Northford, Connecticut Explained

Official Name:Northford, Connecticut
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:Connecticut#USA
Pushpin Label:Northford
Pushpin Label Position:left
Coordinates:41.3919°N -72.7919°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Connecticut
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:New Haven
Subdivision Type3:Town
Subdivision Name3:North Branford
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:20.71
Area Land Km2:20.68
Area Water Km2:0.03
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:6,082 [2]
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:210
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:06472
Area Code:203/475
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:09-54450
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2805986

Northford is a census-designated place (CDP) comprising the primary village and surrounding residential and rural land in the town of North Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. It is in the northern part of the town, bordered to the west by the town of North Haven, to the east by the town of Guilford, and to the north by the town of Wallingford, all in New Haven County. It is bordered to the northeast by the town of Durham in Middlesex County. In 2002, of the central village of Northford were designated as the Northford Center Historic District.

Northford was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

Religion

A Congregational church was organized at Northford in 1750 and its current building dates to 1846. St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church was first organized in 1763. The present edifice was dedicated on November 10, 1940, having been rebuilt to resemble its predecessor, which dated to 1845 and was destroyed by fire in 1938. [3] St. Monica's Roman Catholic Church was founded in the 1950s as a mission of St. Augustine's, North Branford. In 2016 it merged back into St. Augustine's to form a new entity: the parish of St. Ambrose, the first such merger in the Archdiocese of Hartford.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files – Connecticut . United States Census Bureau . April 14, 2021.
  2. Web site: US Census Bureau.
  3. Web site: St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Northford: About Us. 2023-08-20.
  4. Web site: Merged North Branford parishes a first in Archdiocese of Hartford. Ed Stannard. 2016-03-26. New Haven Register. 2023-08-20.