List of counties in Connecticut
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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] 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.
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]
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Clark, George Larkin (1914). A History of Connecticut, Its Perople and Institutions. G.P. Putnam & Sons.
- ^ About Connecticut. CT.gov. Retrieved on 2007-07-17.
- ^ An Overview of County Government, National Association of Counties website, accessed January 5, 2008
- ^ a b EPA County FIPS Code Listing. EPA. Retrieved on 2007-04-09.
- ^ a b c d e NACo - Find a County. National Association of Counties. Retrieved on 2007-04-26.
- ^ Beatty, Michael (2001). County Name Origins of the United States. McFarland Press. ISBN 0786410256.
- ^ a b Connecticut QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2007-07-17.
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