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Connecticut Metropolitan Council of Governments (MetroCOG) Greater Bridgeport and Valley MPO: Bridgeport: Matthew Fulda 327,651: 140.2 sq mi (363 km 2) Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 130: Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments (RiverCOG) (Same) Middletown: Samuel S. Gold 176,215: 424.1 sq mi (1,098 km 2)
From parts of Hartford and New London Counties: Former county of Middlesex, England 164,759: 369 sq mi (956 km 2) New Haven County: 009: New Haven: 1666: original county: After New Haven Colony, founded as a haven in which Puritans could be free from persecution. 863,700: 606 sq mi (1,570 km 2) New London County: 011: New London: 1666: original ...
From 1666 to 1960, "weak" county governments existed in Connecticut, where each county commission had limited powers delegated to it by the General Assembly. Each county had a 3-member County Commission, whose members were appointed by the General Assembly; plus a Sheriff who was elected by the voters in each county.
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.
The Capitol Planning Region is a planning region and county-equivalent in Connecticut. It is served by the coterminous Capitol Region Council of Governments (CRCOG). In 2022, planning regions were approved to replace Connecticut's counties as county-equivalents for statistical purposes, with full implementation occurring by 2024. [1] [2]
New London County was one of four original counties in Connecticut that were established on May 10, 1666, by an act of the Connecticut General Court, which states: This Court orders that from the Paukatuck River w th Norridge to y e west bounds of Homonoscet Plantation [a] shalbe for future one County, w ch County is called the County of N: London.
Middlesex County is a county in the south central part of the U.S. state of Connecticut. As of the 2020 census, the population was 164,245. [1] The county was created in May 1785 from portions of Hartford County and New London County.
Litchfield County has the lowest population density of any county in Connecticut and is the state's largest county by area. Litchfield County comprises the Torrington, CT, Micropolitan Statistical Area , which is included in the New York – Newark , NY – NJ –CT– PA , Combined Statistical Area .