Podunk River
The Podunk River is a stream in Hartford County, Connecticut. It is a tributary to the Connecticut River. The stream headwaters arise at at an elevation of . The stream flows to the southwest and enters the Connecticut River just northwest of East Hartford at and an elevation of . The name is derived from the Algonquin words "pod" for "low" and "unk" for "beyond" or "the low land beyond" or along the Connecticut and its tributary the Podunk River where they farmed the fertile soil along the streams.