 new london county is a county located in the southeastern corner of the u.s. state of connecticut. as of the 2010 census, the population was 274,055. new london county comprises the norwich-new london, ct metropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the hartford-west hartford, ct combined statistical area. as is the case with all eight of connecticut's counties, there is no county government and no county seat. in connecticut, towns are responsible for all local government activities, including fire and rescue, snow removal and schools. in a few cases, neighboring towns will share certain resources (e.g. water, gas, etc.). new london county is merely a group of towns on a map; it has no governmental authority. new london county contains reservations of four of the five state-recognized native american tribes, although the paugassett were historically located further west. ==history== southeastern new england was dominated by the powerful pequot people at the time of english encounter; they spoke the mohegan-pequot language and were one of the algonquian-speaking tribes in the coastal areas. after years of conflict, the english and their indian allies killed many and disrupted the pequot in the pequot war of 1637, ending their dominance. two descendant pequot tribes are recognized by the state today, as are three other tribes, all descended from algonquian peoples. new london county was one of four original counties in connecticut that were established on may 10, 1666, by an act of the connecticut general court. the act establishing the county states: :this court orders that from the paukatuck river wth :norridge to ye west bounds of homonoscet plantationthe hammonasset river still bears this pequot placename. shalbe :for future one county, wch county is called the county of :n: london. and it is ordered that the county court shalbe :held at n. london the first wednesday in june and the third :thursday in septembr yearly.{{cite web |url=http://ww
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