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Andover |
Tolland |
1848 |
Coventry, Hebron |
May 18, 1848; taken from Hebron and Coventry |
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Ansonia |
New Haven |
1889 |
Derby |
April, 1889; taken from Derby |
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Ashford |
Windham |
1714 |
---- |
Oct., 1714 |
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Avon |
Hartford |
1830 |
Farmington |
May, 1830; taken from Farmington |
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Barkhamsted |
Litchfield |
1779 |
---- |
Oct., 1779 |
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Beacon Falls |
New Haven |
1871 |
Bethany, Seymour, Oxford, Naugatuck |
June, 1871, taken from Bethany, Oxford, Seymour and Naugatuck |
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Berlin |
Hartford |
1785 |
Farmington, Wethersfield, Middletown |
May, 1785; taken from Farmington, Wethersfield and Middletown |
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Bethany |
New Haven |
1832 |
Woodbridge |
May, 1832; taken from Woodbridge |
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Bethel |
Fairfield |
1855 |
Danbury |
May, 1855; taken from Danbury |
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Bethlehem |
Litchfield |
1787 |
Woodbury |
May, 1787; taken from Woodbury, and known as "North Purchase." |
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Bloomfield |
Hartford |
1835 |
Windsor, Farmington, Simsbury |
May, 1835; taken from Windsor |
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Bolton |
Tolland |
1720 |
Oct., 1720 |
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Bozrah |
New London |
1786 |
Norwich |
May, 1786; taken from Norwich |
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Branford |
New Haven |
1685 |
New Haven |
Named, 1653; settled 1639~1644 under New Haven jurisdiction; named 1653; set off from New Haven 1685 |
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Bridgeport |
Fairfield |
1821 |
Stratford, Fairfield |
May, 1821; taken from Stratford and Fairfield; city inc., May, 1836; town and city consolidated, 1836 |
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Bridgewater |
Litchfield |
1856 |
New Milford |
May, 1856; taken from New Milford |
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Bristol |
Hartford |
1785 |
Farmington |
May, 1785; taken from Farmington. Town and city co-extensive, 1911 |
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Brookfield |
Fairfield |
1788 |
Danbury, New Milford, Newtown |
May, 1788; taken from Danbury, New Milford and Newtown |
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Brooklyn |
Windham |
1786 |
Pomfret, Canterbury |
May, 1786; taken from Pomfret and Canterbury |
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Burlington |
Hartford |
1806 |
Bristol |
May, 1806; taken from Bristol |
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Canaan |
Litchfield |
1739 |
---- |
Oct., 1739 |
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Canterbury |
Windham |
1703 |
Plainfield |
Oct., 1703; taken from Plainfield |
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Canton |
Hartford |
1806 |
Simsbury |
May, 1806; taken from Simsbury |
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Chaplin |
Windham |
1822 |
Windham, Hampton, Mansfield |
1822; taken from Windham, Mansfield and Hampton |
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Cheshire |
New Haven |
1780 |
Wallingford |
May, 1780; taken from Wallingford |
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Chester |
Middlesex |
1836 |
Saybrook |
May, 1836; taken from Saybrook, now Chester |
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Clinton |
Middlesex |
1838 |
Killingworth |
May, 1838; taken from Killingworth |
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Colchester |
New London |
1698 |
---- |
1698; named, Oct., 1699 |
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Colebrook |
Litchfield |
1779 |
---- |
Oct., 1779 |
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Columbia |
Tolland |
1804 |
Lebanon |
May, 1804; taken from Lebanon |
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Cornwall |
Litchfield |
1740 |
---- |
May, 1740 |
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Coventry |
Tolland |
1712 |
---- |
May, 1712 |
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Cromwell |
Middlesex |
1851 |
Middletown |
May, 1851; taken from Middletown |
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Danbury |
Fairfield |
1687 |
---- |
Settled, 1685; named, Oct., 1687, Inc., town, May, 1702; city, 1889. Town and city consolidated, Jan. 1, 1965 |
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Darien |
