CT Town Profiles
ANDOVER
Tolland County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May 18, 1848; taken from Hebron and
Coventry. Total area, 15.7 sq. miles, Land area, 15.5 sq.miles. Population, est., 3,115. Voting district, 1. Principal
industries, agriculture, small wood and machine shops. Transp.--Passenger: Served by the buses of Bonanza Bus Lines, Inc.
from Hartford and Willimantic. Post office, Andover, covered by two rural free deliveries.
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ANSONIA
New Haven County.--(Form of government, mayor, board of aldermen.)--Town and city consolidated, Inc., April, 1889; taken from
Derby. Total area, 6.2 sq. miles, Land area, 6.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 18,739. Voting districts, 7. Birthplace of Gen.
David Humphreys. Principal industries, manufacture of copper and brass, plastics, electronics, automatic screw machine
products, novelties. Transp.--Passenger: Served by Metro North Commuter Railroad Co. and buses of Conn. Transit from New
Haven; and Valley Transit District buses cover Ansonia, Derby, Seymour, Shelton. Freight: Served by Boston and Maine Railroad
and numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Ansonia.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/ANSONIA/ansonia.htm
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ASHFORD
Windham County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., Oct., 1714. Total area, 39.5 sq.
miles, Land area, 38.8 sq. miles. Population, est., 4,223. Voting district, 1. Principal industry, agriculture.
Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Ashford.
http://www.ashfordtownhall.org
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AVON
Hartford County.--(Form of government, town manager, town council, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1830; taken from
Farmington. Total area, 23.5 sq. miles, Land area, 23.1 sq. miles. Population, est., 16,346. Voting districts, 2. Principal
industries, insurance, printing, jet engine testing equipment, concrete products and poultry processing, reflective tapes,
fiber optics and medical facilities. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of the Arrow Line, Inc. from Hartford, Winsted and
Torrington, and Conn. Transit. Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Avon. Rural free delivery.
http://www.town.avon.ct.us
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BANTAM
BOROUGH OFFICERS. P.O. Box 416, c/o Clerk, 890 Bantam Rd., Bantam 06750-0416. Tel., (860) 567-5681; FAX, (860)
567-9461.--Warden, Richard J. Sheldon.--Burgesses, Brett Allen, Stuart Clem, Thomas Higgins, Cynthia McPhee, Mary Tetreault,
Craig Truax.--Clerk, Kim R. Griffen.--Tax Collector, Michelle Wetmore.--Assessor, Kathleen Higgins.--Treas., Pauline
Clark.--Planning and Zoning, John Langer, Chm., Mark Fitzgerald, Kent Gilyard, Paul Griffen, vacancy; Alternates, two
vacancies.--Zoning Bd. of Appeals, Joanne Creedon, Chm., Tom Gillman, Jessica Mergenthaler, Bear Scovil, Pat Stanton;
Alternates, three vacancies.--Building Inspector, John Worthington.--Chief of Fire Dept., Scott Parsons; Asst., Daniel
McPhee.--Fire Marshal, Fletcher Cooper; Asst., David Cooper.--Borough Atty., Peter Litwin.
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BARKHAMSTED
Litchfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., Oct., 1779. Total area, 38.8 sq.
miles, Land area, 36.2 sq. miles. Population, est., 3,610. Voting district, 2. Principal industries, agriculture and the
manufacture of chairs, dies, gauges, craft materials and special machinery. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common
carriers. Post offices, Barkhamsted 06063, Pleasant Valley 06063, and Riverton 06065.
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BEACON FALLS
New Haven County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., June, 1871, taken from Bethany,
Oxford, Seymour and Naugatuck. Total area, 9.9 sq. miles, Land area, 9.8 sq. miles. Population, est., 5,475. Voting district,
1. Principal industries, agriculture, warehouse storage and manufacture of plastic molding, and small hardware. Public
Transp.: Metro North Commuter Railroad. Transp.--Freight: Served by Boston and Maine Corporation and numerous motor common
carriers. Post office, Beacon Falls.
http://www.beaconfalls.us
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BERLIN
Hartford County.--(Form of government, town manager, town council.)--Inc., May, 1785; taken from Farmington, Wethersfield and
Middletown. Total area, 27.0 sq. miles, Land area, 26.5 sq. miles. Population, est., 19,116. Voting districts, 5. Principal
industries, over 125 small to medium size manufacturers call Berlin home, producing everything from precision machine tools
to paper cups; the corporate headquarters of Northeast Utilities is located here. Transp.--Passenger: Served by Amtrak, New
Britain Transp. Co., and by Greyhound. Freight: Served by Conrail and numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Berlin,
East Berlin and Kensington.
http://www.town.berlin.ct.us/
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BETHANY
New Haven County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1832; taken from Woodbridge.
Total area, 21.4 sq. miles, Land area, 21.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 5,202. Voting district, 1. Principal light industry,
agriculture; mostly a suburban residential town. Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Mail is taken from Amity
Station, New Haven, and delivered by rural free delivery. Bethany Community post office is operable with post office boxes
and for normal purchasing and posting requirements. Express offices, Naugatuck and New Haven. Voted package store liquor
permits, grocery store and restaurant beer permits, 1971. Also voted restaurant wine and beer permit on May 4, 1981.
http://ann.stolzstein.com/bethany2/home/home.php
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BETHEL
Fairfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1855; taken from Danbury.
Total area, 16.9 sq. miles, Land area, 16.8 sq. miles. Population, est., 18,449. Voting districts, 4. Principal industries,
electronics, chemicals, and wire. Transp.--Passenger: Served by Metro North Commuter Railroad Co. and buses of the Candlewood
Valley Bus Co. Freight: Served by Conrail and numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Bethel.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/BETHEL/bethel.htm
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BETHLEHEM
Litchfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1787; taken from Woodbury,
and known as "North Purchase." Total area, 19.7 sq. miles, Land area, 19.4 sq. miles. Population, est., 3,540. Voting
district, 1. Principal industries, agriculture and dairy products. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common
carriers. Post office, Bethlehem. Rural delivery covers entire town. Express office, Waterbury or Woodbury.
http://www.ci.bethlehem.ct.us/
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BLOOMFIELD
Hartford County.--(Form of government, town manager, town council, town meeting.)--Inc., May, 1835; taken from Windsor. Total
area, 26.2 sq. miles, Land area, 26.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 19,794. Voting districts, 6. Principal industries,
insurance, aerospace products, specialized tools, electronics, gold and diamond products, diversified industries and
agriculture. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of Conn. Transit from Hartford. Freight: Served by Boston and Maine
Corporation and numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Bloomfield. Rural free delivery. Voted limited liquor permit,
1970, and additional liquor permits, 1981.
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BOLTON
Tolland County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., Oct., 1720. Total area, 14.7 sq.
miles, Land area, 14.4 sq. miles. Population, est., 5,154. Voting district, 1. Principal industry, agriculture, manufacture
of printed circuits, commercial cleaning solvents, candy manufacturing, small machine shop. Transp.--Passenger: Served by
buses of Arrow Line, Inc. from Hartford and Willimantic and by Conn. Transit. Freight: Served by numerous motor common
carriers. Post office, Bolton.
http://bolton.govoffice.com/
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BOZRAH
New London County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1786; taken from Norwich.
Total area, 20.2 sq. miles, Land area, 20.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 2,407. Voting district, 1. Principal industries,
agriculture, cement mixing, manufacturing of plastics, sporting equipment, insulation, small tools, padding goods, Air
Separation plant. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Bozrah and Gilman.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/BOZRAH/bozrah.htm
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BRANFORD
New Haven County.--(Form of government, representative town meeting, selectmen, board of finance.)--Named, 1653. Total area,
28.0 sq. miles, Land area, 22.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 28,951. Voting districts, 5. Principal industries,
manufacturing, bio-science, health care, retail. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of Dattco and Conn. Transit from New
Haven and commuter rail Shoreline East; Freight: Served by Providence and Worcester and numerous motor common carriers. Post
offices, Branford, Short Beach and Stony Creek.
http://www.branfordct.com/
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BRIDGEPORT
Fairfield County.--(Form of government, mayor, city council.)--Town inc., May, 1821; taken from Stratford and Fairfield; city
inc., May, 1836; town and city consolidated, 1836. Total area, 19.4 sq. miles, Land area, 16.0 sq. miles. Population, est.,
140,104. Voting districts, city elections, 22; state elections, 32. Principal industries, precision manufacturing, health
care, business and banking, legal, back-office operations, engineering and architecture, publishing and printing, and
insurance. Transp.--Passenger: Served by Amtrak and Metro-North Commuter R. R. Co., ferries from Port Jefferson, LI and buses
of Arrow Lines, Vermont Transit, Human Services Transportation Consortium (HSTC), Metro Pool, Inc., Conn. Limousine, Conn.
American (Charter), Greyhound and Trailways; locally by Bonanza Bus Lines, Inc., People Mover of the Greater Bridgeport
Transit Authority (GBTA) and Chieppo Bus Co. (Charter). Freight: Served by Conrail, ferryboat from Bridgeport-Port Jefferson,
LI Steamboat Co. and numerous motor common carriers. Also located here is a Municipal Airport. Post office, Bridgeport.
http://www.cityofbridgeport.org/
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BRIDGEWATER
Litchfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1856; taken from New
Milford. Total area, 17.3 sq. miles, Land area, 16.2 sq. miles. Population, est., 1,867. Voting district, 1. Principal
industry, agriculture. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Bridgewater. Voted No Liquor
Permit, 1935.
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BRISTOL
Hartford County.--(Form of government, mayor, city council.)--Town inc., May, 1785; taken from Farmington. Town and city
co-extensive, 1911. Total area, 26.8 sq. miles, Land area, 26.5 sq. miles. Population, est., 60,541. Voting districts, 10.
Principal industries, springs, timing devices, brass products, screw machine products, cutting and creasing rules,
synchronous electric motors, variable transformers, automatic voltage regulators, electric connectors; brass, bronze and
copper sheet, rod and wire; brass and aluminum forgings, wire forms, paper punches, various metal products to specifications,
machine tools, metal stamping, counting devices; automobile parts, jewelry, etc. Transp.--Passenger: Served locally by Conn.
Transit. Buses with commuter routes by Conn. Transit and Bonanza Bus Lines, Inc. from Hartford and Waterbury and from New
York City via Danbury, by Greyhound. Freight: Served by Boston and Maine Corporation and numerous motor common carriers. Post
office, Bristol, with classified station at Forestville. Three rural delivery routes.
http://www.ci.bristol.ct.us/
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BROOKFIELD
Fairfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1788; taken from Danbury, New
Milford and Newtown. Total area, 20.4 sq. miles, Land area, 19.8 sq. miles. Population, est., 15,923. Voting districts, 2.
Principal industries, lithography, manufacturing of connectors and R. F. components, custom built metal products to
blueprints and specifications, machine and tool making shops and assembly of electronic equipment. Transp.--Passenger: Served
by buses of the Housatonic Area Regional Transit. Freight: Served by Conrail and numerous motor common carriers. Post
offices, Brookfield.
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BROOKLYN
Windham County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1786; taken from Pomfret and
Canterbury. Total area, 29.1 sq. miles, Land area, 29.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 7,361. Voting district, 1. Principal
industries, agriculture and manufacture of electrical goods. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of Bonanza Bus Lines, Inc.
and Northeastern Conn. Transit Dist. Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Brooklyn and Danielson.
http://www.brooklynct.org/
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BURLINGTON
Hartford County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1806; taken from Bristol.
Total area, 30.4 sq. miles, Land area, 29.8 sq. miles. Population, est., 8,640. Voting district, 1. Transp.--Freight: Served
by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Burlington.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/BURLINGTON/burlington.htm
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CANAAN
Litchfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., Oct., 1739. Total area, 33.3 sq.
miles, Land area, 33.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 1,095. Voting district, 1. Principal industries, agriculture and
manufacture of lime and limestone, and pre-engineered homes. Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office,
Falls Village. Rural free delivery, daily.
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CANTERBURY
Windham County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., Oct., 1703; taken from Plainfield.
