The U.S. state of Connecticut is divided into 169 municipalities, including 19 cities, 149 towns and one borough, which are grouped into eight historical counties, as well as nine planning regions which serve as county equivalents.
Municipalities of Connecticut | |
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Location | State of Connecticut |
Number | 169 |
Populations | 785 (Union) – 148,654 (Bridgeport) |
Areas | 4.98 square miles (12.9 km2) (Derby) – 61.59 square miles (159.5 km2) (New Milford) |
Government |
Towns traditionally have a town meeting form of government; under the Home Rule Act, however, towns are free to choose their own government structure. Nineteen of the towns in Connecticut are consolidated city-towns, and one (Naugatuck) is a consolidated borough-town.
City incorporation requires a Special Act by the Connecticut General Assembly. All cities in Connecticut are dependent municipalities, meaning they are located within and subordinate to a town. However, except for one, all currently existing cities in Connecticut are consolidated with their parent town. Former inner-cities are listed in a separate table below.
Towns in Connecticut are allowed to adopt a city form of government without the need to re-incorporate as an inner-city. Connecticut state law also makes no distinction between a consolidated town/city and a regular town. Bolded city names indicate the state's largest cities, with the most populated being Bridgeport. Currently, Tolland County and Windham County are the only counties in Connecticut without a single city in them.
List of municipalities in Connecticut
editCities
editNote: There are currently 21 cities in Connecticut and those with a population greater than 100,000 are listed in bold.
Former cities
editFormer city | County | Planning region | Date chartered as city | Date of disestablishment | Disposition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
South Norwalk | Fairfield | Western Connecticut | 1871 | 1913 | Consolidated with Town and City of Norwalk in 1913.
Now a neighborhood and a taxing district |
Rockville | Tolland | Capitol | 1889 | 1965 | Consolidated with the Town of Vernon. Now a CDP. |
Willimantic | Windham | Southeastern Connecticut | 1893 | 1983 | Now a CDP in the town of Windham |
Putnam | Windham | Northeastern Connecticut | 1895 | 1984 | Now a CDP in the town of Putnam |
Gallery
editBoroughs
editName | Parent town | Population (2020) |
Area (2020) | Coordinates | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
sq mi | km2 | ||||
Bantam | Litchfield | 720 | 1.01 | 2.6 | 41°43′24″N 73°14′26″W / 41.72333°N 73.24056°W |
Danielson | Killingly | 4,155 | 1.16 | 3.0 | 41°48′29″N 71°53′03″W / 41.80806°N 71.88417°W |
Fenwick | Old Saybrook | 53 | 0.39 | 1.0 | 41°16′12″N 72°21′26″W / 41.27000°N 72.35722°W |
Groton Long Point | Groton | 530 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 41°18′52″N 72°00′28″W / 41.31444°N 72.00778°W |
Jewett City | Griswold | 3,328 | 0.74 | 1.9 | 41°36′26″N 71°58′47″W / 41.60722°N 71.97972°W |
Litchfield | Litchfield | 1,179 | 1.37 | 3.5 | 41°44′51″N 73°11′17″W / 41.74750°N 73.18806°W |
Naugatuck[a] | 31,519 | 16.39 | 42.4 | 41°29′23″N 73°03′05″W / 41.48972°N 73.05139°W | |
Newtown | Newtown | 1,914 | 2.3 | 6.0 | 41°24′42.82″N 73°18′43.01″W / 41.4118944°N 73.3119472°W |
Stonington | Stonington | 976 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 41°20′5.15″N 71°53′58.05″W / 41.3347639°N 71.8994583°W |
Woodmont | Milford | 1,486 | 0.99 | 2.6 | 41°13′41″N 72°59′32″W / 41.22806°N 72.99222°W |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Naugatuck is a consolidated borough and town.
References
edit- ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
- Connecticut State Register and Manual, Sec. VII
External links
edit- Census 2000 Gazetteer
- National Association of Towns and Townships
- The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities
- The Connecticut Council of Small Towns