Fairfield |
1820 |
Stamford |
May, 1820; taken from Stamford |
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Deep River |
Middlesex |
1635 |
---- |
Settled, 1635 as Saybrook; united with Connecticut, Dec., 1644; name changed to Deep River, July 1, 1947 |
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Derby |
New Haven |
1675 |
---- |
Named, May, 1675. Town inc., May 13, 1775. City inc., June 7, 1893. Town and city consolidated, June 7, 1893 |
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Durham |
Middlesex |
1708 |
---- |
Settled, 1699; named, May 1704; Inc., Oct. 1708 |
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East Granby |
Hartford |
1858 |
Granby, Windsor Locks |
June, 1858; taken from Granby and Windsor Locks |
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East Haddam |
Middlesex |
1734 |
Haddam |
May, 1734; taken from Haddam |
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East Hampton |
Middlesex |
1767 |
Middletown |
Inc., as Chatham, Oct., 1767; taken from Middletown |
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East Hartford |
Hartford |
1783 |
Hartford |
Oct., 1783; taken from Hartford |
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East Haven |
New Haven |
1785 |
New Haven |
May, 1785; taken from New Haven |
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East Lyme |
New London |
1839 |
Lyme, Waterford |
May, 1839; taken from Lyme and Waterford |
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East Windsor |
Hartford |
1768 |
Windsor |
May, 1768; taken from Windsor |
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Eastford |
Windham |
1847 |
Ashford |
May, 1847; taken from Ashford |
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Easton |
Fairfield |
1845 |
Weston |
May, 1845; taken from Weston |
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Ellington |
Tolland |
1786 |
East Windsor |
May, 1786; taken from East Windsor |
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Enfield |
Hartford |
1683 |
---- |
Named and inc., by Massachusetts, 1683; annexed to Conn., May, 1749 |
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Essex |
Middlesex |
1852 |
Saybrook |
Sept. 13, 1852, as Old Saybrook; taken from Saybrook. Name changed, July 8, 1854 to Essex |
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Fairfield |
Fairfield |
1639 |
---- |
Settled, 1639; named 1645; included in Connecticut Colony, May, 1685 |
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Farmington |
Hartford |
1645 |
---- |
Inc. and named, Dec., 1645. The Town of Farmington, Borough of Unionville and Borough of Farmington were consolidated in 1947 |
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Franklin |
New London |
1786 |
Norwich |
May, 1786; taken from Norwich |
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Glastonbury |
Hartford |
1690 |
Wethersfield |
May, 1693; taken from Wethersfield |
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Goshen |
Litchfield |
1739 |
---- |
Oct., 1739 |
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Granby |
Hartford |
1786 |
Simsbury |
Oct., 1786; taken from Simsbury |
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Greenwich |
Fairfield |
1665 |
Stamford |
Settled, 1640, submitted to Connecticut, Oct. 6, 1656 |
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Griswold |
New London |
1815 |
Preston |
Oct., 1815; taken from Preston |
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Groton |
New London |
1705 |
New London |
May 10, 1705; taken from New London |
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Guilford |
New Haven |
1643 |
---- |
Settled, 1639; named, July 6, 1643 |
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Haddam |
Middlesex |
1668 |
---- |
Oct. 8, 1668 |
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Hamden |
New Haven |
1786 |
New Haven |
May, 1786; taken from New Haven |
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Hampton |
Windham |
1786 |
Windham, Pomfret, Brooklyn, Canterbury, |
Oct., 1786; taken from Windham, Pomfret, Brooklyn, Canterbury and Mansfield |
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Hartford |
Hartford |
1635 |
---- |
Settled in 1635; inc., 1784; city inc., May, 1784. Town and city consolidated, April, 1896 |
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Hartland |
Hartford |
1761 |
---- |
May, 1761 |
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Harwinton |
Litchfield |
1737 |
---- |
Oct., 1737 |
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Hebron |
Tolland |
1708 |
---- |
May 26, 1708 |
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Kent |
Litchfield |
1739 |
---- |
Oct., 1739 |
