What is "hockanum"

Hockanum is a neighborhood in southwest East Hartford, Connecticut. The area is named after the Hockanum River, and has an elementary school of the same name. Although many beautiful colonial homes exist in the area, the neighborhood has deteriorated in recent years due to extensive housing projects .

Hockanum can refer to some places in the United States:

• Hockanum (East Hartford), a neighborhood in East Hartford, Connecticut
• Hockanum River, a river of north central Connecticut
• Hockanum Rural Historic District, a historic district in the town of Hadley, Massachusetts
• Hockanum, an archaic name for the village of Higganum in the town of Haddam, Connecticut