Windsor, town, Hartford County, northern Connecticut, at the junction of the Connecticut and Farmington rivers. It is a residential and industrial community near Hartford with many corporate offices and commercial enterprises. A trading post was established here in 1633 by an expedition from Plymouth Colony. The community, the first English settlement in Connecticut, was initially known as Matianuck and in 1637 was renamed for Windsor, England. The town was never officially incorporated. Population 25,204 (1980); 27,817 (1990).