Total area, 40.2 sq. miles, Land area, 39.9 sq. miles. Population, est., 4,825. Voting district, 1. Principal industries,
agriculture and dairy products. Transp.--Freight: Served by Providence and Worcester Railroad Co. and numerous motor common
carriers. Post office, Canterbury. Voted Grocery Store Beer Permit, 1971; Restaurant Beer and Wine Permit, 1987; Restaurant
All Alcohol Permit, 1990; All Alcoholic Liquor Permit, 1996
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/CANTERBURY/canterbury.htm
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CANTON
Hartford County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1806; taken from Simsbury.
Total area, 25.0 sq. miles, Land area, 24.6 sq. miles. Population, est., 9,061. Voting district, 1. Principal industries,
plastic injection molding, small business and large commercial retail, restaurants, small farming, art galleries, antique
shops. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of Conn. Transit Auth. from Hartford. Freight: Served by numerous motor common
carriers. Post offices, Canton, Canton Center, Collinsville, and North Canton.
http://www.townofcantonct.org/
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CHAPLIN
Windham County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., 1822; taken from Windham, Mansfield
and Hampton. Total area, 19.6 sq. miles, Land area, 19.4 sq. miles. Population, est., 2,331. Voting district, 1. Principal
industry, agriculture. Post office, Chaplin. Rural free delivery for part of the town from Chaplin, Mansfield Center and
North Windham post offices.
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CHESHIRE
New Haven County.--(Form of government, town manager, town council.)--Inc., May, 1780; taken from Wallingford. Total area,
33.4 sq. miles, Land area, 32.9 sq. miles. Population, est., 29,096. Voting districts, 4. Principal industries, agriculture,
distribution and manufacturing. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of Conn. Transit from New Haven and Waterbury. Freight:
Served by Boston and Maine Corporation and numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Cheshire.
http://www.cheshirect.org/
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CHESTER
Middlesex County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1836; taken from Saybrook,
now Chester. Total area, 16.8 sq. miles, Land area, 16.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 3,811. Voting district, 1. Principal
industries, windows, mailing equipment, emergency lighting equipment and metal goods manufacturing. Transp.--Passenger and
Freight: Chester Airport and numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Chester.
http://www.chesterct.com/
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CLINTON
Middlesex County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1838; taken from
Killingworth. Total area, 19.0 sq. miles, Land area, 16.3 sq. miles. Population, est., 13,406. Voting district, 1. Principal
industries, agriculture, fishing, and the manufacture of face creams, toilet preparations, facial tissues, plastics, wire and
small boat building. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of Conn. Transit and Shoreline Service from New Haven and Shore Line
Rail. Freight: Served by Conrail and numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Clinton.
http://clintonct.com/
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COLCHESTER
New London County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., 1698; named, Oct., 1699. Total
area, 49.8 sq. miles, Land area, 49.1 sq. miles. Population, est., 14,998. Voting district, 1. Principal industries,
agriculture and manufacture of leather novelties, plastics, machine shop, metal fabrication. Transp.--Passenger: Served by
buses of Connecticut Transit Auth. from Hartford and New London; Barstow Bus Transp. from Norwich. Freight: Served by
numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Colchester. Five rural free deliveries from Colchester and one from East
Hampton.
http://www.colchesterct.net/
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COLEBROOK
Litchfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., Oct., 1779. Total area, 32.9 sq.
miles, Land area, 31.5 sq. miles. Population, est., 1,511. Voting district, 1. Principal industry, agriculture. Freight:
Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Colebrook; rural delivery from Riverton and Winsted.
http://www.colebrooktownhall.org/
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COLUMBIA
Tolland County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting.)--Inc., May, 1804; taken from Lebanon. Total area, 22.0 sq.
miles, Land area, 21.4 sq. miles. Population, est., 5,150. Voting district, 1. Principal industry, manufacturing. Summer
resort. Transp.--Passenger: Served by Bonanza Bus Lines, Inc. Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office,
Columbia. Rural free delivery of mail from Columbia post office.
http://www.columbiact.org/
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CORNWALL
Litchfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1740. Total area, 46.3 sq.
miles, Land area, 46.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 1,454. Voting district, 1. Rural residental community. Served by numerous
motor common carriers. Post offices, Cornwall, Cornwall Bridge, West Cornwall and rural free delivery from Cornwall Bridge,
Falls Village, Litchfield, and West Cornwall.
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COVENTRY
Tolland County.--(Form of government, town manager, town council, town meeting.)--Inc., May, 1712. Total area, 38.4 sq.
miles, Land area, 37.7 sq. miles. Population, est., 11,938. Voting districts, 2. Principal industries, agriculture, the
manufacture of sutures, and varied small industries. Principally residential. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor
common carriers. Post office, Coventry; eight rural delivery routes.
http://www.coventryct.org/
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CROMWELL
Middlesex County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1851; taken from Middletown.
Total area, 12.9 sq. miles, Land area, 12.4 sq. miles. Population, est., 13,370. Voting district, 1. Principal industries,
aircraft components, horticulture, and manufacture of tools. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of Conn. Transit from
Middletown and Hartford. Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Cromwell.
http://www.cromwellct.com/
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DANIELSON
BOROUGH OFFICERS. (See Town of Killingly for assessor, building inspector, bd. of education, director of health, highways,
housing, sewerage treatment plant, bd. of assessment appeals, registrar of vital statistics, registrars of voters.) c/o
Clerk, P.O. Box 726, 06239-0726; Tel., (860) 774-8762.--Pres., Elaine B. Lippke.--Clerk/Treas., Raymond Duchesneau.--Council,
Susanne Allard, Eugene Audet, Lynn Laberge, Trent Pappas, Jr., Curtis Troup, Drew P. Womack.--Tax Collector, Kevin
Reid.--Chief of Fire Dept., Richard Levola.--Borough Atty., Stephen J. Burlingame.
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DARIEN
Fairfield County.--(Form of government, representative town meeting, selectmen, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1820; taken
from Stamford. Total area, 23.4 sq. miles, Land area, 12.9 sq. miles. Population, est., 19,887. Voting districts, 6.
Residential community; no industries. Clubs: Wee Burn Country Club, Woodway Country Club, Country Club of Darien, Tokeneke
Beach Club, Noroton Yacht Club, Darien Boat Club, Ox Ridge Hunt Club, Middlesex Swimming Club, Old Kings Highway Tennis Club.
Transp.--Passenger: Served by Metro North Commuter Railroad Co. and buses of Conn. Transit from Stamford and Norwalk.
Freight: Served by Metro North and numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Darien and Noroton Heights.
http://www.darien.org/
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DEEP RIVER
Middlesex County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Settled, 1635 as Saybrook; united with
Connecticut, Dec., 1644; name changed to Deep River, July 1, 1947. Total area, 14.2 sq. miles, Land area, 13.6 sq. miles.
Population, est., 4,725. Voting District, 1. Principal industries, agriculture and manufacture of plax and plastic goods,
electric soldering irons. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Deep River. Outlying
section of town served by rural free delivery.
http://www.deepriverct.com/
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DERBY
New Haven County.--(Form of government, mayor, board of aldermen.)--Named, May, 1675. Town inc., May 13, 1775. City inc.,
June 7, 1893. Town and city consolidated, June 7, 1893. Total area, 5.4 sq. miles, Land area, 5.0 sq. miles. Population,
est., 12,520. Voting districts, 3. Principal industries, telecommunications, photography, printing, and manufacture of
castings, forgings, nail clippers and manicure implements. Transp.--Passenger: Served by Metro North Commuter Railroad Co.
and buses of Conn. Transit from Bridgeport and New Haven; Valley Transp. Co. from Bridgeport and Waterbury, and by Valley
Transit District. Freight: Served by Conrail and numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Derby.
http://www.lnvalley.org/derby/
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DURHAM
Middlesex County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Settled, 1699; named, May 1704; Inc.,
Oct. 1708. Total area, 23.8 sq. miles, Land area, 23.6 sq. miles. Population, est., 6,982. Voting district, 1. Principal
industries, manufacture of metal boxes and cabinets, electrical supplies and tools. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous
motor common carriers. Post office, Durham.
http://www.townofdurhamct.org/
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EASTFORD
Windham County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting.)--Inc., May, 1847; taken from Ashford. Total area, 29.2 sq.
miles, Land area, 28.9 sq. miles. Population, est., 1,642. Voting district, 1. Principal industries, metal fabricating, and
horticulture. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Eastford; also rural delivery from
Chaplin, Pomfret Center. Voted No Liquor Permit, 1978.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/EASTFORD/eastford.htm
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EAST GRANBY
Hartford County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., June, 1858; taken from Granby and
Windsor Locks. Total area, 17.6 sq. miles, Land area, 17.5 sq. miles. Population, est., 4,910. Voting districts, 2. Principal
industries, manufacturing and quarrying. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, East
Granby.
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EAST HADDAM
Middlesex County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1734; taken from Haddam.
Total area, 56.6 sq. miles, Land area, 54.3 sq. miles. Population, est., 8,638. Voting district, 1. Principal industries,
tourism, light manufacturing, printing, plumbing and heating products, boat manufacturing, concrete products; numerous summer
resorts and Goodspeed Musicals are located here. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of Greyhound. Freight: Served by
numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, East Haddam, Hadlyme and Moodus.
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EAST HAMPTON
Middlesex County.--(Form of government, town council, town manager, board of finance, town meeting.)--Inc., as Chatham, Oct.,
1767; taken from Middletown. Total area, 36.8 sq. miles, Land area, 35.6 sq. miles. Population, est., 11,435. Voting
district, 1. Principal industries, manufacture of bells, paper boxes, witch hazel, tools and dies, forestry. Freight: Served
by numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Cobalt, East Hampton and Middle Haddam.
http://www.easthamptonct.org/
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EAST HARTFORD
Hartford County.--(Form of government, strong mayor, town council.)--Inc., Oct., 1783; taken from Hartford. Total area, 18.8
sq. miles, Land area, 18.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 49,650. Voting districts, 7. Principal industries, the manufacture of
precision parts and aircraft engines, steel fabrication, banking and insurance, paper manufacturing, appliances, television
and radio, stamp and die plates, small tools, machinery, metal working, bulk oil storage and distribution, bottling plants,
storage warehouses, retail sales, and automobile dealerships. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of Conn. Transit from
Hartford, Manchester, Rockville, South Windsor and Glastonbury; The Eastern Bus Lines, Inc. from Enfield; Post Road Stages,
Inc. from Stafford Springs; and The Arrow Line, Inc. from East Hartford. Freight: Served by Conrail and numerous motor common
carriers. Post office, East Hartford (branch of Hartford post office).
http://www.ci.east-hartford.ct.us/
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EAST HAVEN
New Haven County.--(Form of government, mayor, town council, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1785; taken from New Haven. Total
area, 13.4 sq. miles, Land area, 12.3 sq. miles. Population, est., 28,563. Voting districts, 5, with 2 subdistricts.
Principal industry, wholesale distribution and warehousing, electronic components and equipment, architectural castings,
high-tech welding equipment; research and development, printing, insurance and investments. Served by buses of Conn. Transit
from New Haven and Branford. Freight: Served by Conrail and numerous motor common carriers. Post office, East Haven.
http://nearhome.com/ct/easthaven/muni
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EAST LYME
New London County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1839; taken from Lyme and
Waterford. Total area, 42.0 sq. miles, Land area, 34.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 17,983. Voting districts, 3. Principal
industries, boat marinas, sport fishing, tourism. Transp.--Passenger: Served by SEAT and Amtrak. Post offices, East Lyme and
Niantic.
http://www.eltownhall.com/
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EASTON
Fairfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1845; taken from Weston.
Total area, 28.6 sq. miles, Land area, 27.4 sq. miles. Population, est., 7,483. Voting district, 1. Residential community.
Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Easton (branch of Bridgeport post office).
http://eastonct.org/
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EAST WINDSOR
Hartford County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1768; taken from Windsor.