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Killingly |
Windham |
1708 |
---- |
May, 1708 |
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Killingworth |
Middlesex |
1667 |
Named, May, 1667 |
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Lebanon |
New London |
1700 |
---- |
Oct., 1700 |
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Ledyard |
New London |
1836 |
Groton |
June, 1836; taken from Groton |
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Lisbon |
New London |
1786 |
Norwich |
May, 1786; taken from Norwich |
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Litchfield |
Litchfield |
1719 |
---- |
May, 1719 |
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Lyme |
New London |
1667 |
Saybrook |
Named, May, 1667; set off from Saybrook, now Deep River, in 1665 |
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Madison |
New Haven |
1826 |
Guilford |
May, 1826, taken from Guilford |
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Manchester |
Hartford |
1823 |
East Hartford |
May, 1823; taken from East Hartford |
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Mansfield |
Tolland |
1702 |
Windham |
Oct., 1702; taken from Windham |
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Marlborough |
Hartford |
1803 |
Colchester, Glastonbury, Hebron |
Oct., 1803; taken from Colchester, Glastonbury and Hebron |
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Meriden |
New Haven |
1806 |
Wallingford |
May, 1806; taken from Wallingford. City inc., May, 1867. Town and city consolidated, Jan. 1, 1922 |
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Middlebury |
New Haven |
1807 |
Waterbury, Woodbury, Southbury |
Oct., 1807; taken from Waterbury, Woodbury and Southbury |
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Middlefield |
Middlesex |
1866 |
Middletown |
June, 1866; taken from Middletown |
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Middletown |
Middlesex |
1651 |
---- |
Town inc., Sept. 11, 1651, named, Nov. 1653; city inc., 1784, town and city consolidated, 1923 |
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Milford |
New Haven |
1639 |
---- |
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 |
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Monroe |
Fairfield |
1823 |
Huntington |
May, 1823; taken from Huntington (now Shelton) |
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Montville |
New London |
1786 |
New London |
Oct. 12, 1786; taken from New London |
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Morris |
Litchfield |
1859 |
Litchfield |
June, 1859; taken from Litchfield |
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Naugatuck |
New Haven |
1844 |
Waterbury, Bethany, Oxford |
May, 1844; taken from Waterbury, Bethany and Oxford. Borough and town consolidated, 1895 |
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New Britain |
Hartford |
1850 |
Berlin |
May, 1850; taken from Berlin. City inc., 1871. Town and City consolidated, April, 1905 |
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New Canaan |
Fairfield |
1801 |
Norwalk, Stamford |
May, 1801; taken from Norwalk and Stamford |
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New Fairfield |
Fairfield |
1740 |
---- |
May 1740 |
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New Hartford |
Litchfield |
1738 |
---- |
Oct., 1738 |
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New Haven |
New Haven |
1638 |
---- |
Settled, April, 1638; named, Aug., 1640; Inc., 1784; town and city consolidated, Nov., 1895 |
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New London |
New London |
1646 |
---- |
Settled, 1646; named, March 11, 1658. Inc., Jan., 1784. Town and city are co-extensive |
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New Milford |
Litchfield |
1712 |
---- |
Oct., 1712 |
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Newington |
Hartford |
1871 |
Wethersfield |
July 10, 1871; taken from Wethersfield |
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Newtown |
Fairfield |
1711 |
---- |
Oct., 1711 |
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Norfolk |
Litchfield |
1758 |
---- |
Oct., 1758 |
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North Branford |
New Haven |
1831 |
Branford |
May, 1831; taken from Branford |
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North Canaan |
Litchfield |
1858 |
Canaan |
May, 1858; taken from Canaan |
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North Haven |
New Haven |
1786 |
New Haven |
Oct., 1786; taken from New Haven |
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North Stonington |
New London |
1807 |
Stonington |
May, 1807; taken from Stonington |
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Norwalk |
