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Fairfield was one of the two principal settlements of the Connecticut Colony in southwestern Connecticut (the other was Stratford).The town line with Stratford was set in May 1661 by John Banks, an early Fairfield settler, Richard Olmstead, and Lt. Joseph Judson, who were both appointed as a committee by the Colony of Connecticut. [6]
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Connecticut. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 143 law enforcement agencies employing 8,281 sworn police officers, about 236 for each 100,000 residents.
Unlike Sheriffs in other states, Fairfield County Sheriffs did not act as the primary law enforcement or patrol agencies for areas of the county not served by municipal police departments. However, the department did have law enforcement powers until the modernization of local police. In each of the 8 counties, a high sheriff was elected. [2]
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 ...
"Villages" in this local Connecticut sense have no separate legal/corporate existence from the town they are in, although a taxing district or volunteer fire department sharing the name of the village may exist for specific services. With some exceptions, people who reside within a village often identify with the town rather than the village.
From parts of Fairfield, Hartford and New Haven Counties: City of Lichfield, Staffordshire, England 185,000: 920 sq mi (2,383 km 2) Middlesex County: 007: Middletown: 1785: 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
Fairfield County is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut.It is the most populous county in the state and was also its fastest-growing from 2010 to 2020.
Pages in category "Towns in Fairfield County, Connecticut" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.