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Connecticut counties

This is a list of counties in Connecticut. There are currently eight counties in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Four of them were created in 1666, during the first consolidation of the colony of Connecticut from a number of smaller colonies. Two counties were created during colonial times, and two counties, Middlesex and Tolland, were created after American independence (both in 1785). Six of the counties are named for locations in England, where many early Connecticut settlers originated.[1] Although Connecticut is divided into counties, there is no county government in Connecticut and local government consists of cities and towns.[2][3] County government was abolished in Connecticut in 1960, although the names remain for geographical purposes. Counties are, however, still used by the state to organize its judicial and state marshall system. Connecticut's court jurisdictions still adhere to the county boundaries, except for Fairfield, Hartford and New Haven, which have been further subdivided into several jurisdictions.

The FIPS county code is the five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code which uniquely identifies counties and county equivalents in the United States. The three-digit number is unique to each individual county within a state, but to be unique within the entire United States, it must be prefixed by the state code. This means that, for example, while Fairfield County, Connecticut is 001, Belknap County, New Hampshire and Alachua County, Florida are also 001. To uniquely identify Fairfield County, Connecticut, one must use the state code of 09 plus the county code of 001; therefore, the unique nationwide identifier for Fairfield County, Connecticut is 09001. The links in the column FIPS County Code are to the Census Bureau Info page for that county.[4]

Alphabetical listing

County
 FIPS Code
[4]		 County seat
(defunct) [5]		 Established
[5]		 Origin
[1]		 Etymology
[6]		 Population
[5][7]		 Area
[5]		 Map
Fairfield County 001 Fairfield (1666-1853)
Bridgeport (1853-1960)		 1666 One of four original counties created in Connecticut From the hundreds of acres of salt marsh that bordered the coast. &0000000000882567.000000882,567 &0000000000000626.000000626 sq mi
(&0000000000001621.0000001,621 km 2)		 State map highlighting Fairfield County
Hartford County 003 Hartford (1666-1960) 1666 One of four original counties created in Connecticut After the county of Hertfordshire in the UK &0000000000857183.000000857,183 &0000000000000736.000000736 sq mi
(&0000000000001906.0000001,906 km 2)		 State map highlighting Hartford County
Litchfield County 005 Litchfield (1751-1960) 1751 From parts of Fairfield County, Hartford County, and New Haven County City of Lichfield in the UK &0000000000182193.000000182,193 &0000000000000920.000000920 sq mi
(&0000000000002383.0000002,383 km 2)		 State map highlighting Litchfield County
Middlesex County 007 Middletown (1785-1960) 1785 From parts of Hartford County and New London County Former county of Middlesex in the UK &0000000000155071.000000155,071 &0000000000000369.000000369 sq mi
(&0000000000000956.000000956 km 2)		 State map highlighting Middlesex County
New Haven County 009 New Haven (1666-1960) 1666 One of four original counties created in Connecticut - &0000000000824008.000000824,008 &0000000000000606.000000606 sq mi
(&0000000000001570.0000001,570 km 2)		 State map highlighting New Haven County
New London County 011 New London (1666-1960) 1666 One of four original counties created in Connecticut After London, UK &0000000000259088.000000259,088 &0000000000000666.000000666 sq mi
(&0000000000001725.0000001,725 km 2)		 State map highlighting New London County
Tolland County 013 Tolland (1785-1889)
Rockville (1889-1960)		 1785 From parts of Hartford County, and Windham County Hamlet of Tolland, Somerset, UK &0000000000136364.000000136,364 &0000000000000410.000000410 sq mi
(&0000000000001062.0000001,062 km 2)		 State map highlighting Tolland County
Windham County 015 Windham (1726-1819)
Brooklyn (1819-1895)
Willimantic and Putnam (1895-1960)		 1726 From parts of Hartford County, and New London County After Windham (now Wineham) in Sussex, England &0000000000109091.000000109,091 &0000000000000513.000000513 sq mi
(&0000000000001329.0000001,329 km 2)		 State map highlighting Windham County

References

  1. ^ a b Clark, George Larkin (1914). A History of Connecticut, Its People and Institutions. G.P. Putnam & Sons. http://books.google.com/books?id=CWYlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=a+history+of+connecticut#PPR11,M1.  
  2. ^ "About Connecticut". CT.gov. http://www.ct.gov/ctportal/cwp/view.asp?a=843&q=246434. Retrieved 2007-07-17.  
  3. ^ An Overview of County Government, National Association of Counties website, accessed 5 January 2008
  4. ^ a b "EPA County FIPS Code Listing". EPA.gov. http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/codes/ct.html. Retrieved 2008-02-23.  
  5. ^ a b c d National Association of Counties. "NACo - Find a county". http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/state.cfm&state.cfm&statecode=CT. Retrieved 2008-04-30.  
  6. ^ Beatty, Michael (2001). County Name Origins of the United States. McFarland Press. ISBN 0786410256.  
  7. ^ "Connecticut QuickFacts". U.S. Census Bureau. http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/maps/connecticut_map.html. Retrieved 2007-07-17.  
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Connecticut counties