Fairfield |
1651 |
---- |
Sept. 11, 1651. Town and city consolidated, Oct., 1913 |
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Norwich |
New London |
1662 |
---- |
Settled, 1659; accepted as legal township, May, 1662; city inc., May, 1784; town and city consolidated, Jan. 1, 1952 |
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Old Lyme |
New London |
1855 |
Lyme |
off from Saybrook, February 13, 1665; Inc., May, 1855, as South Lyme; taken from Lyme; name changed in 1857 |
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Old Saybrook |
Middlesex |
1854 |
Old Saybrook (i.e., the modern Essex) |
July 8, 1854 |
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Orange |
New Haven |
1822 |
Milford, New Haven |
May, 1822, taken from Milford and New Haven |
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Oxford |
New Haven |
1798 |
Derby, Southbury |
Oct., 1798; taken from Derby and Southbury |
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Plainfield |
Windham |
1699 |
---- |
as Quinabaug, May, 1699; named Plainfield, Oct., 1700 |
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Plainville |
Hartford |
1869 |
Farmington |
July, 1869; taken from Farmington |
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Plymouth |
Litchfield |
1795 |
Watertown |
May, 1795; taken from Watertown |
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Pomfret |
Windham |
1713 |
---- |
Named and inc., May, 1713 |
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Portland |
Middlesex |
1841 |
Chatham |
May, 1841; taken from Chatham |
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Preston |
New London |
1687 |
---- |
Oct., 1687 |
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Prospect |
New Haven |
1827 |
Cheshire, Waterbury |
May, 1827; taken from Cheshire and Waterbury |
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Putnam |
Windham |
1855 |
Thompson, Pomfret, Killingly |
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. |
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Redding |
Fairfield |
1767 |
Fairfield |
May, 1767; taken from Fairfield |
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Ridgefield |
Fairfield |
1709 |
---- |
Settled, 1708; inc., Oct., 1709; town and borough consolidated, May 11, 1921 |
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Rocky Hill |
Hartford |
1843 |
Wethersfield |
May, 1843; taken from Wethersfield |
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Roxbury |
Litchfield |
1796 |
Woodbury |
Oct., 1796; taken from Woodbury |
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Salem |
New London |
1819 |
Colchester, Lyme, Montville |
May 5, 1819; taken from Colchester, Lyme and Montville |
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Salisbury |
Litchfield |
1741 |
---- |
Oct., 1741 |
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Scotland |
Windham |
1857 |
Windham |
May, 1857; taken from Windham |
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Seymour |
New Haven |
1850 |
Derby |
May, 1850; taken from Derby |
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Sharon |
Litchfield |
1739 |
---- |
Oct., 1739 |
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Shelton |
Fairfield |
1789 |
Stratford |
Jan., 1789; taken from Stratford; city inc., 1915; town and city of Shelton, co-extensive |
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Sherman |
Fairfield |
1802 |
New Fairfield |
Oct., 1802; taken from New Fairfield |
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Simsbury |
Hartford |
1670 |
---- |
Named, May, 1670 |
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Somers |
Tolland |
1734 |
Enfield |
Named, July, 1734; annexed to Connecticut, May, 1749 |
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South Windsor |
Hartford |
1845 |
East Windsor |
May, 1845; taken from East Windsor |
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Southbury |
New Haven |
1787 |
Woodbury |
May, 1787; taken from Woodbury |
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Southington |
Hartford |
1779 |
Farmington |
Oct., 1779; taken from Farmington. Town and borough consolidated, 1947 |
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Sprague |
New London |
1861 |
Lisbon, Franklin |
May, 1861; acquired from Lisbon and Franklin |
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Stafford |
Tolland |
1719 |
---- |
Settled, 1719 |
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Stamford |
Fairfield |
1641 |
---- |
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 |
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Sterling |
Windham |
1794 |
Voluntown |
May 4, 1794; taken from Voluntown |
