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Also known as Bethel, CT, Bethel, Connecticut

town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
U s state
Connecticut
County
Fairfield
Region
Western CT
Type
Selectman-town meeting
First selectman
Dan Carter (R)
Selectman
Richard C. Straiton (D)
Total
16.9 sq mi (43.8 km )
Land
16.8 sq mi (43.5 km )
Water
0.077 sq mi (0.2 km )
Elevation
482 ft (147 m)
Density
1,204.6/sq mi (465.1/km )
Time zone
UTC-5 ( Eastern )
Summer dst
UTC-4 ( Eastern )
Zip code
06801
Area codes
203/475
Fips code
09-04720
Website
www .bethel-ct .gov

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Official name
Bethel
Continent
North America
Population
20358
Area
16.9
Elevation
115
Time zone
UTC−05:00
Shares border with
Redding
Official website
www.bethelct.org
Image
Bethel Cycle in old station 013.JPG
Households
7233
Dialing code
475
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native label
Bethel
Commons category
Bethel, Connecticut
topic's main category
Category:Bethel, Connecticut
postal code
06801
inception
1855-00-00
per capita income
43233
located in the statistical territorial entity
New York metropolitan area
median income
101481
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Encyclopedic overview

Bethel (/ˈbɛθəl/) is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was 20,358. The town is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region. The town includes the Bethel Census-Designated Place.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bethel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

On the map

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