Connecticut County Creation Dates and Parent Counties
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See an interactive outline map of Connecticut Historical Counties at Newberry Library site[1] (Free) Enter a year, Refresh Map, select zoom in, then click on the map to enlarge it. |
| Tip: Sort the table by Date Formed or by Parent Counties and check Boundary Changes for interesting insights. |
| Name of County | Date Formed | Boundary Changes |
Parent County | Counties Created by Boundary Changes |
| Fairfield | 1666 May 10 | Details | Colonial Lands | Litchfield 1751 |
| Hartford | 1666 May 10 | Details | Colonial Lands | Litchfield 1751, Middlesex 1785, Windham 1726 |
| Litchfield | 1751 Oct 14 | Details | Hartford, Fairfield | none |
| Middlesex | 1785 May 02 | Details | Hartford, New London, New Haven | none |
| New Haven | 1666 May 10 | Details | Colonial Lands | Middlesex 1785 |
| New London | 1666 May 10 | Details | Colonial Lands | Windham 1726, Middlesex 1785 |
| Tolland | 1786 Oct 13 | Details | Windham | none |
| Windham | 1726 May 12 | Details | Hartford, New London | Tolland 1786 |
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- ↑ [http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/Connecticut/viewer.htm Connecticut Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, John H. Long, Editor; Peggy Tuck Sinko, Associate Editor; Gordon DenBoer, Historical Compiler; Douglas Knox, Book Digitizing Director and Digital Compiler; Emily Kelley, Research Associate; Laura Rico-Beck, GIS Specialist; Peter Siczewicz, ArcIMS Interactive Map Designer; Robert Will, Cartographic Assistant. Copyright The Newberry Library 2008.