This is a List of counties in Connecticut. There are currently 8 counties in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Four of them were originally created in 1666, during the first consolidation of the colony of Connecticut from a number of smaller colonies. Two more counties were created during colonial times, and only two counties, Middlesex and Tolland counties, have been created since American independence, both in 1785. The majority of Connecticut counties are named for locations in England, where many early Connecticut settlers originated.[1] Note that there is no county government in Connecticut and local government consists of cities and towns.[2] County government was abolished in Connecticut in 1960, although the names remain for geographical purposes.

The FIPS county code is the five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code which uniquely identifies counties and county equivalents in the United States. The three-digit number is unique to each individual county within a state, but to be unique within the entire United States, it must be prefixed by the state code. This means that, for example, while Fairfield County, Connecticut is 001, Belknap County, New Hampshire and Alachua County, Florida are also 001. To uniquely identify Fairfield County, Connecticut, one must use the state code of 09 plus the county code of 001; therefore, the unique nationwide identifier for Fairfield County, Connecticut is 09001. The links in the column FIPS County Code are to the Census Bureau Info page for that county.[3]

Alphabetical listing


County
 FIPS Code
[3] 		County Seat
[4] 		Created
[4] 		Origin
[1] 		Etymology
[5] 		Population
[4][6] 		Area
[4][6] 		Map[4]
Fairfield County 001 Fairfield (1666-1853)
Bridgeport (1853-1960)		 1666 One of four original counties created in Connecticut For the hundreds of acres of salt marsh that bordered the coast. 0Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","882,567 &&&&&&&&&&&&0626.&&&&&0626 mi²
(&&&&&&&&&&&01621.&&&&&01,621 km²)
Hartford County 003 Hartford 1666 One of four original counties created in Connecticut After Hertfordshire, England 0Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","857,183 &&&&&&&&&&&&0736.&&&&&0736 sq mi
(&&&&&&&&&&&01906.&&&&&01,906 km²)		 State map highlighting Hartford County
Litchfield County 005 Litchfield 1751 From parts of Fairfield County, Hartford County, and New Haven County. After Lichfield, England 0Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","182,193 &&&&&&&&&&&&0920.&&&&&0920 sq mi
(&&&&&&&&&&&02383.&&&&&02,383 km²)		 State map highlighting Litchfield County
Middlesex County 007 Middletown 1785 From parts of Hartford County and New London County. After Middlesex, England 0Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","155,071 &&&&&&&&&&&&0369.&&&&&0369 sq mi
(&&&&&&&&&&&&0956.&&&&&0956 km²)		 State map highlighting Middlesex County
New Haven County 009 New Haven 1666 One of four original counties created in Connecticut After New Haven Harbor, site of one of the early Connecticut colonial settlements 0Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","824,008 &&&&&&&&&&&&0606.&&&&&0606 sq mi
(&&&&&&&&&&&01570.&&&&&01,570 km²)		 State map highlighting New Haven County
New London County 011 New London 1666 One of four original counties created in Connecticut After London, England 0Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","259,088 &&&&&&&&&&&&0666.&&&&&0666 sq mi
(&&&&&&&&&&&01725.&&&&&01,725 km²)		 State map highlighting New London County
Tolland County 013 Rockville 1785 From parts of Hartford County, and Windham County After Tolland, Somerset, England 0Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","136,364 &&&&&&&&&&&&0410.&&&&&0410 sq mi
(&&&&&&&&&&&01062.&&&&&01,062 km²)		 State map highlighting Tolland County
Windham County 015 Willimantic 1726 From parts of Hartford County, and New London County After Windham in Sussex, England 0Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","109,091 &&&&&&&&&&&&0513.&&&&&0513 sq mi
(&&&&&&&&&&&01329.&&&&&01,329 km²)		 State map highlighting Windham County

References

  1. ^ a b Clark, George Larkin (1914). A History of Connecticut, It's Perople and Institutions. G.P. Putnam & Sons. 
  2. ^ About Connecticut. CT.gov. Retrieved on 2007-07-17.
  3. ^ a b EPA County FIPS Code Listing. EPA. Retrieved on 2007-04-09.
  4. ^ a b c d e NACo - Find a County. National Association of Counties. Retrieved on 2007-04-26.
  5. ^ Beatty, Michael (2001). County Name Origins of the United States. McFarland Press. ISBN 0786410256. 
  6. ^ a b Connecticut QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2007-07-17.
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