In the U.S. state of Connecticut, a borough is an incorporated area that typically provides services to a section (usually urban in nature) of a town. Borough governments are not autonomous and are subordinate to the government of the town they belong to. A borough is a clearly defined municipality and provides some municipal services, such as police and fire services, garbage collection, street lighting and maintenance, management of cemeteries, and building code enforcement. Other municipal services not provided by the borough are provided by the parent town. Connecticut boroughs are administratively similar to villages in New York.

Borough government

Borough elections are held biennially in odd years on the first Monday in May.^[1]

List of boroughs

As of 2007, there are nine boroughs in Connecticut. Historically, there had been more but most have since either disincorporated or have become cities. Of the current boroughs, one (Naugatuck) is consolidated with its town. Below is a list of boroughs that have existed ordered by date of incorporation. Currently existing boroughs are indicated in boldface.

References

• C.H. Carter, "Connecticut boroughs", New Haven Colony Historical Society Papers, Vol. IV (1886), p. 149
• S. Matthews, The Woman Citizen's Library, (The Civics Society, Chicago, 1913), Vol. 4, Chap. 8
• N.M. Schoonmaker, The Actual Government of Connecticut, (National Woman Suffrage Publishing, 1919)
• C.H. Douglas, The Government of the People of the State of Connecticut, (Hinds, Hayden and Eldredge, 1917)
• Various editions of the Connecticut State Register and Manual
• R.A. Ferry, "A short directory of the names, past and current of Connecticut boroughs", (Connecitcut Ancestry Society, 1996)
• W.E. Buckley and C.E. Perry, "Connecticut, the state and its government", (Oxford Book Co., 1948)
• 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed through LoveToKnow1911