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.

Borough

 * Newtown

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