Borough (Connecticut)
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In the U.S. state of Connecticut, a borough is an incorporated area that typically provides services to a section (usually urban in nature) of a town. Borough governments are not autonomous and are subordinate to the government of the town they belong to. A borough is a clearly defined municipality and provides some municipal services, such as police and fire services, garbage collection, street lighting and maintenance, and building code enforcement. Other municipal services not provided by the borough are provided by the parent town. Connecticut boroughs are administratively similar to villages in New York.
[edit] Borough government
[edit] List of boroughs
As of 2007, there are nine boroughs in Connecticut. Historically, there had been more but most have since either disincorporated or have become cities. Of the current boroughs, one (Naugatuck) is consolidated with its town. Below is a list of boroughs that have existed ordered by date of incorporation. Currently existing boroughs are indicated in boldface.
| Borough | Parent town | Date incorporated | Current status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeport | Stratford | 1800 | Consolidated city-town separate from original parent town since 1889 |
| Stonington | Stonington | 1801 | Borough |
| Guilford | Guilford | 1815 | Disincorporated 1941 |
| Essex | Deep River (Saybrook) | 1820 | Disincorporated 1854 when Town of Essex was incorporated |
| Clinton | Killingworth | 1820 | Disincorporated 1838 when Town of Clinton was incorporated |
| Danbury | Danbury | 1822 | Consolidated city-town since 1965 |
| Newtown | Newtown | 1824 | Borough |
| Waterbury | Waterbury | 1825 | Consolidated city-town since 1902 |
| Stamford | Stamford | 1830 | Consolidated city-town since 1949 |
| Southport | Fairfield | 1831 | Disincorporated 1854 |
| Willimantic | Windham | 1833 | Disincorporated as city in 1983 |
| Norwalk | Norwalk | 1836 | Consolidated city-town since 1913 |
| West Haven | Orange | 1837 | Consolidated city-town separate from original parent town since 1961 |
| Bethel | Danbury | 1844 | Town of Bethel separated from Danbury in 1855; Borough disincorporated (?) |
| Colchester | Colchester | 1846 | Disincorporated 1990 |
| Wallingford | Wallingford | 1847 | Disincorporated 1958 |
| New Britain | New Britain | 1850 | Consolidated city-town since 1906 |
| Birmingham | Derby | 1852 | Consolidated city-town since 1893 (as Derby) |
| Danielson | Killingly | 1853 | Borough |
| Greenwich | Greenwich | 1858 | Disincorporated 1932 |
| Winsted | Winchester | 1858 | Consolidated with Winchester 1915; Chartered as city in 1917 |
| Ansonia | Derby | 1864 | Consolidated city-town separate from original parent town since 1893 |
| West Stratford | Stratford | 1873 | Disincorporated 1889 (now part of the city of Bridgeport) |
| Stafford Springs | Stafford | 1873 | Disincorporated 1991 |
| Fair Haven East | New Haven | 1875 | Disincorporated 1897 |
| Litchfield | Litchfield | 1879 | Borough |
| Shelton | Shelton (Huntington) | 1882 | Consolidated city-town since 1915 |
| Torrington | Torrington | 1887 | Consolidated city-town since 1923 |
| New Canaan | New Canaan | 1889 | Disincorporated 1935 |
| Southington | Southington | 1889 | Disincorporated 1948 |
| Naugatuck | Naugatuck | 1893 | Consolidated borough-town since 1895 |
| Bristol | Bristol | 1893 | Consolidated city-town since 1911 |
| Branford | Branford | 1893 | Disincorporated 1970s |
| Jewett City | Griswold | 1895 | Borough |
| Fenwick | Old Saybrook | 1899 | Borough |
| Farmington | Farmington | 1901 | Disincorporated 1947 |
| Ridgefield | Ridgefield | 1901 | Disincorporated 1921 |
| Groton | Groton | 1903 | Chartered as non-coextensive city in 1964 |
| Woodmont | Milford | 1903 | Borough |
| Bantam | Litchfield | 1915 | Borough |
| Unionville | Farmington | 1921 | Disincorporated 1947 |
[edit] References
- C.H. Carter, "Connecticut boroughs", New Haven Colony Historical Society Papers, Vol. IV (1886), p. 149
- S. Matthews, The Woman Citizen's Library, (The Civics Society, Chicago, 1913), Vol. 4, Chap. 8
- N.M. Schoonmaker, The Actual Government of Connecticut, (National Woman Suffrage Publishing, 1919)
- C.H. Douglas, The Government of the People of the State of Connecticut, (Hinds, Hayden and Eldredge, 1917)
- Various editions of the Connecticut State Register and Manual
- R.A. Ferry, "A short directory of the names, past and current of Connecticut boroughs", (Connecitcut Ancestry Society, 1996)
- W.E. Buckley and C.E. Perry, "Connecticut, the state and its government", (Oxford Book Co., 1948)
- 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed through LoveToKnow1911
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