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. 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