Total area, 26.8 sq. miles, Land area, 26.3 sq. miles. Population, est., 10,095. Voting districts, 2. Principal industries,
agriculture, support system facilities, and manufacture of small tools, paper boxes, electronics, aluminum by-products, farm
implements and fertilizers. Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Broad Brook and East Windsor.
http://www.eastwindsor-ct.gov/
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ELLINGTON
Tolland County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1786; taken from East Windsor.
Total area, 34.6 sq. miles, Land area, 34.1 sq. miles. Population, est., 13,571. Voting districts, 2. Principal industry,
agriculture. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. The town is served by rural delivery from the
Ellington post office.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/ELLINGTON/ellington.htm
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ENFIELD
Hartford County.--(Form of government, town manager, town council.)--Named and inc., by Massachusetts, 1683; annexed to
Conn., May, 1749. Total area, 34.2 sq. miles, Land area, 33.4 sq. miles. Population, est., 45,379. Voting districts, 9.
Principal industries, insurance, manufacture of toys, water filtration systems, specialized machinery, aluminum and magnesium
castings, wooden reels for wire and cables, silk screening, games, greeting cards, tools and gauges, envelopes, laser beam
welding, warehouse distribution of toys, clothing and pharmaceuticals, manufacture of electronic assemblies, processing of
food and dairy products, ice cream, vegetable and tobacco farming. Located on Rte. I-91, 18 miles north of Hartford and 8
miles south of Springfield, MA. Transp.--Passenger: Public transportation by Conn. Transit Bus lines, and by Pioneer Valley
Transit Auth. Freight: Served by Conrail, Boston and Maine Corporation and numerous motor common carriers. Post office,
Enfield; carrier and RFD.
http://www.enfield.org/
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ESSEX
Middlesex County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., Sept. 13, 1852, as Old Saybrook;
taken from Saybrook. Name changed, July 8, 1854 to Essex. Total area, 11.8 sq. miles, Land area, 10.4 sq. miles. Population,
est., 6,730. Voting districts, 2. Principal industries, novelties, naval lighting equipment and bent wire products.
Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Essex, Centerbrook and Ivoryton.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/ESSEX/essex.htm
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FAIRFIELD
Fairfield County.--(Form of government, representative town meeting, selectmen, board of finance.)--Settled, 1639; named
1645; included in Connecticut Colony, May, 1685. Total area, 31.3 sq. miles, Land area, 30.0 sq. miles. Population, est.,
57,715. Voting districts, 10. Principal industries, Bigelow Tea Co., location of General Electric International Corporate
Hdqrs., Fairfield Univ. and Sacred Heart Univ. Transp.--Passenger: Served by Metro North Commuter Railroad Co. and buses of
the Bridgeport Transit Auth. Freight and Express: Served by numerous motor common carriers. U.S. Route 1, Merritt Parkway and
Conn. Turnpike pass through town, east and west. Post offices, Fairfield, Southport and rural free delivery.
http://www.fairfieldct.org/
FARMINGTON
Hartford County.--(Form of government, town manager, town council, town meeting.)--Inc. and named, Dec., 1645. The Town of
Farmington, Borough of Unionville and Borough of Farmington were consolidated in 1947. Total area, 28.8 sq. miles, Land area,
28.1 sq. miles. Population, est., 24,189. Voting districts, 2. Principal industries, textile specialties, springs, flow and
level switches, metal stampings, rubber and plastic parts, metal cutting machines, computer software, finance, real estate,
insurance and reinsurance, printing, the University of Connecticut Health Center, bioscience. Transp.--Passenger: Served by
buses of Conn. Transit from Hartford. Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Farmington and
Unionville.
http://www.farmington-ct.org/
FENWICK
BOROUGH OFFICERS. Office Address: 580 Maple Ave., P.O. Box 126, Old Saybrook 06475-0126.--Warden, Charles M.
Chadwick.--Clerk, Valerie W. Bulkeley.--Treas., Jennifer R. McCann.--Tax Collector, Peter Bulkeley.--Burgesses, Millicent E.
Benner, Newton C. Brainard, Wendy Brewer-Daras, Virginia J. Bush, Richard H. Patterson, Damon B. Smith.
FRANKLIN
New London County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting.)--Inc., May, 1786; taken from Norwich. Total area, 19.6 sq.
miles, Land area, 19.5 sq. miles. Population, est., 1,881. Voting district, 1. Principal industries, agriculture, dairying
and poultry products, egg processing plant, grain feed mills, truck terminals. Home of a multi-million dollar mushroom
growing facility. Transp.--Freight: Served by Central Vermont Railway and numerous motor common carriers. Post office, North
Franklin. Rural free delivery.
http://www.franklinct.com/
GLASTONBURY
Hartford County.--(Form of government, town manager, town council, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1693; taken from
Wethersfield. Total area, 52.3 sq. miles, Land area, 51.4 sq. miles. Population, est., 32,575. Voting districts, 9. Principal
industries, insurance and financial services, technology and banking, computer services and agriculture. Transp.--Passenger:
Served by buses of Conn. Transit from Hartford. Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Glastonbury,
East Glastonbury and South Glastonbury. Three rural free deliveries.
http://www.glasct.org/
GOSHEN
Litchfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., Oct., 1739. Total area, 45.2 sq.
miles, Land area, 43.7 sq. miles. Population, est., 2,860. Voting District, 1. Dairy community, attractive lakes. Nearly
1,400 acres of Mohawk State Forest are situated in Goshen. The Appalachian Trail passes through this heavily wooded wildlife
sanctuary. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Goshen; rural delivery from Norfolk and
Litchfield.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/GOSHEN/goshen.htm
GRANBY
Hartford County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town manager, town meeting.)--Inc., Oct., 1786; taken from Simsbury. Total
area, 40.8 sq. miles, Land area, 40.7 sq. miles. Population, est., 10,696. Voting districts, 2. Rural residential community
with a variety of community retail, service and office commercial developments designed to meet the needs of the residential
community. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of the Connecticut Transit from Hartford and Granby. Freight: Served by
numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Granby, North Granby and West Granby.
http://www.granby-ct.gov/
GREENWICH
Fairfield County.--(Form of government, representative town meeting, selectmen, board of finance.)--Settled, 1640, submitted
to Connecticut, Oct. 6, 1656. Total area, 67.2 sq. miles, Land area 47.8 sq. miles. Population, est., 61,784. Voting
districts, 12. Transp.--Passenger: Served by Metro North Commuter Railroad Co. and buses of Conn. Transit between Old
Greenwich and Stamford; from Stamford and Port Chester, NY, and buses of Greyhound and Trailways. Freight: Served by Conrail
and numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Greenwich, Cos Cob, Glenville, Old Greenwich and Riverside.
http://www.greenwichct.org/
GRISWOLD
New London County.--(Form of government, selectmen, board of finance, town meeting.)--Inc., Oct., 1815; taken from Preston.
Total area, 37.1 sq. miles, Land area, 35.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 10,988. Voting districts, 2. Principal industries,
Tourism, warehousing, agriculture and poultry farming, machine products, wire and cable. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses
of SEAT. Freight: Served by Conrail and numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Jewett City/Griswold.
http://www.griswold-ct.org/
GROTON
New London County.--(Form of government, town manager, town council, representative town meeting.)--Inc., May 10, 1705; taken
from New London. Total area, 45.2 sq. miles, Land area, 31.3 sq. miles. Population, est., 40,270. Voting districts, 8.
Principal industries, construction of submarines, precision castings, shipbuilding, and manufacture of pharmaceuticals, piers
and bridge work, bricks and blocks. Transp.--Passenger: Served by Amtrak and by buses of Southeast Area Transit (SEAT) from
New London and Norwich. Freight: Served by Providence and Worcester Co. and numerous common carriers. Airplane service to
major cities. Post offices, Groton, West Mystic, Noank, Groton Long Point, City of Groton, Old Mystic, Mystic, Submarine
Base.
http://www.town.groton.ct.us/
GUILFORD
New Haven County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Settled, 1639; named, July 6, 1643.
Total area, 49.7 sq. miles, Land area, 47.1 sq. miles. Population, est., 21,868. Voting districts, 4. Principal industries,
agriculture and manufacturing. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of Conn. Transit from New Haven, and by Greyhound and
Trailways. Freight: Served by Conrail and numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Guilford. Eleven rural free delivery
routes.
http://www.ci.guilford.ct.us/
HADDAM
Middlesex County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., Oct. 8, 1668. Total area, 46.4 sq.
miles, Land area, 44.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 7,360. Voting districts, 2. Principal industries, marinas, and
manufacture of metal-working machinery, yacht design, environmental consulting, printed circuits, wire products, plastics,
molding, extruding and offset printing. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post offices: Haddam,
Haddam Neck and Higganum.
http://www.haddam.org/
HAMDEN
New Haven County.--(Form of government, mayor, legislative council.)--Inc., May, 1786; taken from New Haven. Total area, 33.3
sq. miles, Land area, 32.8 sq. miles. Population, est., 57,927. Voting districts, 9. Principal industries, retail trade,
computer products, manufacturers of wire and cable, concrete, pump mixer products, fabricated metals, construction and
business services. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of Conn. Transit from New Haven. Freight: Served by Conrail and
numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Hamden, Mount Carmel and Whitneyville, branches of New Haven post office.
http://www.hamden.com/
HAMPTON
Windham County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting.)--Inc., Oct., 1786; taken from Windham, Pomfret, Brooklyn,
Canterbury and Mansfield. Total area, 25.5 sq. miles, Land area, 25.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 1,859. Voting district, 1.
Principal industry, agriculture. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of Bonanza Bus Lines, Inc. from Hartford and Danielson,
and by Greyhound. Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Hampton; R.F.D. 1.
HARTFORD
Hartford County.--(Form of government, chief operating officer, court of common council.)--Settled in 1635; inc., 1784; city
inc., May, 1784. Town and city consolidated, April, 1896. Total area, 18.0 sq. miles, Land area, 17.3 sq. miles. Population,
est., 124,558. Voting districts, 23. Principal industries, electrical and telephone equipment, tools, automatic and special
machines, automobile parts, precision machines, firearms, plastics, castings, vacuum systems, turbine and marine engines,
drop forgings, oil burners, valves, glass machinery, sound equipment; home office of thirty-eight insurance companies and
home of the Hartford Wolfpack. Transp.--Passenger: Served by Amtrak and buses of Conn. Transit locally and from Middletown,
Farmington, Bloomfield, Windsor, Rockville, Manchester, Glastonbury, New Britain and Newington; Bonanza Bus Lines, Inc. from
Providence, RI, Danielson, Willimantic, Bristol, Waterbury, Danbury and New York City; Greyhound from Hartford to Boston and
New York City; Post Road Stages, Inc. from Hartford to Rockville and Stafford Springs; The Arrow Line, Inc. from Albany, NY,
Torrington, Winsted, and the University of Conn. at Storrs; Conn. Transit from Manchester and East Hartford; The Airfield
Service Co. from Simsbury, Granby and Windsor Locks; The Short Line of Conn., Inc. from New Haven, Meriden and Wallingford;
Dattco, Inc. from Windsor Locks, Thompsonville and Springfield, MA; Eastern Bus Lines, Inc. from New London and Colchester;
New Britain Transp. Co. (Commuter), and Trailways of New England, Inc. from Hartford to Boston and New York City. Freight:
Served by Conrail and numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Hartford, Main Office, 141 Weston St.; Station A, 510 Park
St.; Central, 80 State St.; Barry Square, 641 Maple Ave.; Blue Hills, 433 Woodland St.; Unity Plaza, 271 Barbour St.;
classified branches in East Hartford, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Elmwood, Bishop's Corner (West Hartford), and Newington;
eleven contract stations.
http://www.hartford.gov/
HARTLAND
Hartford County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1761. Total area, 34.6 sq.
miles, Land area, 33.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 2,053. Voting district, 1. Principal industries, agriculture and
manufacture of wood products. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Mail service twice daily from
Granby to East Hartland. Post office, East Hartland.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/HARTLAND/hartland.htm
HARWINTON
Litchfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., Oct., 1737. Total area, 31.1 sq.
miles, Land area, 30.8 sq. miles. Population, est., 5,429. Voting District, 1. Principal industries, agriculture, retail
services, construction, landscaping, tools and dies. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office,
Harwinton.
http://webpages.charter.net/harwintonct/
HEBRON
Tolland County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May 26, 1708. Total area, 37.3 sq.
miles, Land area, 36.9 sq. miles. Population, est., 8,907. Voting district, 1. Principal industry, agriculture.
Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Hebron and Amston; also rural free delivery from
Hebron and Amston.
http://www.hebronct.com/
JEWETT CITY
Town Hall, 28 Main St., Jewett City 06351; Tel., (860) 376-7082, Ext. 211.--Warden, Cynthia Kata.--Burgesses, Stanley A.
Drobiak, Alan D. Geer, Patrick Sullivan.--Clerk, Valerie A. Pudvah.--Treas./Assessor, Linda Cote.--Bailiff, William P. L.
Maynard.--Tax Collector, Virginia Hoddy.--Dir. of Health, Albert G. Gosselin, M.D.--Civil Preparedness Dir., Steven Merchant,
Jr.--Chief of Fire Dept., Robert L. Smith.
KENT
Litchfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., Oct., 1739. Total area, 49.6 sq.
miles, Land area, 48.5 sq. miles. Population, est., 2,907. Voting district, 1. Rural residential community with a variety of
retail, service and light manufacturing. Site of Bull's Bridge, one of two remaining covered bridges open to vehicular
traffic in Conn. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Kent and South Kent.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/KENT/kent.htm
KILLINGLY
Windham County.--(Form of government, town council, town manager, town meeting.)--Inc., May, 1708. Total area, 50.0 sq.
miles, Land area, 48.5 sq. miles. Population, est., 16,740. Voting districts, 5. Principal industries, molded rubber
products, plastic products, surgical supplies, mattresses, fiber optics, cosmetics, distribution centers, windows, molded
circuits, transformer board, poron, electrical insulation, computer bus bars, knives, snack foods. Transp.--Passenger: Served
by buses of Bonanza Bus Lines, Inc. from Hartford, Willimantic and Providence, RI, and by Greyhound. Freight: Served by
Providence and Worcester Railroad Co. and numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Attawaugan, Ballouville, Danielson,
Dayville, East Killingly, and Rogers.
http://www.killinglyct.gov/
KILLINGWORTH
Middlesex County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Named, May, 1667. Total area, 35.8 sq.
miles, Land area, 35.3 sq. miles. Population, est., 6,280. Voting district, 1. Principal industries, agriculture and steel
fabricating. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Killingworth.
LEBANON
New London County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., Oct., 1700. Total area, 55.2 sq.
miles, Land area, 54.1 sq. miles. Population, est., 7,076. Voting district, 1. Principal industry, agriculture.
Transp.--Freight: Served by Central Vermont Railway and numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Lebanon.
http://www.lebanontownhall.org/
LEDYARD
New London County.--(Form of government, mayor, town council.)--Inc., June, 1836; taken from Groton. Total area, 40.0 sq.
miles, Land area, 38.1 sq. miles. Population, est., 14,882. Voting districts, 2. Principal industries, manufacture of
chemicals, plastics, concrete and light sheet metal work, indian casino, orchards and nurseries. Rural residential community.
Transp.--Freight: Served by Providence and Worcester Co. and numerous motor common carriers. Air freight out of Groton/New
London Airport, Groton. Post offices, Gales Ferry and Ledyard.
http://www.town.ledyard.ct.us/
LISBON
New London County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1786; taken from Norwich.
Total area, 16.6 sq. miles, Land area, 16.3 sq. miles. Population, est., 4,159. Voting district, 1. Principal industry,
agriculture. Transp.--Freight: Served by Providence and Worcester Railroad Co. and numerous motor common carriers. Post
office, Jewett City. Rural free delivery Routes 2, 3 and 4 from Jewett City supplies mail facilities for the town.
LITCHFIELD
Litchfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1719. Total area, 56.8 sq.
miles, Land area, 56.1 sq. miles. Population, est., 8,480. Voting districts, 4. Principal industry, agriculture. The town is
a well known summer resort. Freight: Served by Boston and Maine Corporation and numerous motor common carriers. Post offices,
Litchfield and Bantam. Five R.F.D. routes.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/LITCHFIELD/litchfield.htm
LYME
New London County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Named, May, 1667; set off from
Saybrook, now Deep River, in 1665. Total area, 34.5 sq. miles, Land area, 31.9 sq. miles. Population, est., 2,059. Voting
district, 1. Principal industries, agriculture, boat yards and dairying. Fine harbor. Many summer homes. Transp.--Freight:
Served by numerous motor common carrier. Post office, Hadlyme; rural free delivery from Old Lyme post office, Routes 2, 3,
and 4.
http://www.twnlyme.org/
MADISON
New Haven County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1826, taken from Guilford.
Total area, 36.8 sq. miles, Land area, 36.2 sq. miles. Population, est., 18,546. Voting districts, 2. Transp.--Passenger:
Served by buses of Conn. Transit from New Haven, and by Dattco Bus Line. Freight: Served by Shoreline East and Amtrak. Post
office, Madison.
http://www.madisonct.org/
MANCHESTER
Hartford County.--(Form of government, general manager, board of directors.)--Inc., May, 1823; taken from East Hartford.
Total area, 27.7 sq. miles, Land area, 27.3 sq. miles. Population, est., 55,084. Voting districts, 10. Principal industries,
engineered fibers, steel metal fabrication, plastics, machine tool companies, printing, warehouse/distribution facilities,
electronic equipment, aircraft and missile components. Manchester is also home to one of the largest regional retail
concentrations in New England. The Buckland Hills area includes over 3 million square feet of retail and service anchored by
the Pavillions at Buckland Hills mall, over 300 hotel rooms, restaurants, movie theaters. The town also boasts the Cheney
Brothers National Register Historic District which includes historic mills and housing, and the downtown Main Street National
Historic Register district. Manchester is located halfway between New York and Boston on Interstates 84, I-291, and I-384.
Routes 44 and 6 are all located in Manchester. Transp.--Served by buses of Connecticut Transit, Conrail Freight and various
common carriers. Post Offices, Manchester, Station A. and two contract stations.
http://www.ci.manchester.ct.us/
MANSFIELD
Tolland County.--(Form of government, town manager, town council, town meeting.)--Inc., Oct., 1702; taken from Windham. Total
area, 45.5 sq. miles, Land area, 44.5 sq. miles. Population, est., 21,554. Voting districts, 3. Principal industries, higher
education, service/commerce, agriculture. Location of University of Conn. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of Bonanza Bus
Lines, Inc. from Hartford and Providence, RI; The Arrow Lines, Inc. from Hartford; WRTD Storrs-Willimantic. Freight: Served
by Central Vermont Railroad. Post offices, Mansfield Center, Mansfield Depot and Storrs-Mansfield; rural free delivery from
Mansfield Center and Storrs-Mansfield. Voted Limited Liquor Permit, 1969.
http://www.mansfieldct.org/
MARLBOROUGH
Hartford County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., Oct., 1803; taken from Colchester,
Glastonbury and Hebron. Total area, 23.4 sq. miles, Land area, 23.3 sq. miles. Population, est., 5,979. Voting district, 1.
Residential community. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of Eastern Bus Lines, Inc. from Hartford and New London; Barstow
Transp. Co. and by Greyhound. Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Marlborough.
http://www.marlboroughct.com/
MERIDEN
New Haven County.--(Form of government, city manager, city council.)--Town inc., May, 1806; taken from Wallingford. City
inc., May, 1867. Town and city consolidated, Jan. 1, 1922. Total area, 24.1 sq. miles, Land area, 23.8 sq. miles. Population,
est., 58,675. Voting districts, 17. Home of Protein Sciences, Thompson Candy Co., TI Group Automotive, RFS Cablewave, AMF
Cuno, Packard BioScience, Response Insurance. Manufactured products are aircraft products, electronics, biotech filters,
nuclear instrumentation, electrical signalling and communications equipment, tools, dies, molds and patterns, phosphorous
brass and bronze in sheets, pewter products, auto fuel injection devices, automated buffing and deburring machines, women's
apparel, plastics, engine gaskets, corrugated boxes and submersible pumps. Transp.--Passenger: Served by Amtrak and buses of
Conn. Transit, The Short Line of Conn., Inc. from Hartford to New Haven; and by Greyhound. Freight: Served by Conrail and
numerous motor carriers. Post offices, Meriden, Station A, and one substation.
http://www.cityofmeriden.org/
MIDDLEBURY
New Haven County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., Oct., 1807; taken from Waterbury,
Woodbury and Southbury. Total area, 18.5 sq. miles, Land area, 17.8 sq. miles. Population, est., 6,648. Voting district, 1.
Principal businesses, corporate headquarters and manufacture of clocks, watches. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of North
East Transp. Co., Inc. Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Middlebury.
http://www.middlebury-ct.org/
MIDDLEFIELD
Middlesex County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., June, 1866; taken from Middletown.
Total area, 13.3 sq. miles, Land area, 12.7 sq. miles. Population, est., 4,273. Voting districts, 2. Principal industries,
agriculture and manufacture of cement products, gun sights and gun parts, novelties in plastics, thermometers, hardware
specialties, such as wire cutters, tools, dies, fixtures, machinery, and work holding devices. Transp.--Passenger: Served by
buses of Dattco Inc. Freight: Served by Conrail from New Haven and Middletown and numerous motor common carriers. Post
offices, Middlefield and Rockfall. Rural free delivery from Middlefield and Rockfall post offices.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/MIDDLEFIELD/middlefield.htm
MIDDLETOWN
Middlesex County.--(Form of government, mayor, common council.)--Town inc., Sept. 11, 1651, named, Nov. 1653; city inc.,
1784, town and city consolidated, 1923. Total area, 42.3 sq. miles, Land area, 40.9 sq. miles. Population, est., 46,552.
Voting districts, 10. Principal industries, information technology, switches, paper boxes, internet publishing, office
machinery, aerospace products, tools and dies, metal and wire goods, brass hardware, heat elements, plastics, sheet metal,
chemicals, jet engines and insurance. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of Conn. Transit to Hartford and the Middletown
Transit (local); Greyhound from East Hampton, New Haven and Willimantic, and by Trailways. Freight: Served by Conrail and
numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Middletown.
http://www.cityofmiddletown.com/
MILFORD
New Haven County.--(Form of government, mayor, board of aldermen.)--Settled in 1639, under New Haven; named, Nov. 24, 1640;
united with Connecticut Colony, 1664. Inc. as a city, June 15, 1959. Town and city consolidated, 1959. Total area, 26.2 sq.
miles, Land area, 22.6 sq. miles. Population, est., 53,472. Voting districts, 5. Principal industries, retail furniture
center, sailmaking, hydraulic lifts, ball point pens, razors, razor blades, lighters, corrugated paper, fabricated metals,
instruments, and specialty tools, high tech components, wholesale ice cream making, telecommunications, computer center and
major distribution, warehousing and common carrier center, corporate fast food service international headquarters, major
recreational and boating center with municipal marina and boat launching ramps. Transp.--Passenger: Served by Metro North
Commuter Railroad Co. and buses of Conn. Transit between Milford and New Haven and Milford Transit for local and service to
Stratford. Major corporate headquarters center and limousine service to Hartford, New York, and Newark airports. Post
offices, Milford Center, Devon, Pepe's Farm Rd.
http://www.ci.milford.ct.us/
MONROE
Fairfield County.--(Form of government, selectman, town council, town meeting.)--Inc., May, 1823; taken from Huntington (now
Shelton.) Total area, 26.3 sq. miles, Land area, 26.1 sq. miles. Population, est., 19,551. Voting districts, 4. Principally
residential, varied small industries. Transp.--Freight: Served by Conrail and numerous motor common carriers. Post offices,
Monroe and Stevenson. Sixteen rural delivery routes supply the inhabitants with mail daily.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/MONROE/monroe.htm
MONTVILLE
New London County.--(Form of government, mayor, town council, limited town meeting.)--Inc., Oct. 12, 1786; taken from New
London. Total area, 44.1 sq. miles, Land area, 42.0 sq. miles. Population, est.19,606. Voting districts, 6. Principal
industries, the manufacture of paper board, paper boxes, computer boards, electricity, tachometers, aluminum doors and
windows, and Indian gaming. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of SEAT. Freight: Served by Central Vermont Railway and
numerous motor carriers. Post offices, Montville, Oakdale and Uncasville.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/MONTVILLE/montville.htm
MORRIS
Litchfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., June, 1859; taken from
Litchfield. Total area, 18.7 sq. miles, Land area, 17.2 sq. miles. Population, est., 2,371. Voting district, 1. Principal
industry, agriculture and light industry. Bantam Lake, the largest natural lake in the state and a popular summer resort lies
mostly within the town. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Morris.
