# Coginchaug

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'''Coginchaug''' is an area within the current [United States](/source/United_States) town of [Durham](/source/Durham%2C_Connecticut), [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut). It is largely a swampy, low-lying region of the town, drained by the [Coginchaug River](/source/Coginchaug_River) and its [tributaries](/source/tributaries).

==History==

Historically, it was the [Native American](/source/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States) name of the area used by the [Mattabesset](/source/Mattabesset) tribe for hunting. It is said to have meant "Great Swamp" or "Long Swamp."{{Citation needed|date=April 2021|reason=Said by whom? When? Where?}}

According to [William Chauncey Fowler](/source/William_Chauncey_Fowler)'s "History of Durham," land in Coginchaug was first deeded in 1662 to [John Talcott](/source/John_Talcott) by the [General Court](/source/Connecticut_General_Assembly). In 1672, a deed was written between the native proprietors of the territory and Europeans who wished to purchase it from them. Entitled "Deed of Cawginchaug from Tarramuggus, &c.," we can read verbatim about the transfer of "one Tract of land commonly known by the name of Cawginchaug" from the native inhabitants to the European settlers.

As the former name of Durham, Coginchaug has been reused by the [Regional School District #13](/source/Regional_School_District), encompassing [Durham, Connecticut](/source/Durham%2C_Connecticut), and [Middlefield, Connecticut](/source/Middlefield%2C_Connecticut), to label its jointly used high school [Coginchaug Regional High School](/source/Coginchaug_Regional_High_School). The Coginchaug Soccer Club, Coginchaug Basketball Club, and Coginchaug Little League take their name from it as well.

Category:Durham, Connecticut
Category:Geography of Middlesex County, Connecticut

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