page_title: History of Trumbull, Connecticut
section_title: Historical overview
hierarchical_section_title: History of Trumbull, Connecticut / Historical overview
caption_attribution_description: English: Map Trumbull, Connecticut 1867
context_page_description: Trumbull, a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, in the New England region of the United States, was originally home to the Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation, and was colonized by the English during the Great Migration of the 1630s as a part of the coastal settlement of Stratford.
  In May 1725, the northwest farmers of Stratford petitioned the Colony of Connecticut to establish their own separate village. They proposed calling their new village Nickol's Farms, after the family that owned a large farm in its center, but in October 1725 the new parish was named Unity.
  In 1744, Unity merged with the Long Hill parish of the Stratfield section of Stratford to form the Society of North Stratford. North Stratford controlled its own religious and educational affairs. However, to have a voice in governmental functions such as adopting laws and establishing taxes, the inhabitants were required to attend town meetings in Stratford, an overnight journey for some.
  After ten years of unsuccessful petitions, the Connecticut General Assembly granted complete town rights in October 1797.
caption: Beers 1867 map of Trumbull, Connecticut
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