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Borough (Connecticut)
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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, 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.
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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.
| Borough | Parent town | Date incorporated | Current status |
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| Bridgeport | Stratford | 1800 | Consolidated city-town separate from original parent town since 1889 |
| Stonington | Stonington | 1801 | Borough |
| Guilford | Guilford | 1815 | Disincorporated 1941 |
| Essex | Deep River (Saybrook) | 1820 | Disincorporated 1854 when Town of Essex was incorporated |
| Clinton | Killingworth | 1820 | Disincorporated 1838 when Town of Clinton was incorporated |
| Danbury | Danbury | 1822 | Consolidated city-town since 1965 |
| Newtown | Newtown | 1824 | Borough |
| Waterbury | Waterbury | 1825 | Consolidated city-town since 1902 |
| Stamford | Stamford | 1830 | Consolidated city-town since 1949 |
| Southport | Fairfield | 1831 | Disincorporated 1854 |
| Willimantic | Windham | 1833 | Disincorporated as city in 1983 |
| Norwalk | Norwalk | 1836 | Consolidated city-town since 1913 |
| Colchester | Colchester | 1846 | Disincorporated 1990 |
| Bethel | Danbury | 1847 | Town of Bethel separated from Danbury in 1855; Borough disincorporated (?) |
| Meriden | Meriden | ? | Consolidated city-town since 1922 |
| Rockville | Vernon | ? | Disincorporated as city in 1965 |
| Putnam | Putnam | ? | Disincorporated as city in 1984 |
| South Norwalk | Norwalk | ? | Consolidated city-town since 1913 (as Norwalk) |
| New Britain | New Britain | 1850 | Consolidated city-town since 1906 |
| Birmingham | Derby | 1852 | Consolidated city-town since 1893 (as Derby) |
| Wallingford | Wallingford | 1853 | Disincorporated 1958 |
| Danielson | Killingly | 1854 | Borough |
| Greenwich | Greenwich | 1854 | Disincorporated 1932 |
| Winsted | Winchester | 1858 | Consolidated with Winchester 1915; Chartered as city in 1917 |
| Ansonia | Derby | 1864 | Consolidated city-town separate from original parent town since 1893 |
| Fair Haven East | New Haven | 1872 | Disincorporated 1897 |
| West Stratford | Stratford | 1873 | Disincorporated 1889 (now part of the city of Bridgeport) |
| Stafford Springs | Stafford | 1873 | Disincorporated 1991 |
| West Haven | Orange | 1873 | Consolidated city-town separate from original parent town since 1961 |
| Litchfield | Litchfield | 1879 | Borough |
| Shelton | Shelton (Huntington) | 1882 | Consolidated city-town since 1915 |
| Torrington | Torrington | 1887 | Consolidated city-town since 1923 |
| New Canaan | New Canaan | 1889 | Disincorporated 1935 |
| Southington | Southington | 1889 | Disincorporated 1948 |
| Naugatuck | Naugatuck | 1893 | Consolidated borough-town since 1895 |
| Bristol | Bristol | 1893 | Consolidated city-town since 1911 |
| Branford | Branford | 1893 | Disincorporated 1970s |
| Jewett City | Griswold | 1895 | Borough |
| Fenwick | Old Saybrook | 1899 | Borough |
| Farmington | Farmington | 1901 | Disincorporated 1947 |
| Ridgefield | Ridgefield | 1901 | Disincorporated 1921 |
| Groton | Groton | 1903 | Chartered as non-coextensive city in 1964 |
| Woodmont | Milford | 1903 | Borough |
| Bantam | Litchfield | 1915 | Borough |
| Unionville | Farmington | 1921 | Disincorporated 1947 |
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