Borough (Connecticut)

In the U.S. state of Connecticut, a borough is an incorporated section of a town. Borough governments are not autonomous and are subordinate to the government of the town to which they belong. For example, Willimantic is a borough in Windham. A borough is a clearly defined municipality and provides some municipal services, such as police and fire services, garbage collection, street lighting and maintenance, management of cemeteries, and building code enforcement. Other municipal services not provided by the borough are provided by the parent town. Connecticut boroughs are administratively similar to villages in New York. Borough elections are held biennially in odd years on the first Monday in May.^[1]

Historical background

Bridgeport (now a city) was the state's first borough, formed in 1800 or 1801 as a subdivision of the town of Stratford. Numerous additional boroughs were established thereafter, mostly during the 19th century, to serve a variety of local governmental purposes. There were 18 boroughs in the state as of 1850 and a total of 26 as of 1910. Most Connecticut boroughs have subsequently disincorporated or have become cities.^[2][3] Only one borough in history, Willimantic, was downgraded from city to borough in 1983.^[4]

List of boroughs

As of 2007, there are ten boroughs in Connecticut. Of the current boroughs, one (Naugatuck) is consolidated with its town. Below is a list of boroughs that have existed ordered by date of incorporation. Currently existing boroughs are indicated in boldface.

See also

• Administrative divisions of Connecticut
• Borough

References

Further reading

• C.H. Carter, "Connecticut boroughs", New Haven Colony Historical Society Papers, Vol. IV (1886), p. 149
• N.M. Schoonmaker, The Actual Government of Connecticut, (National Woman Suffrage Publishing, 1919)
• C.H. Douglas, The Government of the People of the State of Connecticut, (Hinds, Hayden and Eldredge, 1917)
• Various editions of the Connecticut State Register and Manual
• R.A. Ferry, "A short directory of the names, past and current of Connecticut boroughs", (Connecticut Ancestry Society, 1996)
• W.E. Buckley and C.E. Perry, "Connecticut, the state and its government", (Oxford Book Co., 1948)

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