where is putnam ct located?
Putnam, CT. Sponsored Topics. Putnam is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 9,002 as of the 2000 census. It is home to WINY, an AM radio station. Putnam, originally known as Aspinock, then part of Killingly, is a New England mill town incorporated in 1855. Created from sections of Killingly, Pomfret, Woodstock, CT and Thompson, the town was named in honor of Revolutionary War General Israel Putnam.