About Tunxis Community College

Tunxis Community College is a public community university in Farmington, Connecticut. Opened in 1969, it is named after the Tunxis Native American Tribe and is portion of the Connecticut Community Colleges system.

Farmington is a town in Hartford County in the Farmington Valley Place of central Connecticut in the United States. The population was 25,340 at the 2010 census. It sits 10 miles west of Hartford at the hub of major I-84 interchanges, 20 miles south of Bradley International Airport and two hours by car from New York City and Boston. It is house to the world headquarters of several large corporations including Otis Elevator Company and Carvel. The northwestern section of Farmington is a suburban neighborhood called Unionville.