There are 169 incorporated towns in Connecticut.

It created a general right to privacy ( Griswold v. Connecticut ), limited the role of religion in public school ( most prominently Engel v. Vitale and Abington School District v. Schempp ), incorporated most guarantees of the Bill of Rights against the States — prominently Mapp v. Ohio ( the exclusionary rule ) and Gideon v. Wainwright ( right to appointed counsel ),— and required that criminal suspects be apprised of all these rights by police ( Miranda v. Arizona ); At the same time, however, the Court limited defamation suits by public figures ( New York Times v. Sullivan ) and supplied the government with an unbroken run of antitrust victories.

* Newtown, Connecticut, incorporated Town in Fairfield County

* Newtown ( borough ), Connecticut, incorporated Borough in Fairfield County

From the late 17th to early 18th centuries, several new towns were incorporated in western Connecticut and added to Fairfield County, namely Danbury ( 1687 ), Ridgefield ( 1709 ), Newtown ( 1711 ), and New Fairfield ( 1740 ).

Tolland County is incorporated into thirteen towns and was originally formed in 1785 from towns in Windham County, Connecticut.

Huntington, Connecticut, was named in his honor in 1789, but later renamed to Shelton, when that town incorporated with Shelton to form a city in 1919.

Canton is a rural town, incorporated in 1806, in Hartford County, Connecticut.

Winsted is a census-designated place and an incorporated city in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.

The Northwestern Community College Foundation was incorporated in 1981 to support the mission of Northwestern Connecticut Community College to provide higher education to students pursuing post-secondary study.

One of the last resorts to remain in operation, Sunrise Resort, was purchased by the state of Connecticut in late 2008 to be incorporated into the adjacent Machimoodus State Park as a campground, and to protect " 4, 700 feet of additional frontage along the Salmon River.

In 1717, the Amity Parish was accepted by the General Assembly of the Connecticut Colony and in 1832, Bethany was incorporated as a town.

In the mid-to-late 19th century, the population of the town and the land decreased as parts were annexed by the neighboring town of Woodbridge and the new town of Beacon Falls was incorporated into the general geography of Connecticut.

The town of Lebanon, Connecticut was incorporated by the General Assembly of the Connecticut Colony on October 10, 1700.

Stamford, named after Stamford, Connecticut, was laid out by the Lincoln Land Company in 1887, becoming incorporated as a village in 1907.

Eaton was incorporated in 1760 by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth, and named for Governor Theophilus Eaton of Connecticut, a generous contributor to the funds needed to settle Massachusetts in 1630.

First called Number Seven in a line of Connecticut River fort towns, Orford was incorporated in 1761 by Governor Benning Wentworth and named for Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, who was England's first prime minister.

It was incorporated as Sharon in 1791, taking its name from Sharon, Connecticut, where many of its settlers had originated.

In 1795, it was set off and incorporated, the name suggested by a settler from Danbury, Connecticut.

Lordstown Township, which nearly completely incorporated as the village of Lordstown in 1975 ( except for a small section which was then annexed to Warren Township ), was one of the original survey townships of the Connecticut Western Reserve: Town 3, Range 4.

Montrose incorporated itself as a town and seat of Susquehanna County in 1824, but families began immigrating to the area in the mid Eighteenth Century, primarily from areas along the Connecticut River Valley ( western Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont ).

Milford was one of the early settlements in south central Connecticut and, over time, gave rise to several new towns that broke off and incorporated separately.

New Haven is the second-largest municipality in the U. S. state of Connecticut.

Greenwich is the southernmost and westernmost municipality in Connecticut and is 38 + minutes by train ( express ) from Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan.

Bantam is the 2nd least populous borough in Connecticut, only beaten by Fenwick and is the 3rd least populous municipality in Connecticut only beaten by Union and Fenwick.

The action marked the first establishment of a municipality in Connecticut after the Declaration of Independence was signed.

The town has unusually high voter turnout rates, and, in several elections, has had the highest level of voter participation of any municipality in Connecticut.

The population was 52 at the 2000 census, making it the least populous municipality in Connecticut.

A historic locality, Mystic has no independent government because it is not a legally recognized municipality in the state of Connecticut.

The population was 854 at the 2010 census, making it the least populous town in Connecticut and the second-least populous municipality in Connecticut ; only the Borough of Fenwick has fewer people.

Some American states have no unincorporated land areas ; these include Massachusetts, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Rhode Island although these states all have communities that are not separately incorporated but are part of a larger municipality.

The most populous metropolitan region centered within the state lies in the Connecticut River Valley.

Hanover lies fully within the Connecticut River watershed.

Lincoln lies almost fully within the Merrimack River watershed, with the western edge of town in the Connecticut River watershed.

According to a report released by the Connecticut Office of Legislative Research, when Connecticut ’ s law was adopted in 1972 that mandated certain grain products, including macaroni products, sold within the state to be enriched it joined 38 to 40 other states in adopting the federal standards as mandates.

Kenneth Ring ( born 1936 ) is Professor Emeritus of psychology at the University of Connecticut, and a researcher within the field of near-death studies.

** Groton ( city ), Connecticut, within the town

According to various sources, three men all sighted Antarctica within days or months of each other: Fabian von Bellingshausen, a captain in the Russian Imperial Navy ; Edward Bransfield, a captain in the British navy ; and Nathaniel Palmer, an American sealer out of Stonington, Connecticut.

* Region 1: responsible within the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

** Mansfield Center, Connecticut, a census-designated place within the town of Mansfield

** Litchfield ( borough ), Connecticut, within the town of Litchfield

The county contains the University of Connecticut in the community of Storrs within the town of Mansfield.

The area is now within the borders of the town of Scotland, Connecticut.

Sherwood Manor is a census-designated place ( CDP ) within the town of Enfield in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.

Terryville is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States, and is the largest village within the town of Plymouth.

In 1955, Hurricane Connie and Hurricane Diane passed over Connecticut within one week, flooding the Mad River and Still River through downtown.

Haddam is the only town in Connecticut with residents on both sides of the river, however there is no modern bridge or ferry within the town limits.

It is a short distance from major business and commercial centers, and is within of New York City and of Hartford ; the latter the capital of Connecticut.

* The Connecticut College Arboretum is a arboretum and botanical garden which lies partially within Quaker Hill Village, a district of Waterford.

Mansfield Center is a census-designated place ( CDP ) within the town of Mansfield in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States.

Storrs is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in the town of Mansfield within eastern Tolland County, Connecticut, United States.

East Brooklyn is a census-designated place located within the town of Brooklyn in Windham County, Connecticut.

On August 19, 1955, Putnam was devastated by floods from torrential downpours caused by two hurricanes, which hit Connecticut within the span of a week.

It is located within the town of Windham, Connecticut.