Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New Englandregion of the northeastern United States. As of the 2010 Census, Connecticut features the highest per-capita income, Human Development Index (0.962), and median household income in the United States. Connecticut is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capital is Hartford and its most populous city is Bridgeport. Although Connecticut is technically part of New England, it is often grouped along with New York and New Jerseyas the Tri-state area. The state is named for the Connecticut River, a major U.S. river that approximately bisects the state. The word "Connecticut" is derived from various anglicized spellings of an Algonquian word for "long tidal river".
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Connecticut is also called 'The Nutmeg State' as the Connecticut residents are so ingenious that they can sell wooden nutmegs as real nutmegs to unsuspecting buyers! (Nutmeg is a valuable spice in the colonial America)

Connecticut has all three rock types: igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary.

First medical diploma in USA was granted by Yale University in 1729

Connecticut got the first State House in America, built after the Federal Constitution ratification (1788)