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Stratford is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.It is situated on Long Island Sound at the mouth of the Housatonic River.The town is part of the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, and the Bridgeport–Stamford–Norwalk Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Bridgeport (now a separate city) was the state's first borough, formed in 1800 or 1801 as a subdivision of the town of Stratford.Numerous additional boroughs were established thereafter, mostly during the 19th century, to serve a variety of local governmental purposes.
Stratford Downtown is a census-designated place (CDP) corresponding to the town center of Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. U.S. Route 1 (Barnum Avenue) runs east–west through the center of the CDP, and Interstate 95 forms the southeastern border, with access from Exit 32 (West Broad Street) at the southern limit of the CDP and from Exit 33 (US 1 and Connecticut Route ...
In the late 1780s, North Stratford began to petition the Connecticut General Assembly seeking independence from Stratford. The Assembly finally granted full town rights in October 1797 and named the new town after Jonathan Trumbull (1710–1785), a merchant, patriot , statesman and slave owner when it was incorporated in 1797. [ 2 ]
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Stratford, Texas, a city; Stratford, Washington, an unincorporated community; Stratford, Wisconsin, a village; Stratford Hall (plantation), a National Register of Historic Places site in Virginia; Stratford Shoal, Long Island Sound, Connecticut, site of Stratford Shoal Light, a lighthouse
Main Street continues north towards Stratford center, intersecting with Route 130 and West Broad Street (which provides access to I-95 at Exit 32). Continuing north, it goes under I-95 without an interchange past the Stratford railroad station, intersecting with U.S. Route 1 , then running for another 1.6 miles (2.6 km) in the residential part ...
Stamford (/ ˈ s t æ m f ər d /) is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, 34 miles (55 kilometers) outside of New York City. It is the sixth- most populous city in New England . Stamford is also the largest city in the Western Connecticut Planning Region , and Connecticut's second-most populous city, behind Bridgeport .