Voluntown, Connecticut

Voluntown, Connecticut
Town
Town of Voluntown
Voluntown Baptist Church
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New London County and Connecticut  Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region and Connecticut
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Coordinates: 41°35′N 71°50′W / 41.583°N 71.833°W / 41.583; -71.833
Country	United States
U.S. state	Connecticut
County	New London
Region	Northeastern CT
Incorporated	1721
Government
• Type	Selectman-town meeting
• First Selectman	Tracey Hanson
Area
• Total	39.8 sq mi (103.1 km2)
• Land	38.9 sq mi (100.8 km2)
• Water	0.8 sq mi (2.2 km2)
Elevation	381 ft (116 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	2,570
• Density	65/sq mi (25/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern)
ZIP code	06384
Area code(s)	860/959
FIPS code	09-78600
GNIS feature ID	0213521
Website	www.voluntown.gov

Voluntown is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 2,570 at the 2020 census.^[1] Voluntown was part of Windham County from 1726 to 1881, after which it became part of New London County.

The town was named for the English volunteers in the 1675 Indian wars (King Philip's War) who stayed to fight "and went not away". One of the original founders of Voluntown was Lieutenant Thomas Leffingwell, who secured the town's approval in the colonial legislature and surveyed its original layout.^[2] Maj. General Benedict Arnold, the infamous Revolutionary War turncoat, was a landholder.^{[citation needed]}