Middletown, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut, USA

Middletown is a city on the Connecticut River in central Connecticut, south of Hartford. Its downtown developed as a river port and later as an industrial center. The city and surrounding town consolidated in 1923. Wesleyan University contributes to the downtown’s college-town character. Middletown served as the seat of historic Middlesex County until Connecticut eliminated county government in 1960.