The following article is a short history of the city of Hartford, Connecticut. It provides an overview of the city's population. The first article on the city appeared in 1905 in the New International Encyclopedia. Another article was published in 1921 in Collier's New Encyclopedia. In 1911, the Encyclopaedia Britannica published a profile of Hartford City. The city's population is estimated at 59,387.
The Allen Place-Lincoln Street Historic District consists of 180 urban structures. This area is located approximately one mile southwest of downtown Hartford. The houses here are predominantly two-story, two-family frame buildings in the Queen Anne/Colonial Revival styles. The neighborhood is characterized by a densely-built middle-class neighborhood that lacks commercial and institutional buildings. In contrast, the North End of the city is home to many more modern residential buildings.
The city was originally named Hartford, and the name came from the English settlement in the 17th century. The Dutch called the area House of Hope, but they were gradually absorbed by the English. After the English arrived, Peter Stuyvesant met with English representatives and negotiated a permanent boundary that was over 50 miles west of the original settlement. In 1830, the town was renamed Hartford, and the House of Hope became part of a larger English settlement.