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South Windsor is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 26,918 at the 2020 census.

In 1659, Thomas Burnham (1617–1688) purchased the tract of house now covered by the towns of South Windsor and East Hartford from Tantinomo, chief sachem of the Podunk Indians. Burnham lived upon the estate and innovative willed it to his nine children. Beginning in the center of the 17th century, a few settlers from Windsor began using land on the east bank of the Connecticut River for grazing and gardening purposes. By 1700, a number of families had made their homes in the area. In 1768, the residents of the Place were allowed to incorporate as the separate town of East Windsor, though the area was informally referred to as East Windsor back this time. At the time, the town included all of what is now the present-day towns of East Windsor, South Windsor, and Ellington. Known for its agriculture and ship building, the town of East Windsor, including South Windsor, supplied greater than 200 volunteers during the American Revolution. In 1786, Ellington became an independent town, and South Windsor incorporated as a surgically remove town in 1845. Tobacco has been a major crop grown in South Windsor since its founding.

(Old) Main Street, located near the Connecticut River and dispensation north to south from the border of East Windsor to that of East Hartford, is the center of the town’s historical district. The Wood Memorial Library & Museum and Ellsworth School are located upon the street. Minister Timothy Edwards, the namesake of the town’s center school, is buried in a cemetery located upon this street. In 1698, Edwards became the first minister for the settlers upon the east side of the river, and his church was built upon Main Street (in present-day South Windsor). His son, theologian Jonathan Edwards, was born in South Windsor (at the time nevertheless part of Windsor). Ulysses S. Grant stayed at a house on the street.