Fairfield County, Connecticut Genealogy

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County Courthouse

 * There is no county government.
 * The government is at the town level.

Parent County

 * Created 10 May 1666 from the Colonial lands, one of four original counties.
 * Named for the hundreds of acres of salt marsh that bordered the coast.

Boundary Changes

 * North part was taken to form Litchfield County 14 October 1751.

Populated Places

 * Cities: Bridgeport . Danbury . Norwalk . Shelton . Stamford
 * Towns: Bethel . Brookfield . Darien . Easton . Fairfield . Greenwich . Monroe . New Canaan . New Fairfield . Newtown . Redding . Ridgefield . Sherman . Stratford . Trumbull . Weston . Westport . Wilton
 * Borough: Newtown
 * Communities: Aspetuck . Black Rock . Botsford . Branchville . Byram . Cannondale . Cos Cob . Cranbury . East Norwalk . Georgetown . Glenbrook . Glenville . Greenfield Hill . Greens Farms . Lordship . Mianus . Nichols . Old Greenwich . Ridgebury . Riverside . Rowayton . Sandy Hook . Saugatuck . Silvermine . South Norwalk . Southport . Springdale . Spring Hill

Neighboring Counties
Litchfield | New Haven | New York counties: Dutchess | Putnam | Westchester

Web Sites

 * The Fairfield County CTGenWeb Project, an member of The CTGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Fairfield County
 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library catalog for Fairfield County