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New Canaan (/ ˈ k eɪ n ə n /) is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.The population was 20,622 according to the 2020 census. [1] The town is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region.
Much of Connecticut’s wealth is concentrated in lower Fairfield County. Several zip codes in Fairfield Country are amongst the wealthiest in the United States. Other wealthy areas above the state average include the suburbs surrounding Hartford and New Haven, many of the towns along coastal Connecticut, and areas of Litchfield County.
The core area consists of Silvermine Tavern and 85 other historic buildings, about half of which are in Norwalk, with the rest in New Canaan, except for one in Wilton. The core area was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district, known as Silvermine Center Historic District, on June 23, 2009. [28]
New Canaan is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It represents the built-up center of town around the intersections of Main Street, East Street, Elm Street, and South Avenue. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
Canaan is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,080 at the 2020 census , [ 1 ] down from 1,234 at the 2010 census . The town is part of the Northwest Hills Planning Region .
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.
Map of the counties of colonial Connecticut, 1766. There are eight counties in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Four of the counties – Fairfield, Hartford, New Haven and New London – were created in 1666, shortly after the Connecticut Colony and the New Haven Colony combined. Windham and Litchfield counties were created later in the colonial ...
However, the portion between Norwalk and New Canaan was originally shown as Route 29 in the 1932 official highway map, with Route 123 shown along modern Route 124 between Darien and New Canaan. In 1934, the Routes 123 and 29 south of New Canaan were exchanged for each other.