NAUGATUCK
New Haven County.--(Form of government, mayor and burgesses.)--Inc., May, 1844; taken from Waterbury, Bethany and Oxford.
Borough and town consolidated, 1895. Total area, 16.5 sq. miles, Land area, 16.4 sq. miles. Population, est., 31,429. Voting
districts, 10. Principal industries, chemicals, brass novelties, plastics, aerosols, moulded aluminum and iron, glass, brass
and copper goods, candy, screws, hospital supplies. Transp.--Passenger: Served by Metro North Commuter Railroad Co. and buses
of The Northeast Transportation Bus Line; Valley Transp. Co. from Bridgeport. Freight: Served by Conrail and numerous motor
common carriers. Post offices, Naugatuck and Union City.
http://www.naugatuckonline.com/
NEW BRITAIN
Hartford County.--(Form of government, mayor, common council.)--Town and borough, inc., May, 1850; taken from Berlin. City
inc., 1871. Town and City consolidated, April, 1905. Total area, 13.4 sq. miles, Land area, 13.3 sq. miles. Population, est.,
71,589. Voting districts, 17. Principal industries, manufacture of builders' hardware, engineering firms, banking, hoists,
mechanics' tools, etc. Transp.--Passenger: Served locally by buses of Dattco Inc., New Britain Transp. Co., Inc., Bonanza Bus
Lines, Inc., Conn. Transit and by Greyhound. Freight: Served by Conrail and numerous motor common carriers. Post office, New
Britain.
http://www.new-britain.net/
NEW CANAAN
Fairfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town council, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1801; taken from Norwalk and
Stamford. Total area, 22.5 sq. miles, Land area, 22.1 sq. miles. Population, est., 19,734. Voting districts, 3. Residential
community with a compact business district of specialty shops, and some small office buildings. Transp.--Passenger: Served by
Metro North Commuter Rail Company. Post office, New Canaan.
http://www.newcanaan.info/
NEW FAIRFIELD
Fairfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May 1740. Total area, 25.1 sq.
miles, Land area, 20.5 sq. miles. Population, est., 14,149. Voting districts, 2. Principal industries, machined tools and
electrical parts; well known summer resort. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, New
Fairfield; Brewster, NY, R.F.D. 3.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/NEW_FAIRFIELD/new_fairfield.htm
NEW HARTFORD
Litchfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., Oct., 1738. Total area, 38.1 sq.
miles, Land area, 37.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 6,413. Voting districts, 2. Principal industries, furniture making,
machine parts, electronic components, springs, guitars, business forms, plastics. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor
common carriers. Post offices, New Hartford and Pine Meadow.
http://www.town.new-hartford.ct.us/
NEW HAVEN
New Haven County.--(Form of government, mayor, bd. of aldermen.)--Settled, April, 1638; named, Aug., 1640; Inc., 1784; town
and city consolidated, Nov., 1895. Total area, 20.3 sq. miles, Land area, 18.9 sq. miles. Population, est., 124,176. Voting
districts, 30. Principal industries, health, educational and business services. New Haven's industries include manufacturing
and such business services as accounting, engineering, research and management. Transp.--Passenger: Served by Amtrak, Metro
North Commuter Railroad Co. and buses of Conn. Transit locally and from Milford, Branford and Wallingford; Cross Country
Coach from Bridgeport; The Arrow Line from Waterbury, Torrington and Winsted; Conn. Transit; Empire Bus Lines, Inc. from
Danbury, and by Greyhound and Trailways. Freight: Served by Boston and Maine Corporation, Conrail and numerous motor common
carriers. Post offices, New Haven, Fair Haven, Westville, Amity, Kilby and Yale Station.
http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/
NEWINGTON
Hartford County.--(Form of government, town manager, mayor-town council.)--Inc., July 10, 1871; taken from Wethersfield.
Total area, 13.2 sq. miles, Land area, 13.2 sq. miles. Population, est., 29,623. Voting districts, 8. Principal industries,
printing and manufacture of airplane parts, dies, gauges, tools and plumbing supplies. Location of the Veterans
Administration's Connecticut Health Primary Care Facility, the Connecticut International Skating Center and the American
Radio Relay League. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of Conn. Transit from Hartford; Dattco Inc. from New Britain; Bonanza
Bus Lines, Inc. from Waterbury and Danbury; by Greyhound. Freight: Served by Conrail and numerous motor common carriers. Post
office, Newington. Rural free delivery.
http://www.ci.newington.ct.us/
NEW LONDON
New London County.--(Form of government, city manager, city council.)--Settled, 1646; named, March 11, 1658. Inc., Jan.,
1784. Town and city are co-extensive. Total area, 10.8 sq. miles, Land area, 5.5 sq. miles. Population, est., 26,582. Voting
districts, 7. Principal industries: high technology research and engineering, steel fabrication, ship building and repair,
marine construction, antiques, doors, windows, interior trim, fishing, entertainment and tourism. Transp.--Passenger and
freight served by Amtrak and Central Vermont Railroad. Numerous motor common carriers; high speed passenger and vehicle ferry
boat connections with Long Island, Block Island and Fishers Island. International trade through State Pier. Post Office, New
London.
http://www.ci.new-london.ct.us/
NEW MILFORD
Litchfield County.--(Form of government, mayor, town council, board of finance.)--Inc., Oct., 1712. Total area, 63.7 sq.
miles, Land area, 61.6 sq. miles. Population, est., 27,959. Voting districts, 7. Principal industries, processing of
concentrated foods; manufacture and processing of paper products; electronics and precision instruments production; two
hydro-electric plants are located here. New Milford is situated on the eastern shore of Lake Candlewood; Lynn Deming Park is
located on the shore of Lake Candlewood. Lake Candlewood and Lake Lillinonah afford recreational facilities. New Milford is
the locale of "Naromiyocknowusunkatankshunk Brook". The Aspetuck and Housatonic Rivers also flow through town. Northville,
Gaylordsville and Lanesville Districts are located within the town. Transp.--Passenger: Bus service by the Housatonic Area
Regional Transit District of Danbury, Bonanza Bus Lines and Greyhound. Freight: Served by Conrail and numerous motor common
carriers. Post offices, New Milford and Gaylordsville. City and rural delivery.
http://www.newmilford.org/
NEWTOWN
Fairfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, legislative council, town meeting.)--Inc., Oct., 1711. Total area, 59.1
sq. miles, Land area, 57.8 sq. miles. Population, est., 25,866. Voting districts, 4. Principal industries, manufacture of
pressure gauges, plastics, paper boxes, wire brushes, biomedical research instruments, corrugated cartons, copper tubing,
wire coating, warehouse distribution centers. Transp.--Freight: Served by Conrail and numerous motor common carriers. Post
offices, Newtown, Botsford and Hawleyville.
http://www.newtown-ct.gov/
NORFOLK
Litchfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., Oct., 1758. Total area, 46.4 sq.
miles, Land area, 45.3 sq. miles. Population, est., 1,673. Voting district, 1. Principal industries, summer resort,
agriculture, manufacture of steel balls. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Norfolk.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/NORFOLK/norfolk.htm
NORTH BRANFORD
New Haven County.--(Form of government, town manager, town council, town budget meeting.)--Inc., May, 1831; taken from
Branford. Total area, 26.7 sq. miles, Land area, 24.9 sq. miles. Population, est., 14,095. Voting districts, 2. Principal
industries, agriculture, trap rock (Tilcon Minerals, Inc. has one of the largest trap rock quarries in the East and ships by
rail; has tidewater docks at Pine Orchard), plastic autobody filler, machine products, printing and microfilming, electronic
instruments and solid state control circuitry. Location of New Haven Water Company's largest source of water, man-made Lake
Gaillard, and their multi-million dollar water treatment facility. Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post
offices, North Branford and Northford.
http://www.townofnorthbranfordct.com/
NORTH CANAAN
Litchfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1858; taken from Canaan.
Total area, 19.5 sq. miles, Land area, 19.5 sq. miles. Population, est., 3,376. Voting district, 1. Principal industries,
agriculture, manufacture of medical and surgical instruments, lime and limestone products, magnesium and calcium metals,
electrical coils, sand and stone. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of The Arrow Line from Albany, NY to Hartford and New
Haven, and by Bonanza Bus Lines from Albany to New York City. Freight: Served by Boston and Maine Corporation and numerous
motor common carriers. Post offices, Canaan and East Canaan. Rural free delivery from both post offices.
NORTH HAVEN
New Haven County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., Oct., 1786; taken from New Haven.
Total area, 21.1 sq. miles, Land area, 20.8 sq. miles. Population, est., 23,460. Voting districts, 5. Principal industries,
manufacture of paper boxes, miscellaneous non-metallic mineral products, cutlery, tools and general hardware, industrial
chemical, miscellaneous wood products, structural clay products, fertilizers, machinery, professional and services equipment,
plumbing and heating, manufacture of firearms, commercial printing, sporting goods, electrical and electronic cable and
parts, printed circuit boards, aluminum strip mill, steel fabrication, food distribution, die casting, ceramic products, milt
and products, scrap reduction, agriculture, insurance and real estate. Transp.--Passenger: Served by Metro-North, Amtrak and
buses of The Conn. Transit, Inc. from New Haven and Hartford. Freight: Served by CSX and numerous motor common carriers. Post
office, North Haven.
http://www.town.north-haven.ct.us/
NORTH STONINGTON
New London County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1807; taken from Stonington.
Total area, 55.0 sq. miles, Land area, 54.3 sq. miles. Population, est., 5,096. Voting district, 1. Principal industry,
agriculture. Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, North Stonington. Rural deliveries from North
Stonington post office and R.F.D. 7 from Ledyard.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/N_STONINGTON/n_stonington.html
NORWALK
Fairfield County.--(Form of government, mayor, common council.)--Inc., Sept. 11, 1651. Town and city consolidated, Oct.,
1913. Total area, 36.3 sq. miles, Land area, 22.8 sq. miles. Population, est., 84,127. Voting districts, city elections, 12;
state, 14. Principal industries, a wide variety of electronic research and manufacturing companies which produce signaling
devices, aircraft radar equipment, optical devices and electronic components; manufacturing of chemicals, machinery and
equipment of many kinds, auto accessories, wearing apparel and allied industries, hardware, packaged and frozen foods,
lithography and printing. Transp.--Passenger: Served by Metro North Commuter Railroad Co.; buses of Conn. Transit from
Stamford, and by Cross Country Coach, Greyhound and Trailways, "Wheels" Local Transit Dist. Freight: Served by Metro North
and numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Norwalk, South Norwalk and Rowayton.
http://www.norwalkct.org/
NORWICH
New London County.--(Form of government, mayor, city council, city manager.)--Settled, 1659; accepted as legal township, May,
1662; city inc., May, 1784; town and city consolidated, Jan. 1, 1952. Total area, 29.5 sq. miles, Land area, 28.3 sq. miles.
Population, est., 36,003. Voting districts, 10. Principal industries, manufacture of textiles, cartons, plastics,
electronics, furniture, plumbing equipment, power tools, wire goods, photo engraving, computer services, marinas.
Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of the Southeast Area Transit, Norwich to Groton and New London. Freight: Served by
Central Vermont Railway, Providence and Worcester Co. and numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Norwich, Taftville
and Yantic. Rural free delivery to country districts.
http://www.norwichct.org/
OLD LYME
New London County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Set off from Saybrook, February 13,
1665; Inc., May, 1855, as South Lyme; taken from Lyme; name changed in 1857. Total area, 28.8 sq. miles, Land area, 23.1 sq.
miles. Population, est., 7,442. Voting district, 1. Residential community and summer resort. Freight: Served by Providence
and Worcester Co. and numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Old Lyme and South Lyme.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/OLD_LYME/old_lyme.html
OLD SAYBROOK
Middlesex County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., July 8, 1854. Total area, 21.6 sq.
miles, Land area, 15.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 10,485. Voting districts, 2. Principal industries, electronics, boat
building, photographic supplies, printing, tools and dies, and food processing. Transp.--Passenger: Served by Amtrak, and by
Greyhound. Freight: Served by Providence and Worcester Co. and numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Old Saybrook.
http://www.oldsaybrookct.com/
ORANGE
New Haven County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1822, taken from Milford and
New Haven. Total area, 17.4 sq. miles, Land area, 17.2 sq. miles. Population, est., 13,383. Voting districts, 2. Principal
industries, pharmaceuticals, helicopter parts, research and development, printing, woodworking, home building, burial vaults,
surgical equipment, child care, precision equipment, industrial sheet metal, cedar furniture, grafting wax, steel sash,
machine screws and communications equipment, candy making, perfume and cosmetics. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of
Conn. Transit. Freight: Served by Conrail and numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Orange.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/ORANGE/orange.htm
OXFORD
New Haven County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., Oct., 1798; taken from Derby and
Southbury. Total area, 33.4 sq. miles, Land area, 32.9 sq. miles. Population, est., 10,430. Voting district, 1. Principal
industry, agriculture and light manufacturing. Transp.--Freight: Airport, served by numerous motor common carriers. Post
office, Oxford.
http://www.oxford-ct.com/
PLAINFIELD
Windham County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., as Quinabaug, May, 1699; named
Plainfield, Oct., 1700. Total area, 43.0 sq. miles, Land area, 42.3 sq. miles. Population, est., 15,017. Voting districts, 4.
Principal industries, cement blocks, chemical products, assembly parts for manufacture of helicopters, automotive rubber
strips, rubber laboratory stoppers, plastics and styrene, machine tools and accessories, concrete pipe, rubber molded parts,
tools and dies, screen printed materials and electronic components. Freight: Served by Conrail, Providence and Worcester
Railroad Co. and numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Plainfield, Central Village, Moosup and Wauregan.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/PLAINFIELD/plainfield.htm
PLAINVILLE
Hartford County.--(Form of government, town manager, town council.)--Inc., July, 1869; taken from Farmington. Total area, 9.8
sq. miles, Land area, 9.7 sq. miles. Population, est., 17,407. Voting districts, 4. Principal industries, manufacture of
electrical sundries, grinding machines and springs. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of New Britain Transp. Co. from
Bristol, Bonanza Bus Lines, Inc. from Hartford and Waterbury, and Corbin Coach Lines, Inc. Freight: Served by Boston and
Maine and numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Plainville.
http://www.plainvillect.com/
PLYMOUTH
Litchfield County.--(Form of government, mayor-town council, limited town meeting.)--Inc., May, 1795; taken from Watertown.
Total area, 22.3 sq. miles, Land area, 21.7 sq. miles. Population, est., 11,976. Voting districts, 2. Principal industries,
agriculture and manufacture of locks, meters, pumps, computers, screw machine products, plastics, electronics, mailable iron
castings and hardware. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Plymouth, Terryville and
Pequabuck. Rural free delivery routes, RFD 1 Plymouth and RFD 2 Terryville.
http://www.plymouthct.us/
POMFRET
Windham County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Named and inc., May, 1713. Total area,
40.6 sq. miles, Land area, 40.3 sq. miles. Population, est., 3,923. Voting district, 1. Principal industries, agriculture
dairy, forest products, manufacture of cable and cable products, fiberoptics, processing of frozen food dinners.
Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Pomfret, Pomfret Center and Abington.
PORTLAND
Middlesex County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, finance director.)--Inc., May, 1841; taken from Chatham.
Total area, 24.9 sq. miles, Land area, 23.4 sq. miles. Population, est., 9,125. Voting district, 1. Principal industries,
agriculture, manufacture of automatic packaging machinery and corrugated boxes, precision tools, feldspar quarries and
milling, rubber and plastic products, fertilizer, petroleum and bituminous product distributors, 4 boat yards (building,
repair and storage). Three (18) hole golf courses. Transp.--Passenger: Served by Greyhound. Freight: Served by Conrail and
numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Portland. Village delivery, rural free delivery.
http://www.portlandct.org/
PRESTON
New London County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., Oct., 1687. Total area, 31.8 sq.
miles, Land area, 30.9 sq. miles. Population, est., 4,760. Voting district, 1. Principal industries, agriculture and
manufacture of brass. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. No post office, four rural delivery routes
through the town from Ledyard and Norwich.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/PRESTON/preston.htm
PROSPECT
New Haven County.--(Form of government, mayor, town council, town meeting.)--Inc., May, 1827; taken from Cheshire and
Waterbury. Total area, 14.5 sq. miles, Land area, 14.3 sq. miles. Population, est., 9,052. Voting districts, 2. Freight:
Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Prospect. Rural delivery of mail Nos. 1, 2, and 3, city delivery Route
Nos. 1203 and 1205, Waterbury.
PUTNAM
Windham County.--(Form of government, mayor, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Town inc., May, 1855; taken from
Thompson, Pomfret and Killingly. City inc., Jan., 1895. Town and city consolidated, Nov. 8, 1983. The city is a Special
Service Dist. Total area, 20.4 sq. miles, Land area, 20.3 sq. miles. Population, est., 9,060. Voting districts, 2. Principal
industries, corrugated cardboard, plastic injection molding, winches, buttons, antiques, manufacturing of candles, machine
tooling, production of polystyrene, processing of sail cloth, textile engraving and chrome plating. Freight: Served by
Providence and Worcester Railroad Co. and numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Putnam.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/PUTNAM/putnam.htm
REDDING
Fairfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1767; taken from Fairfield.
Total area, 32.1 sq. miles, Land area, 31.5 sq. miles. Population, est., 8,504. Voting district, 1. Transp.--Passenger:
Served by Metro North Commuter Railroad Co. Freight: Served by Conrail and numerous motor common carriers and railway express
from Danbury. Post offices, Redding, West Redding, Georgetown and Redding Ridge.
RIDGEFIELD
Fairfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Settled, 1708; inc., Oct., 1709; town
and borough consolidated, May 11, 1921. Total area, 35.0 sq. miles, Land area, 34.4 sq. miles. Population, est., 24,054.
Voting districts, 3. Principal industries, pharmaceutical manufacturing, research and development, light manufacturing and
building/construction. Transp.--Passenger: Served by Metro North Commuter Railroad Co. Freight: Served by Conrail. Post
office, Ridgefield. Seven rural routes and twenty three city routes.
http://www.ridgefieldct.org/
ROCKY HILL
Hartford County.--(Form of government, mayor-town council, town manager.)--Inc., May, 1843; taken from Wethersfield. Total
area, 13.8 sq. miles, Land area, 13.5 sq. miles. Population, est., 18,305. Voting districts, 3. State Veterans Home and
Hospital and the Dinosaur State Park located here. Principal industries, agriculture, castings, bearings, aircraft, and
electronics. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of Conn. Transit from Hartford and Middletown; Central Conn. Limousine
Service to Bradley International Airport; Greyhound and Trailways bus service to New York City and Boston. Freight: Served by
numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Rocky Hill.
http://www.ci.rocky-hill.ct.us/
ROXBURY
Litchfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., Oct., 1796; taken from Woodbury.
Total area, 26.3 sq. miles, Land area, 26.2 sq. miles. Population, est., 2,250. Voting district, 1. Principal industry,
agriculture. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Roxbury. Voted No Liquor Permit, 1971.
http://www.roxburyct.com/
SALEM
New London County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May 5, 1819; taken from
Colchester, Lyme and Montville. Total area, 29.8 sq. miles, Land area, 29.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 3,938. Voting
district, 1. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post Office, Salem.
http://www.salemct.gov/
SALISBURY
Litchfield County.--Inc., Oct., 1741. Total area, 60.1 sq. miles, Land area, 57.3 sq. miles. Population, est., 4,022. Voting
district, 1. Rural residential and retirement community. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post
offices, Salisbury, Taconic and Lakeville.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/SALISBURY/salisbury.htm
SCOTLAND
Windham County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting.)--Inc., May, 1857; taken from Windham. Total area, 18.7 sq.
miles, Land area, 18.6 sq. miles. Population, est., 1,597. Voting district, 1. Principal industry, agriculture.
Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. The northern part of the town is covered by R.F.D. Hampton and
R.F.D. Windham comes into the southwestern part of town and R.F.D. from Baltic to the southeastern part. Post office,
Scotland.
SEYMOUR
New Haven County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1850; taken from Derby. Total
area, 15.0 sq. miles, Land area, 14.6 sq. miles. Population, est., 15,727. Voting districts, 3. Principal industries,
agriculture and manufacture of brass and copper mill products of rod, wire and sheet; high quality electric cable for nuclear
power plants, industry and railroads; small tools and several specialized machine shops; precast forms; specialized machining
and screw machine products; card and paper packaging, communication equipment. Transp.--Passenger: Served by Metro North
Commuter Railroad Co. and by buses of Conn. Transit from New Haven to Seymour. Freight: Served by Boston and Maine
Corporation and numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Seymour.
http://www.lnvalley.org/seymour/
SHARON
Litchfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., Oct., 1739. Total area, 59.6 sq.
miles, Land area, 58.7 sq. miles. Population, est., 3,008. Voting district, 1. Principal industry, medical. Transp.--Freight
and express: Served by motor common carriers. Post office, Sharon; one R.F.D. route from Sharon.
SHELTON
(Formerly Huntington.) Fairfield County.--(Form of government, mayor, board of aldermen.)--Inc., Jan., 1789; taken from
Stratford; city inc., 1915; town and city of Shelton, co-extensive. Total area, 31.9 sq. miles, Land area, 30.6 sq. miles.
Population, est., 38,845. Voting districts, 4. Principal industries, manufacture of abrasive cut off wheels, air pollution
control equipment, asphalt, blow mold plastic products, computer systems, cutlery, cutting tools, electronic optical
instruments, electronic relays, electroplate parts, eyelet setting tools, gauges, label manufacturing, manicure implements,
metal stampers, postage systems, screwdrivers, silicone and rubber molded products, steel molds, swiss army knives, telephone
equipment, therapy systems, x-ray equipment and wooden reels. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of the Connecticut Transit
to New Haven. Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Shelton. The outlying districts receive their
mail by rural free delivery from Huntington, Pine Rock Park and Shelton post offices.
http://cityofshelton.org/
SHERMAN
Fairfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting.)--Inc., Oct., 1802; taken from New Fairfield. Total area,
23.4 sq. miles, Land area, 21.8 sq. miles. Population, est., 3,972. Voting district, 1. Principal industry, agriculture.
Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Sherman.
http://www.townofsherman.org/
SIMSBURY
Hartford County.--(Form of government, first selectman, board of selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Named, May,
1670. Total area, 34.3 sq. miles, Land area, 33.9 sq. miles. Population, est., 23,421. Voting districts, 4. Principal
industries, agriculture, insurance offices, non-electric blast initation systems, poly propelene fibre manufacturing, and
safety and detonating fuse making. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of Conn. Transit (Commuter) from Granby and Hartford.
