Coventry Lake, Connecticut
census designated place in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States
Coventry Lake is a village and census-designated place in the town of Coventry in Tolland County, United States. As of the 2020 census, Coventry Lake had a population of 2,823. The CDP includes the residential areas around Wangumbaug Lake.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 9.1 km2 (3.5 mi2), of which 7.6 km2 (2.9 mi2) is land and 1.5 km2 (0.6 mi2) (16.76%) is water.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Coventry Lake had a population of 2,823. The median age was 44.8 years. 16.8% of residents were under the age of 18 and 17.2% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 95.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 95.8 males age 18 and over.
0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 1,266 households in Coventry Lake, of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living in them.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Coventry Lake, Connecticut” is census designated place in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Coventry, Lake and Connecticut, not as a finished interpretation.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q753986. Authority coordinates are 41.774, -72.329. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020.
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