Colchester
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town in New London County, Connecticut, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- U s state
- Connecticut
- County
- New London
- Region
- Southeastern CT
- Incorporated
- 1698 / 1699
- Type
- Selectman–town meeting
- First selectman
- Bernard Dennler
- Total
- 49.8 sq mi (129.0 km )
- Land
- 49.1 sq mi (127.1 km )
- Water
- 0.73 sq mi (1.9 km )
- Elevation
- 551 ft (168 m)
- Density
- 317.0/sq mi (122.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( Eastern )
- Zip codes
- 06415, 06420
- Area codes
- 860/959
- Fips code
- 09-15910
- Gnis feature id
- 0213409
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Encyclopedic overview
Colchester is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 15,555 at the 2020 census. In 2010 Colchester became the first town in Connecticut, and the 36th in the country, to be certified with the National Wildlife Federation as a Community Wildlife Habitat.
The villages of Westchester and North Westchester are located within Colchester. The town center village, which was previously incorporated as a borough, is a census-designated place, with a population of 4,700 at the 2020 census.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Colchester” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.