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New Canaan
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town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- U s state
- Connecticut
- County
- Fairfield
- Region
- Western CT
- Type
- Selectman-town council
- First selectman
- Dionna Carlson ( R )
- Selectman
- Stephen Karl ( R )
- Selectwoman
- Amy Murphy ( R )
- Total
- 22.5 sq mi (58.3 km )
- Land
- 22.1 sq mi (57.3 km )
- Water
- 0.35 sq mi (0.9 km )
- Elevation
- 344 ft (105 m)
- Density
- 932/sq mi (359.9/km )
- Demonym
- New Canaanite
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (Eastern)
- Zip code
- 06840
- Area codes
- 203/475
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- New England town
- Official name
- New Canaan
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Fairfield County
- Population
- 20622
- Area
- 58.3
- Elevation
- 97
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Wilton
- Official website
- www.newcanaan.info
- Image
- WavenyParkNewCanaanCt07252007.JPG
- Households
- 6855
- Dialing code
- 475
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- Commons category
- New Canaan, Connecticut
- topic's main category
- Category:New Canaan, Connecticut
- postal code
- 06840
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in New Canaan, Connecticut
- category of associated people
- Category:People from New Canaan, Connecticut
- inception
- 1731-00-00
- per capita income
- 114884
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- New York metropolitan area
- located in/on physical feature
- Connecticut panhandle
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
New Canaan (/ˈkeɪnən/) is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut. The population was 20,622 according to the 2020 census. The town is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region.
The town is considered part of Connecticut's Gold Coast. The town is bounded on the south by Darien, to the west by Stamford, on the east by Wilton, on the southeast by Norwalk, and on the north by Lewisboro and Pound Ridge in Westchester County, New York.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “New Canaan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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