in Windsor Locks is the closest major commercial airport. There is no passenger train service, but a freight train stop is found in Willimantic for the Providence and Worcester Railroad. Bus service is provided by the Windham Region Transit District, and Connecticut Transit express bus route 918. Notable people George Hewitt Cushman (1814–1876), engraver and painter of miniature paintings and portraits Eliphalet Dyer (1721–1807), a lawyer, jurist, and delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Congress, was born in town Benjamin Hanks (1755–1824), goldsmith, instrument maker, and first maker of bronze cannons and church bells in America William Hebard (1800–1875), a United States representative from Vermont was born in town Samuel Huntington (1731–1796), signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation; was 18th Governor of Connecticut Jerusha Bingham Kirkland (1743–1788), missionary; niece of Eleazar Wheelock Gardiner Means (1896–1988), economist Mary A. Ripley (1831–1893), author, lecturer, teacher Eleazar Wheelock (1711–1779), a Congregational minister, orator, educator, and founder of Dartmouth College, was born in town References External links Town of Windham, Connecticut Towns in Windham County, Connecticut Towns in Connecticut