Freight: Numerous motor common carriers. Air: Simsbury (private) Airport. Post offices, Simsbury, West Simsbury, Tariffville
and Weatogue.
http://www.townofsimsbury.com/
SOMERS
Tolland County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Named, July, 1734; annexed to Connecticut,
May, 1749. Total area, 28.5 sq. miles, Land area, 28.3 sq. miles. Population, est., 10,608. Voting district, 1. Principal
industries, agriculture and diversified industry. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post offices,
Somers and Somersville. Rural free delivery from Somers post office, four routes.
http://town.somers.ct.us/
http://somersnow.com/
SOUTHBURY
New Haven County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1787; taken from Woodbury.
Total area, 40.0 sq. miles, Land area, 39.1 sq. miles. Population, est., 18,953. Voting districts, 5. Principal industries,
IBM and Com-Sat tracking station. Location of Southbury Training School. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of Bonanza Bus
Lines, Inc. from Danbury, Waterbury, Hartford aniculture, manufacture of ice cream, gas, small tools, warehousing.
Transp.--Freight: Served by Conrail and numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Suffield and West Suffield, R.F.D. Nos.
1 and 2 from Suffield office and R.F.D. No. 1 from West Suffield office.
http://www.southbury-ct.gov/
SOUTHINGTON
Hartford County.--(Form of government, town manager, town council.)--Inc., Oct., 1779; taken from Farmington. Town and
borough consolidated, 1947. Total area, 36.6 sq. miles, Land area, 36.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 40,943. Voting
districts, 12. Principal industries, agriculture and manufacture of hardware, tinners' and carpenters' tools, plumbing
supplies, bolts, grey iron and automobile forgings, brass products, paper boxes, discs, filters, labeling equipment, mixers,
pumps, tanks, wood screws, carriage hardware, springs, toys, agitators, bottle fillers, cappers, pallets, hypodermic needles,
soap suds, food products. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Southington, Plantsville,
Milldale and Marion.
http://www.southington.org/
SOUTH WINDSOR
Hartford County.--(Form of government, town manager, town council.)--Inc., May, 1845; taken from East Windsor. Total area,
28.7 sq. miles, Land area, 28.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 24,846. Voting districts, 7. Principal industries, commercial
and institution food distributors, fuel cell power plants, automatic numerically controlled drafting machines, digitizers,
graphic systems, CAD/CAM systems, photoplotters, artwork generators, electronic and electromechanical controls for aircraft
and missile field modular power supplies, automatic grading and marker systems, jet engine/aerospace parts and components,
precision machine parts, commercial printing and typesetting, bricks, fin tube radiation, microflake cigar binders and
wrappers, heat transfer decorations, pressure sensitive labels, store fixtures, agriculture. Transp.--Passenger: Served by
buses of Post Road Stages, Inc. from Hartford and Stafford Springs, and Conn. Transit from Hartford to East Windsor Hill.
Freight: Served by Conrail and numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Bissell Station, East Windsor Hill and South
Windsor.
http://www.southwindsor.org/
SPRAGUE
New London County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1861; acquired from Lisbon
and Franklin. Total area, 13.8 sq. miles, Land area, 13.2 sq. miles. Population, est., 2,971. Voting district, 1. Principal
industries, agriculture and manufacture of paper board and boxes, lithographing, and engraving. Transp.--Freight: Served by
numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Baltic, Hanover and Versailles. The rural free delivery route from Baltic
supplies mail facilities for part of Scotland.
http://www.ctsprague.org/
STAFFORD
Tolland County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Settled, 1719. Total area, 58.8 sq. miles,
Land area, 58.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 11,592. Voting districts, 3. Principal industries, manufacture of woolen,
printed circuits, textiles, paper felting and filters. Transp.--Freight: Served by rail and numerous motor common carriers.
Post offices: Stafford Springs, Stafford and Staffordville. Other parts of the town are served by rural delivery from
Stafford Springs, Somers, and Monson, MA.
http://www.staffordct.org/
STAMFORD
Fairfield County.--(Form of government, strong mayor, board of representatives.)--Settled, 1641, under New Haven
jurisdiction; named Town of Stamford in 1642; submitted to Connecticut, Oct., 1662; in 1893, the City of Stamford, comprising
central portion of Town of Stamford, was incorporated. Henceforth, City of Stamford became a composite part of Town of
Stamford, resulting in two separate governments--the Town of Stamford and City of Stamford. Town and City of Stamford were
consolidated on April 15, 1949 and named City of Stamford. Total area, 52.1 sq. miles, Land area, 37.8 sq. miles. Population,
est., 119,850. Voting districts, 20. Third largest center of Fortune 500 Corporate Headquarters in the nation. Principal
industries, corporate headquarters, reinsurance, investment banking, business and consumer credit, computer software
development, magazine publishing, media production and distribution, owner/operators and brokers of bulk cargo ships,
research laboratories, management consulting, instruments manufacturing, postage meter manufacturing, plastics.
Transp.--Passenger: Served by Amtrak, Metro-North; Conn. Transit local from Darien, Norwalk, and Greenwich; and by Greyhound.
Freight: Served by Conrail and numerous common carriers. Post offices, Stamford (four substations), Glenbrook, High Ridge,
Ridgeway and Springdale.
http://www.cityofstamford.org/
STERLING
Windham County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May 4, 1794; taken from Voluntown.
Total area, 27.3 sq. miles, Land area, 27.2 sq. miles. Population, est., 3,204. Voting district, 1. Principal industries,
poultry and dairy farming, manufacturing, stone quarry. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor
common carriers. Post offices, Sterling and Oneco.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/STERLING/sterling.htm
STONINGTON
New London County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Settled, 1649; named, 1666. Total area,
50.0 sq. miles, Land area, 38.7 sq. miles. Population, est., 18,084. Voting districts, 5. Principal industries, tourism,
agriculture, fishing, boat building, oceanographic research and manufacture of machinery, plastic products, electrical parts,
screen printing, boat livery, silvercel batteries, harpsichord manufacturing, extrusion machines, photo processing.
Transp.--Passenger: Served by Amtrak and buses of Southeast Area Transit (SEAT). Freight: common motor carriers. Post
offices, Stonington, Mystic, Old Mystic and Pawcatuck.
http://www.townofstonington.com/
STRATFORD
Fairfield County.--(Form of government, council-manager.)--Settled, 1639. Total area, 19.9 sq. miles, Land area, 17.6 sq.
miles. Population, est., 50,171. Voting districts, 10. Principal industries, manufacture of aircraft, air conditioning units,
cheese chemicals, electrical parts, hardware, helicopters, machine products, machinery, novelties, plastics, paper products,
rubber goods, toys, etc. Home of the "Stratford Shakespeare Theatre". Transp.--Passenger: Served by Metro North Commuter
Railroad Co. and by buses of Bridgeport People Mover Co., subsidiary of Greater Bridgeport Transit Dist. Freight: Served by
Conrail and numerous motor common carriers. Post Office, Stratford.
http://www.townofstratford.com/
SUFFIELD
Hartford County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1674, by Massachusetts;
annexed to Connecticut, May, 1749. Total area, 42.9 sq. miles, Land area, 42.2 sq. miles. Population, est., 14,021. Voting
district, 1. Principal industries, agriculture, manufacture of ice cream, gas, small tools, warehousing. Transp.--Freight:
Served by Conrail and numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Suffield and West Suffield, R.F.D. Nos. 1 and 2 from
Suffield office and R.F.D. No. 1 from West Suffield office.
http://www.suffieldtownhall.com/
THOMASTON
Litchfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., July, 1875; taken from Plymouth.
Total area, l2.2 sq. miles, Land area, 12.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 7,766. Voting district, 1. Principal industries,
injection molding, manufacture of wire, metal pressed sheets and rods, metal shears, electronic equipment and other metal
fabrication. Transp.--Freight: Served by Boston and Maine Corporation and numerous motor common carriers. Post office,
Thomaston; one R.F.D. route.
http://www.thomastonct.org/
THOMPSON
Windham County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1785; taken from Killingly.
Total area, 48.7 sq. miles, Land area, 46.9 sq. miles. Population, est., 9,064. Voting districts, 4. Principal industries,
agriculture, and manufacture of woolen goods, plastics, candy, plumbing goods, synthetics, tool and die, power equipment,
corrugated boxes, bakery, wooden pellets and fiber optics technology. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common
carriers. Post offices, Thompson, Grosvenor Dale, North Grosvenor Dale and Quinebaug.
TOLLAND
Tolland County.--(Form of government, town manager, town council.)--Named, May 1715. Inc., May, 1722. Total area, 40.3 sq.
miles, Land area, 39.7 sq. miles. Population, est., 13,945. Voting districts, 2. Principal industry, manufacturing and
professional services. Freight: Served by numerous motor carriers. Post office, Tolland.
http://www.tolland.org/
TORRINGTON
Litchfield County.--(Form of government, mayor, city council.)--Inc. as a town, Oct. 1740; inc. as a city, Oct. 1, 1923. Town
and city consolidated, 1923. Total area, 40.4 sq. miles, Land area, 39.8 sq. miles. Population, est., 35,655. Voting
districts, 8. Principal industries, manufacture of hardware, tools, machinery, kitchen utensils, needle bearings, golf
shafts, air conditioning equipment, construction firms, warehouse distribution. Transp.--Passenger: Served by The Kelley
Transit Co., Inc., and Peter Pan Bus Lines. Local transportation furnished by Northwestern Connecticut Transit District.
Freight: Served by Boston and Maine Corporation and numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Torrington.
http://www.torringtonct.org/
TRUMBULL
Fairfield County.--(Form of government, first selectman, town council, board of finance.)--Inc., Oct., 1797; taken from
Stratford. Total area, 23.5 sq. miles, Land area, 23.3 sq. miles. Population, est., 34,857. Voting districts, 7. Principal
industry, real estate; largely a residential area. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of the Greater Bridgeport Transit
Dist.; Chestnut Hill Bus Corp. from Bridgeport; The Chieppo Bus Co. from Bridgeport and Danbury; Valley Transp., Inc. from
Waterbury and by Greyhound. Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Trumbull; house deliveries by
carriers.
http://www.trumbullct.com/
UNION
Tolland County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., Oct., 1734. Total area, 29.8 sq.
miles, Land area, 28.7 sq. miles. Population, est., 721. Voting district, 1. Principal industries, agriculture and forestry.
Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of Greyhound and Trailways. Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Rural free
delivery from Stafford Springs.
VERNON
Tolland County.--(Form of government, mayor, town council.)--Town inc., Oct., 1808; taken from Bolton. City of Rockville
inc., Jan., 1889. Town of Vernon and City of Rockville consolidated, July 1, 1965. Total area, 18.1 sq. miles, Land area,
17.7 sq. miles. Population, est., 28,718. Voting districts, 7. Principal industries, anodizing, metal surface treatments,
bacteriological media production, communications equipment, fire retardant paints, dyeing and finishing of fabrics, plastics,
tools and dies, woodworking. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of Conn. Transit from Hartford and Post Road Stages, Inc.
from Hartford and Stafford Springs. Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Vernon-Rockville and
Talcottville.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/VERNON/vernon.htm
VOLUNTOWN
New London County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting.)--Inc., May, 1721. Total area, 39.8 sq. miles, Land area,
38.9 sq. miles. Population, est., 2,579. Voting district, 1. Principal industry, agriculture, recreation. Transp.--Freight:
Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Voluntown. Rura1 free delivery.
http://www.voluntown.gov/
WALLINGFORD
New Haven County.--(Form of government, mayor, town council.)--Named, May, 1670. Town and borough consolidated, Jan. 1, 1958.
Total area, 39.9 sq. miles, Land area, 39.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 43,826. Voting districts, 9. Principal industries,
agriculture and manufacture of silverware, steel, plastic material and hardware. Transp.--Passenger: Served by Amtrak, buses
of The Short Line of Conn., Inc.; Conn. Transit from New Haven and Double A Transp. Service locally. Freight: Served by
Conrail and numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Wallingford and Yalesville.
http://www.town.wallingford.ct.us/
WARREN
Litchfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1786; taken from Kent. Total
area, 27.6 sq. miles, Land area, 26.3 sq. miles. Population, est., 1,302. Voting district, 1. Principal industry,
agriculture. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Postal rural free delivery from New Preston and
Cornwall Bridge.
