The barracks of Troop C of the State Police are located nearby, just off Interstate Highway 84 in Tolland.
Alternatively, its name could have been taken after Tolland in Somerset, England.
The connection was Henry Wolcott who emigrated to America and founded a prominent family which included Oliver Wolcott who signed the United States Declaration of Independence.
Samuel Parker House, Coventry, Connecticut, of Parker-Hutchinson Farm, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, in Tolland County
Wilbur Cross Highway in counties of Hartford and Tolland, Connecticut