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Stonington |
New London |
1662 |
---- |
Settled, 1649; named, 1666 |
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Stratford |
Fairfield |
1639 |
---- |
Settled, 1639 |
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Suffield |
Hartford |
1674 |
---- |
May, 1674, by Massachusetts; annexed to Connecticut, May, 1749 |
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Thomaston |
Litchfield |
1875 |
Plymouth |
July, 1875; taken from Plymouth |
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Thompson |
Windham |
1785 |
Killingly |
May, 1785; taken from Killingly |
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Tolland |
Tolland |
1715 |
---- |
Named, May 1715. Inc., May, 1722 |
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Torrington |
Litchfield |
1740 |
---- |
Inc. as a town, Oct. 1740; inc. as a city, Oct. 1, 1923. Town and city consolidated, 1923 |
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Trumbull |
Fairfield |
1797 |
Stratford |
Oct., 1797; taken from Stratford |
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Union |
Tolland |
1734 |
---- |
Oct., 1734 |
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Vernon |
Tolland |
1808 |
Bolton |
Town inc., Oct., 1808; taken from Bolton. City of Rockville inc., Jan., 1889. Town of Vernon and City of Rockville consolidated, July 1, 1965 |
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Voluntown |
New London |
1721 |
---- |
May, 1721 |
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Wallingford |
New Haven |
1670 |
New Haven |
Named, May, 1670. Town and borough consolidated, Jan. 1, 1958 |
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Warren |
Litchfield |
1786 |
Kent |
May, 1786; taken from Kent |
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Washington |
Litchfield |
1779 |
Woodbury, Litchfield, Kent, New Milford |
Jan., 1779; taken from Woodbury, Litchfield, Kent and New Milford |
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Waterbury |
New Haven |
1686 |
---- |
Town inc., May, 1686; city inc., 1853; town and city consolidated, 1902 |
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Waterford |
New London |
1801 |
New London |
Oct., 1801; taken from New London |
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Watertown |
Litchfield |
1780 |
Waterbury |
May, 1780; taken from Waterbury |
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West Hartford |
Hartford |
1854 |
Hartford |
May, 1854; taken from Hartford |
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West Haven |
New Haven |
1921 |
Orange |
June 24, 1921; taken from Orange; inc. as a city, June 27, 1961 |
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Westbrook |
Middlesex |
1840 |
Saybrook |
May, 1840; taken from Saybrook (Deep River) |
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Weston |
Fairfield |
1787 |
Fairfield |
Oct., 1787; taken from Fairfield, Inc., 1845, the town was divided and Easton was taken from Weston |
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Westport |
Fairfield |
1835 |
Fairfield, Norwalk, Weston |
May 28, 1835; taken from Fairfield, Norwalk and Weston |
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Wethersfield |
Hartford |
1634 |
---- |
Settled, 1634; named, 1637; inc., May, 1822 |
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Willington |
Tolland |
1727 |
---- |
May, 1727 |
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Wilton |
Fairfield |
1802 |
Norwalk |
May, 1802; taken from Norwalk |
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Winchester |
Litchfield |
1771 |
---- |
May, 1771 |
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Windham |
Windham |
1692 |
---- |
Town inc., May, 1692. City of Willimantic inc., Jan. 1893. Town of Windham and City of Willimantic consolidated July 1, 1983 |
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Windsor |
Hartford |
1633 |
---- |
Settled, Sept. 26, 1633; named, Feb., 1637 |
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Windsor Locks |
Hartford |
1854 |
Windsor |
May, 1854; taken from Windsor |
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Wolcott |
New Haven |
1796 |
Waterbury, Southington |
May, 1796; taken from Waterbury and Southington |
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Woodbridge |
New Haven |
1784 |
New Haven, Milford |
Jan., 1784; taken from New Haven and Milford |
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Woodbury |
Litchfield |
1673 |
---- |
Named, May, 1673 |
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Woodstock |
Windham |
1690 |
---- |
Settled, 1686; named New Roxbury; name changed, March, 1690, to Woodstock. Annexed to Conn., May, 1749 |