Storrs, Connecticut
Storrs is a village and census-designated place in the town of Mansfield within eastern Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 15,344 at the 2010 census. It is dominated economically and demographically by the presence of the main campus of the University of Connecticut and the associated Connecticut Repertory Theatre. Storrs was named after Charles and Augustus Storrs, two brothers who founded the University of Connecticut... Show more by giving the land and $6,000 in 1881.In the aftermath of September 2005's Hurricane Katrina, Storrs was named by Slate as "America's Best Place to Avoid Death Due to Natural Disaster."Storrs is also home to the new University of Connecticut Huskies baseball's home stadium, Elliot Ballpark which replaced the former J. O. Christian Field also located in Storrs.