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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 .
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: 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 ...
Old Saybrook is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region . The population was 10,481 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ]
The Saybrook Colony was a short-lived English colony established in New England in 1635 at the mouth of the Connecticut River in what is today Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Saybrook was founded by a group of Puritan noblemen as a potential political refuge from the personal rule of Charles I .
Map of Connecticut highlighting the Connecticut River Estuary region. The Lower Connecticut River Valley is a region of the state of Connecticut around the juncture where the Connecticut River meets Long Island Sound. It includes towns in Middlesex County and the western edge of New London County. It is located in the southeastern-central part ...
Old Saybrook Center is the primary village and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 2,278 at the 2020 census, [3] out of 10,481 in the entire town of Old Saybrook. The CDP includes the traditional town center and the peninsula known as Saybrook Point. [4]
Fenwick is a borough in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States, in the town of Old Saybrook. The borough is part of the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region. The population was 53 at the 2020 census, [2] making it the least populous borough in Connecticut.
A west parish was established in 1724 by the petition of area residents, and was known as Pochoug (or Patchogue) or West Saybrook prior to its 1840 incorporation as Westbrook. The town center arose somewhat organically along the Boston Post Road, the principal coast route between New York City and Providence, Rhode Island .