Established in 1703
Named after the city in England
Windham County
Zip Code - 06331
The population, at the time of the 2000 census, was 4,692
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Canterbury is the home of the Prudence Crandall Museum who was a teacher that was imprisoned for establishing the first school in New England for Afro-American girls. It is also the birthplace of Moses Cleveland, the founder and namesake of the city of Cleveland, Ohio. Charles Rocket, a television and movie actor/comedian, lived in Canterbury at the time of his death.
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