Thralltown, CT (2.4 miles WNW) |
South Windsor, CT
(3.1 miles S) Farnhams, CT (3.1 miles E) Spring Village, CT (3.6 miles N) Scantic, CT (3.9 miles ENE) Poquonock, CT (4.1 miles NW) |
