Connecticut (/ k ə ˈ n ɛ t ɪ k ə t / ()) is the southernmost state in the New England region of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it has the highest per-capita income, second-highest level of human development behind Massachusetts, and highest median household income in the United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the …

The Connecticut Western Reserve was a portion of land claimed by the Colony of Connecticut and later by the state of Connecticut in what is now mostly the northeastern region of Ohio.The Reserve had been granted to the Colony under the terms of its charter by King Charles II.. Connecticut relinquished claim to some of its western lands to the United States in 1786 …