Coventry is a town in Connecticut. It is in Tolland County. There were 12,235 people living in Coventry in 2020.[1] Coventry became a town in May 1712. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 38.4 square miles (99 km2) of which 37.7 square miles (98 km2) is land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2) (1.67%) is water.