Acquidaneck

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE · CONNECTICUT

A historical populated place in Northeastern Connecticut County, Connecticut, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name: Acquidaneck
Feature Type: Populated Place (historical)
State: Connecticut
County: Northeastern Connecticut County
USGS Map: East Killingly
Coordinates: 41.7875987, -71.8681273
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GNIS Feature ID: 1924206

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

Also recorded as

Ac-queed-en-nuck
Acquidneck

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1924206. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

Text Hughes, Arthur and Morse S. Allen. Connecticut Place Names. Hartford, Connecticut: The Connecticut Historical Society, 1976.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.