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Connecticut Counties
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Connecticut Counties
There are currently eight counties in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Four of them were
originally created in 1666, during the first consolidation of the colony of Connecticut from a number of smaller
colonies. Two more counties were created during colonial times, and only two counties, Middlesex and Tolland
counties, have been created since American independence, both in 1785. The majority of Connecticut counties are
named for locations in England, where many early Connecticut settlers originated
Connecticut is divided into geographic regions called counties, but they do not have
functioning governments, as defined by the Census Bureau |
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Fairfield County, Connecticut
Fairfield County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Bridgeport
Year Organized: 1666
Square Miles: 626 |
Court House: 1061 Main Street
Bridgeport, CT 06604-4222
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named after the extremely large area of salt-marshes and swamps both on the coast and inland.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Fairfield County is located in the southwest corner of the State of Connecticut, bordered on the west by New York
state, on the east by New Haven County, and to the northeast by Litchfield County. The Fairfield County shoreline is
protected from the Atlantic Ocean and bordered on the south by Long Island Sound. The total area covered by Fairfield
County is 626 square miles.
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The history of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, from the settlement of the
town in 1639 to 1818 (1889)
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 837 square miles (2,168 kmē), of which, 626
square miles (1,621 kmē) of it is land and 211 square miles (547 kmē) of it (25.23%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Litchfield County
- Northeast: New Haven County
- Southeast: Long Island Sound
- West: Westchester County, N.Y.
- Northwest: Putnam County, N.Y.; Dutchess County, N.Y.
Cities and Towns:
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- Bethel |
town |
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- Bridgeport
(County
Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Brookfield |
town |
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- Danbury |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Darien |
town |
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- Easton |
town |
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- Fairfield |
town |
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- Greenwich |
town |
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- Monroe |
town |
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- New Canaan |
town |
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- New Fairfield |
town |
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- Newtown |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Norwalk |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Redding |
town |
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- Ridgefield |
town |
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- Shelton |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Sherman |
town |
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- Stamford |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Stratford |
town |
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- Trumbull |
town |
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- Weston |
town |
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- Westport |
town |
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- Wilton |
town |
County Resources:
1. Bridgeport
Public Library - Historical Collections (Bridgeport CT)
2. Fairfield Historical Society
(Fairfield CT)
3. Greenwich Library (Greenwich CT)
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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