Borough (Connecticut)
List of boroughs
As of 2016, there are nine boroughs in Connecticut, four which share the name with the town they are located in.

Borough (Connecticut)

Section Title: List of boroughs
Table Section Text: As of 2016, there are nine boroughs in Connecticut, four which share the name with the town they are located in.

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

Killingworth (Clinton)	Killingworth	1820	Disincorporated 1838 when Town of Clinton was incorporated

Danbury	Danbury	1822	Consolidated city-town since 1965

Newtown	Newtown	1824	Borough

Colchester	Colchester	1824/1846	Disincorporated 1990

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 1893 when City of Willimantic was incorporated

Clifton	Winchester	1833	Disincorporated 1858 (Became part of new Borough of Winsted)

Worthington	Berlin	1834	Disincorporated ?

Norwalk	Norwalk	1836	Consolidated city-town since 1913

Humphreysville	Derby	1836	Disincorporated 1850 when Town of Seymour was incorporated

Bethel	Danbury	1847	Town of Bethel separated from Danbury in 1855; Borough disincorporated (?)

New Britain	New Britain	1850	Consolidated city-town since 1906

Birmingham	Derby	1851	Consolidated city-town since 1893 (as Derby)

Wallingford	Wallingford	1853	Disincorporated 1958

Sharon	Sharon	1853	Disincorporated ?

Danielson	Killingly	1854	Borough

Greenwich	Greenwich	1854	Disincorporated 1932

Winsted	Winchester	1858	Consolidated with Winchester 1915; Chartered as city in 1917

Ansonia	Derby	1864	Consolidated city-town in 1893, separated from original parent town in 1889 when town of Ansonia was incorporated

Branford	Branford	1867	Disincorporated 1970s

Fair Haven East	East Haven (annexed to New Haven in 1881)	1872	Disincorporated 1897

West Stratford	Stratford	1873	Disincorporated 1889 (now part of the city of Bridgeport)

West Haven	Orange	1873	Consolidated city-town separate from original parent town since 1961

Stafford Springs	Stafford	1873	Disincorporated 1991

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

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

Sentence(s)

Bridgeport (now a city) was the Connecticut's first borough, formed in 1800 in the town of Stratford.

final_sentence: Bridgeport (now a city) was the Connecticut's first borough, formed in 1800 in the town of Stratford.