Northeastern Connecticut, better known as the Quiet Corner, is a historic region of the state of Connecticut, located in the northeastern corner of the state. It is generally associated with Windham County, but also sometimes incorporates eastern sections of Tolland County and the northern portion of New London County. Description The Quiet Corner has historically been maintained as a colloquial, somewhat nebulous term, likely originating sometime in the middle of the 20th Century, and has often been subject to interpretation by outsiders and residents alike. Indeed, there is no official definition for the Quiet Corner, but owing to its common use in day-to-day parlance amongst Connecticut residents and in organization and business names of the area, its existence as a regional identifier laying outside of de jure boundaries of Connecticut's counties cannot be ignored. In an attempt to roughly define the region, an occasionally cited, but debatable boundary marker for the region is the semi-rural town of Coventry, which is more rustic than the more suburban towns to the West. It can be said that the Quiet Corner's identity has much to do with its lack of direct association to the state's major cities and towns such as Hartford, Norwich, Willimantic, or Manchester. Therefore, a more strict definition by some long-time residents of the Quiet Corner roughly defines a quadrangle encompassing the towns of Ashford or Willington in the West, Plainfield in the South, the Massachusetts border in the North, and the Rhode Island border in the East. Another possible definition of the quadrangle can be taken by drawing the Western and Southern boundary of the "Quiet Corner" at Route 198 or Route 89 in the West, and Route 14 in the South. Northeastern Connecticut is, in contrast to the rest of the state, far more rural, with large swaths of scenic farmland, rivers and lakes, woodlands, and state forests. Its population centers are largely rural and semi-rural historic towns (many with legacies stretching back to the American Colonial Era), and most with populations below 10,000 residents. As such, it is one of the least-urbanized districts along the Northeast Megalopolis. Many of the towns are within a long commuting distance of Boston; although none are considered a part of the Boston Metropolitan Area. Only the Interstate 395 highway corridor passes through the heart of the Quiet Corner as a nationally signed part of the Interstate Highway System, linking the area