List of counties in Connecticut

The 8 counties of Connecticut

The US state Connecticut is divided into eight counties . The county seats have had a subordinate role in Connecticut since 1960, as there is no longer a county government. The FIPS code for Connecticut is 09.

county	FIPS code	County Seat (no longer an administrative seat)	Founded	origin	Origin of name	population	surface	map
Fairfield County	001	Fairfield (1666-1853) Bridgeport (1853-1960)	1666	One of the four originally established counties	There are large salt fields on the banks	916,829	1,621 km² ( 626 sq mi)
Hartford County	003	Hartford (1666-1960)	1666	One of the four originally established counties	To Hertfordshire in England	894.014	1,906 km² ( 736 sq mi)
Litchfield County	005	Litchfield (1751-1960)	1751	From parts of Fairfield County , Hartford County , and New Haven County	Lichfield in England	189,927	2,383 km² ( 920 sq mi)
Middlesex County	007	Middletown (1785-1960)	1785	From parts of Hartford County and New London County	Middlesex in England	165,676	956 km² ( 369 sq mi)
New Haven County	009	New Haven (1666-1960)	1666	One of the four originally established counties	To New Haven Colony , which was built as a port for Puritans . They were not followed there.	862.477	1,570 km² ( 606 sq mi)
New London County	011	New London (1666-1960)	1666	One of the four originally established counties	London	274.055	1,725 ​​km² ( 666 sq mi)
Tolland County	013	Tolland (1785–1889) Rockville (1889–1960)	1785	From parts of Hartford County and Windham County	Hamlet of Tolland , Somerset , England	152.691	1,062 km² ( 410 sq mi)
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	118,428	1,329 km² ( 513 sq mi)

Former counties

• Trumbull County - Connecticut Western Reserve , fell to Ohio in 1800 .
• Westmoreland County - an area near Wilkes-Barre , fell to Pennsylvania in 1784 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ EPA County FIPS Code Listing . In: EPA.gov . Retrieved February 23, 2008.
2. ^ ^{A b c} National Association of Counties: NACo - Find a county . Archived from the original on April 10, 2005. Retrieved April 30, 2008.
3. ^ Beatty, Michael: County Name Origins of the United States . McFarland Press, 2001, ISBN 0-7864-1025-6 .
4. ↑ Data of the census evaluated by the Missouri Census Data Center  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 4, 2012