Ridgefield
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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
- Villages
- Ridgefield , Branchville , Ridgebury , Titicus, Farmingville
- Type
- Selectman-town meeting
- First selectman
- Rudy Marconi (D)
- Selectperson
- Sean Connelly (D), Barbara Manners (D), Geoffrey Morris (R), Maureen Kozlark (U)
- Connecticut house of representatives
- Aimee Berger-Girvalo (D) , Rachel Chaleski (R)
- Total
- 35.0 sq mi (90.6 km )
- Land
- 34.4 sq mi (89.2 km )
- Water
- 0.54 sq mi (1.4 km )
- Elevation
- 659 ft (201 m)
- Density
- 727.7/sq mi (281.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( Eastern )
- Zip code
- 06877
- Area codes
- 203/475
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Ridgefield
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Fairfield County
- Population
- 25033
- Area
- 35.0
- Elevation
- 201
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Southeast
- Official website
- www.ridgefieldct.org
- Image
- Town Hall - Ridgefield, Connecticut.jpg
- Households
- 9226
- Dialing code
- 475
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- Commons category
- Ridgefield, Connecticut
- topic's main category
- Category:Ridgefield, Connecticut
- postal code
- 06879
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Ridgefield, Connecticut
- inception
- 1709-00-00
- per capita income
- 82810
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Ridgefield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Situated in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains and on the New York state border, Ridgefield had a population of 25,033 as of the 2020 census. The town is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region. The town center, which was formerly a borough, is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place. The town was settled then quickly incorporated by 1709.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ridgefield” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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