WASHINGTON
Litchfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., Jan., 1779; taken from Woodbury,
Litchfield, Kent and New Milford. Total area, 38.7 sq. miles, Land area, 38.2 sq. miles. Population, est., 3,670. Voting
district, 1. Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Washington, Washington Depot and New
Preston-Marble Dale.
http://www.washingtonct.org/
WATERBURY
New Haven County.--(Form of government, mayor, board of aldermen.)--Town inc., May, 1686; city inc., 1853; town and city
consolidated, 1902. Total area, 28.9 sq. miles, Land area, 28.6 sq. miles. Population, est., 107,883. Voting districts, 22.
Principal industries, manufacture of brass and copper products, clocks and watches. Transp.--Passenger: Served by Metro North
Commuter Railroad Co. and buses of Bonanza Bus Lines, Inc. from Hartford and Danbury; The Conn. Transit from New Haven; North
East Transp. Co., Inc. locally. Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Waterbury.
http://www.waterbury-ct.gov/
WATERFORD
New London County.--(Form of government, representative town meeting, selectmen, board of finance.)--Inc., Oct., 1801; taken
from New London. Total area, 44.4 sq. miles, Land area, 32.8 sq. miles. Population, est., 18,925. Voting districts, 4.
Suburban Transp.--Freight: Served by Providence and Worcester Co., Central Vermont Railway and numerous motor common
carriers. Post offices, Waterford and Quaker Hill.
http://www.waterfordct.org/
WATERTOWN
Litchfield County.--(Form of government, town manager, town council, town meeting.)--Inc., May, 1780; taken from Waterbury.
Total area, 29.6 sq. miles, Land area, 29.2 sq. miles. Population, est., 22,100. Voting districts, 4. Principal industries,
manufacture of plastics, rayon, silk, nylon, mattresses, brass goods, metal coloring, wire goods and watches.
Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of North East Transp. Co., Inc. Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post
offices, Watertown and Oakville.
http://www.watertownct.org/
WESTBROOK
Middlesex County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1840; taken from Saybrook
(Deep River). Total area, 21.4 sq. miles, Land area, 15.7 sq. miles. Population, est., 6,507. Voting district, 1. Principal
industries, fishing, woodworking, electronics, aircraft and missile parts, concrete blocks, auto sales, boat rentals and
sales, marinas, summer resorts and Westbrook factory stores. Freight: Served by Conrail, Providence and Worcester Co. and
numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Westbrook. Rural free delivery.
http://www.westbrookct.us/
WEST HARTFORD
Hartford County.--(Form of government, town manager, town council.)--Inc., May, 1854; taken from Hartford. Total area, 22.4
sq. miles, Land area, 22.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 61,365. Voting districts, 10. Principal industries, manufacture of
turbines, automobile parts, coil pipe, ball bearings, electrical supplies, screws, small tools and machinery, precision
machinery tools, chucks, dies, chemical products, air conditioning units, and plastics. To a large extent a residential area.
Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of Conn. Transit from Hartford, Farmington, Bloomfield, Newington and Unionville; and
Bonanza Bus Lines, Inc. Freight: Served by Conrail and numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, West Hartford, Elmwood
and Bishops Corner.
http://www.west-hartford.com/
WEST HAVEN
New Haven County.--(Form of government, mayor, city council.)--Inc., June 24, 1921; taken from Orange; inc. as a city, June
27, 1961. Total area, 11.0 sq. miles, Land area, 10.8 sq. miles. Population, est., 52,733. Voting districts, 10. Principal
industries, manufacture of buckles, manufacturing of durable and non-durable goods, textiles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals,
artificial stone products. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of Conn. Transit from New Haven, Milford and Bridgeport.
Freight: Served by Conrail and numerous motor common carriers. Post office, West Haven.
http://www.cityofwesthaven.com/
WESTON
Fairfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., Oct., 1787; taken from Fairfield,
Inc., 1845, the town was divided and Easton was taken from Weston. Total area, 20.7 sq. miles, Land area, 19.8 sq. miles.
Population, est., 10,229. Voting districts, 2. Residential community; no industries. Transp.--Freight: To South Norwalk. Post
office, Weston. Rural free delivery from Weston and Georgetown.
http://www.weston-ct.com/
WESTPORT
Fairfield County.--(Form of government, Board of selectmen, representative town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May 28,
1835; taken from Fairfield, Norwalk and Weston. Total area, 33.3 sq. miles, Land area, 20.0 sq. miles. Population, est.,
26,171. Voting districts, 9. Principal industries, retailing and corporate office headquarters, known for the arts, theater
and fine restaurants. Transp.--Passenger: Served by Metro North Commuter Railroad Co. and Minibus. Freight: Served by Conrail
and numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Westport, Saugatuck and Greens Farms. The extreme eastern part of the town
is also served by Greens Farms Railroad Station.
http://www.ci.westport.ct.us/
WETHERSFIELD
Hartford County.--(Form of government, town manager, town council.)--Settled, 1634; named, 1637; inc., May, 1822. Total area,
13.1 sq. miles, Land area, 12.4 sq. miles. Population, est., 26,390. Voting districts, 10. Principal industries, professional
offices, restaurants, marine dock, Kell-Strom, printing, Hartford Hospital Wellness Center, Hart Seed Co. Headquarters,
Comstock Ferre Headquarters, Connecticut Light and Power Co. Computer Center, Northeast Utilities Service Co. Headquarters,
Dept. of Corrections, Labor Dept. and State Motor Vehicles Dept. Transp.--Passenger: Served by CT Transit buses from Hartford
and Middletown. Freight: all common carriers, including railroad, Amtrak, Hartford. Site: William H. Putnam Bridge to cross
the Connecticut River. Post office, Wethersfield (branch of Hartford post office), with carrier service, Oldest Volunteer
Fire Department in New England.
http://www.wethersfieldct.com/
WILLINGTON
Tolland County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1727. Total area, 33.5 sq.
miles, Land area, 33.3 sq. miles. Population, est., 6,116. Voting district, 1. Principal industries, agriculture, manufacture
of machined parts, electroplating. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of the Windham Region Transit District from Storrs to
Windham. Freight: Served by Central Vermont Railway and numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Willington. Rural free
delivery.
http://www.willingtonct.org/
WILTON
Fairfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1802; taken from Norwalk.
Total area, 27.4 sq. miles, Land area, 27.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 17,860. Voting districts, 3. Residential community;
electronic research development. Transp.--Passenger: Served by Metro North Commuter Railroad Co. Freight: Served by Conrail
and numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Wilton and Georgetown.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/WILTON/wilton.htm
WINCHESTER
Litchfield County.--(Form of government, town manager, town meeting, selectmen.)--Inc., May, 1771. Total area, 33.8 sq.
miles, Land area, 32.3 sq. miles. Population, est., 10,755. Voting district, 1. Principal industries, ballbearings, custom
cartons, hinges, electrical harnesses and cables, turbine blades, screw machine products, machine tool companies, powdered
metal products, pet supplies and business forms. Home of Northwestern Connecticut Community College. Transp.--Passenger:
Served by buses of the Kelly Transit Co., Rural Transit Auth. Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post
offices, Winsted and Winchester Center.
http://www.townofwinchester.org/
WINDHAM
Windham County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Town inc., May, 1692. City of Willimantic
inc., Jan. 1893. Town of Windham and City of Willimantic consolidated July 1, 1983. Total area, 27.9 sq. miles, Land area,
27.1 sq. miles. Population, est., 22,976. Voting districts, 5. Principal industries, manufacture of fiber optic cable, rubber
gaskets and rollers, capacitors, industrial abrasives, screw machine products, screws, fasteners and tiedowns.
Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of the Bonanza Bus Lines, Inc. from Hartford, Danielson, and Providence, RI; Freight:
Served by New England Central Railway, Providence and Worcester Railroad Co. and numerous motor common carriers. Post
offices, Willimantic, Windham, North Windham and South Windham. Rural free delivery.
http://www.windhamct.com/
WINDSOR
Hartford County.--(Form of government, town manager, town council, town meeting.)--Settled, Sept. 26, 1633; named, Feb.,
1637. Total area, 31.1 sq. miles, Land area, 29.6 sq. miles. Population, est., 28,519. Voting districts, 7. Principal
industries, power generation, aerospace, insurance, computer aided design and manufacturing software development, medical
technology, financial services, manufacturing of computer components, electronics, machine tools, adhesives, measuring
devices, automotive parts, air movement equipment, and shade grown tobacco. Transp.--Passenger: Served by Amtrak and buses of
Conn. Transit from Hartford. Freight: Served by Conrail and numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Windsor and
Poquonock.
http://www.townofwindsorct.com/
WINDSOR LOCKS
Hartford County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., May, 1854; taken from Windsor.
Located on west side of Conn. River, on main route from Hartford to Springfield, MA. Home of Bradley International Airport.
Total area, 9.4 sq. miles, Land area, 9.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 12,237. Voting districts, 2. Principal industries,
food servicing and distribution, manufacture of aerospace products, paper products, electronics and machines. Federal Reserve
Clearing House. Transp.--Passenger: Served by Amtrak, transcontinental and transoceanic airlines, buses of Conn. Transit
Commuter Express, Dattco Bus, Inc. and Peter Pan Lines service between Springfield, MA, Bradley International and Hartford;
limousine service available from Bradley International Airport. Freight: Served by Conrail, all principal airlines and
numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Windsor Locks. Carrier service and rural free delivery.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/WINDSOR_LOCKS/windsor_locks.htm
WOLCOTT
New Haven County.--(Form of government, mayor, town council, finance officer.)--Inc., May, 1796; taken from Waterbury and
Southington. Total area, 21.1 sq. miles, Land area, 20.4 sq. miles. Population, est., 15,682. Voting districts, 3. Principal
industries, agriculture and manufacture of tools, novelties, etc. Transp.--Passenger: Served by buses of the Bonanza Bus
Lines, Inc. from Waterbury and Hartford. Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Wolcott.
http://www.wolcottct.com/
WOODBRIDGE
New Haven County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Inc., Jan., 1784; taken from New Haven
and Milford. Total area, 19.2 sq. miles, Land area, 18.8 sq. miles. Population, est., 9,146. Voting district, 1. Principal
industry, agriculture; mostly a suburban residential town. Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office,
R.F.D. Woodbridge. Rural free delivery from New Haven post office. Voted Beer Permit Only, 1935.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/WOODBRIDGE/woodbridge.htm
WOODBURY
Litchfield County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Named, May, 1673. Total area, 36.7 sq.
miles, Land area, 36.5 sq. miles. Population, est., 9,466. Voting districts, 2. Principal industries, agriculture,
construction, manufacturing and mining. Transp.--Freight: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post office, Woodbury.
Rural free delivery to part of the town.
http://www.woodburyct.org/
WOODMONT
P.O., c/o Clerk, 31 Clinton St., Woodmont 06460; Tel., (203) 874-4430.--Warden, Richard J. Austin.--Sr. Burgess, Phyllis
Medvedow.--Burgesses, Edward W. Bonessi, Jr., Christine A. Frasca, April Palm, Joseph Sastre, Irvin D.
Zeidenberg.--Clerk/Secy., Robin Brady-Boxwell.--Treas., Claire N. Zeidenberg.--Tax Collector, James Halloran.--Constable,
James W. Coleman.--Auditors, Ellen R. Austin, Linda M. Casey.
*See City of Milford.
WOODSTOCK
Windham County.--(Form of government, selectmen, town meeting, board of finance.)--Settled, 1686; named New Roxbury; name
changed, March, 1690, to Woodstock. Annexed to Conn., May, 1749. Total area, 61.8 sq. miles, Land area, 60.5 sq. miles.
Population, est., 7,518. Voting district, 1. Principal industries, agriculture and manufacture of electrical switches, jet
aircraft components, microporous plastics, fancy soaps, toiletries, gourmet foods, and fiberglass components.
Transp.--Passenger: None. Freight and express: Served by numerous motor common carriers. Post offices, Woodstock, East
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