Podunk, Connecticut

Podunk, Connecticut Podunk, CT is an insignificant, out-of-the-way, area located where Native Algonquins used to live.

The name Podunk is of Native Algonquian origin, and denotes both the Podunk people and the salt-marsh locations in which they lived during the summer-months. The earliest citation of Podunk in the Dictionary of American Regional English is from Samuel Griswold Goodrich's 1840 book, "The Politician of Podunk":

In American English, Podunk, podunk, or Podunk Hollow has been derived to denote or des

cribe an insignificant, out-of-the-way, or fictitious town, and is often used in the upper case as a placeholder name in a context of dismissing significance or importance. Podunk, Connecticut is recognized as an area that lies within the towns of Guilford and Madison in New Haven County.

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Guilford, CT
06443

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